South KC gets a new police station.

The old Fairyland Park grounds just got a face lift, courtesy of the Kansas City Police Department.

Residents remember the park — located at 75th Street and Prospect Ave. — for the towering steel roller coasters, but they also remember its blighted history.

Fairyland was segregated in its early years. It wasn't opened to blacks until 1964, and closed in 1977. Since then, the area — and Prospect itself — has been the site of a number of failed redevelopment projects.
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