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Thursday, July 7, 2011

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Roof on East Side church collapses

Posted by David Martin on Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 4:14 PM

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The roof on a church on Linwood Boulevard collapsed Thursday morning, bringing down a brick wall with it. According to reports, no one was hurt.

A hole appeared in the east wall of the Cain-Grant African Methodist Episcopal Church, at 1701 Linwood Boulevard, before the roof came down. The portion of the building that failed appears to be an addition to the original, which is adorned with Stars of David, suggesting that it was a synagogue in a former life.

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Posted by Thomas Miller on 07/10/2011 at 12:45 AM

Thank you for the information, Rick.

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Posted by David Martin on 07/08/2011 at 7:34 AM

This building was originally the Orthodox synagogue Beth Hamedrosh Hagadol.

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Posted by Rick in PV on 07/07/2011 at 10:19 PM

What is this, a dutch soccer stadium?

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Posted by Truther on 07/07/2011 at 10:00 PM

Congregation B'nai Jehudah used to meet at Linwood and Flora. This structure is a couple of blocks east of that site.

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Posted by David Martin on 07/07/2011 at 7:12 PM

David - This is correct. In fact, once upon a time, the Jewish neighborhoods and black neighborhoods in KC were adjacent, and even overlapped to an extent.

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Posted by tacitus on 07/07/2011 at 4:43 PM
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