Metro North Mall was a 1,300,000 sq ft (120,000 m2) shopping mall in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Metro North opened in 1976 and was the only enclosed mall located north of the Missouri River in the Kansas City metro area, as well as being the second largest mall in the area, behind Oak Park Mall in Overland Park, Kansas.
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The Northland is an area on the northside of the Kansas City metropolitan area comprising Platte County and Clay County. North of the Missouri River, the Northland includes the northern part of Kansas City, Missouri, the cities of North Kansas City, Liberty, Parkville, Riverside, Platte City, and Gladstone, and the towns of Smithville, Weatherby Lake, and Pleasant Valley. The area is home to more than 360,000 people.
The Northland is largely suburban and rural compared to the rest of the Kansas City metro area, but it has been rapidly developing since the 2010s.
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Briarcliff Village
Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport
Kansas City International Airport
North Kansas City Hospital
Oceans of Fun
Shoal Creek Living History Museum
Weston
William Jewell College
Worlds of Fun
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Ripley is a neighborhood of Independence, Missouri, United States.
The community was named after a railroad official; an early variant name was Adams Station.
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Barry, often referred to as "The Town of Barry" was a city centered at the intersection of Barry Road and Old Stagecoach Road in northern Kansas City, Clay County, Missouri. It was founded in 1829 and named after the Postmaster General William Taylor Barry.
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Oak Park High School is a high school in the North Kansas City School District in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. The student body is composed of ninth through twelfth grade students, with a 2017 enrollment of 1,549. The school's mascot is "Norman the Northman", a lumberjack character. The school is adjacent to Oak Grove Park in Gladstone, Missouri. The school's current principal is Molly Smith.
Its boundary includes the majority of Gladstone. The boundary also includes Oaks, Oakview, Oakwood, and Oakwood Park.
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Gashland is a neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, United States.
Gashland has the name of Joseph D. Gash, first landowner of the site. A post office called Gashland was established in 1899, and remained in operation until 1959.
It was developed by Frank Morgan and his uncle Sherman Dreiseszun. After a decade of decline and left with only two inline stores, the mall closed on April 15, 2014, and the mall was completely demolished in early 2017, with the exception of the Macy's anchor store, which continued to operate until its closure in March 2025.