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Ward Parkway, located in Kansas City, Missouri near the Kansas-Missouri state line, is one of the most famous parkways in the United States. It is renowned for its wide and heavily landscaped median, which is decorated with many fountains. Many upscale and historic mansions are found along this avenue. The parkway was the topic of a television episode of Tour the Homes on HGTV. Image File history File links Wiki_letter_w. ... Nickname: City of Fountains or Heart of America Location in Jackson, Clay, Platte, and Cass Counties in the state of Missouri. ... Official language(s) None Capital Jefferson City Largest city Kansas City Largest metro area St. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Parkway (disambiguation). ... Photograph of a landscape A landscape comprises the visible features of an area of land, including physical elements such as landforms, living elements of flora and fauna, abstract elements such as lighting and weather conditions, and human elements, for instance human activity or the built environment. ... In probability theory and statistics, a median is a number dividing the higher half of a sample, a population, or a probability distribution from the lower half. ... Fountain is also the name of an artwork by Marcel Duchamp An ornamental lit fountain photographed at night for about 6 seconds. ... Mansion near Almelo, The Netherlands A mansion is a large and stately dwelling house for the wealthy. ... Avenue can mean any of the following: Most commonly, it refers to two parallel lines of trees specially planted as a landscape feature. ... TV Show Reference Episode is the word usually used to refer to a part of a serial television or radio program. ... Home & Garden Television, better known as HGTV, is a cable television network in the U.S. and Canada. ...

Notable residents and former residents along Ward Parkway

• Tom Pendergast, political boss
• Keith A. Tucker, former CEO of Wadell & Reed mutual fund company [1]

Thomas Joseph Pendergast (July 22, 1873 – January 26, 1945) controlled Kansas City as a political boss. ...

External links

• Ward Parkway - a Grand American Avenue
• Tour the Homes: Kansas City's Ward Parkway