Kersey Coates Dr. Palisades

Though today one could not find Kersey Coates Drive on Google Maps—it was demolished for the construction of I-35—the impetus for its origin remains preserved by surrounding green areas collectively known as West Terrace Park. The park was strategically designed in the early 1890s to beautify the once-luxurious West Bluffs, which had become undesirable when the booming Livestock Exchange took over the West Bottoms below. Packaged in the 1893 Report of the Park and Boulevard Commissioners, the design for West Terrace Park stretched over 30 acres of the downtown area, and included the still-standing Jarboe Park and Mulkey Square. These regal palisades covered the Bluffs, and the street—Kersey Coates Drive—bore the name of the founder of Quality Hill. Residents there today can still enjoy the spectacular views of the less-noisy West Bottoms from Ernie Case Jr. Park.