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 Image: Title: Date: Description:
1. Biography of Louis Curtiss (1865-1924), Architect Biography of Louis Curtiss (1865-1924), Architect 2003
2. Boley Building Profile Boley Building Profile 1999
3. Downtown Tax Request Takes Detour Downtown Tax Request Takes Detour July 12, 2007 Andrews McMeel Universal wants tax incentives to renovate the historic Boley Building located downtown at 12th and Walnut. The bulding is currently part of the Town Pavilion office complex and if this...
4. Second Edition: Newspaper Syndicator Finds a Fitting Home in a Century-Old Building Second Edition: Newspaper Syndicator Finds a Fitting Home in a Century-Old Building December 7, 2007 Andrews McMeel Universal, "founded in 1970, distributes content ranging from 'Dear Abby' to 'Doonesbury'" to newspapers. The company will move into the Boley Building in 2009.
5. AIA Expresses Concern over Boley Building AIA Expresses Concern over Boley Building February 1977 Article about the Boley Building, listed on National Register for Historic Places, designed by Louis Curtiss, and located at 12th and Walnut Streets.
6. Birth of the Skyscraper Birth of the Skyscraper May-June//1984 Article about the early skyscrapers, or very tall buildings, in Kansas City, describing their architecture and architects, such as Louis Curtiss's Boley Building.
7. Historic Kansas City Foundation: Architectural Heritage Keystone to Future Historic Kansas City Foundation: Architectural Heritage Keystone to Future July//1975 Article about the foundation's first attempt to have a historic building restored rather than demolished.
8. Reviving Downtown Dinasours Reviving Downtown Dinasours August/September 2009 Article covers buldings in Omaha, St. Louis, Chicago, and Denver besides Kansas City. The Kansas City portion focuses on the renovation of the Boley Building, designed by architect Louis Curtis in 1908....
9. Some of KC's Older Downtown Gems Some of KC's Older Downtown Gems May, 2005 Author describes his favorite Kansas City historic buildings and places of interest. These include the ''Town of Kansas'' area at the foot of Main Street, the Scarritt Building and Arcade at 818 Grand...
10. Views from the Past: Missouri Landmark Views from the Past: Missouri Landmark January 1977 Brief article highlighting some notable buildings and architects, including the New York Life Building, the Coates House, the Boley Building, and Union Station.
11. Boley Building Boley Building 1999 Close up view of building entrance, looking northwest.
12. Boley Building Entrance Boley Building Entrance 1989 Close-up view of entrance.
13. Boley Building Windows Boley Building Windows 1978 Close-up view of upper-story windows.
14. 40 Years Ago 40 Years Ago July 15, 1968 Description of early Kansas City settler James Burris Atkins, or James Atkins.
15. Historic Kansas City Architecture Historic Kansas City Architecture //1975 Description of the Boley Building at 1130 Walnut Street, designed in 1909 by Louis Curtiss.
16. The Architecture of America: A Social and Cultural History The Architecture of America: A Social and Cultural History 1961 Description of the innovative glass-walled Boley Building built in 1909 by Louis Curtiss, exploring the motif of a transparent glass wall, enclosing an entire structure.
17. Death in an Explosion Panic Follows Gas Tank Blowup in Boley Building Death in an Explosion Panic Follows Gas Tank Blowup in Boley Building January/17/1917 Explosion of acetylene gas tanks in the Boley Building at 12th & Walnut Streets spray plate glass windows onto pedestrians below, killing two and injuring 52.
18. Boley Building Boley Building File contains articles, a brochure, and the National Register of Historic Places Inventory nomination form for the Building.
19. Boley Building Boley Building 1989 Full frontal and corner view.
20. Katz Drugstore Katz Drugstore 1940 Full frontal and partial side view of store located on ground floor of Boley Building, northwest corner of 12th and Walnut.