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Title
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J. C. Nichols Parkway and Main Street through Midtown
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Description
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Photograph looking north from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower) along J. C. Nichols Parkway/Broadway Boulevard (at left) and Main Street (at right) circa 1987. The Embassy Suites hotel, at at 220 West 43rd Street, is at left, with the streetcar 43rd Street viaduct cross over the intersection of 43rd Street and J. C. Nichols Parkway. Commercial and residential buildings, including the H&R Block headquarters in the lower right corner, line both streets. The downtown skyline can be seen in the background of the image.
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Date
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1987~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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47th and Main Intersection
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Description
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Photograph, looking south from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), toward the intersection of 47th and Main Streets circa 1987. Streetcar tracks can be seen running behind commercial buildings in the foreground, south diagonally across Main Street, before running alongside Brookside Boulevard south of Brush Creek. The Plaza Tennis Center courts are visible in the center of the image. Main Street and Brookside Boulevard were later realigned as part of a Brush Creek beautification and flood control project in the 1990s.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Southmoreland and Plaza Buildings
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Description
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Photograph, looking southeast from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), across 47th Street toward the UMKC campus circa 1987. The Hilton Plaza Inn, at 1 West 45th, occupies the bottom left corner of the image, and numerous residential buildings are pictured lining 47th Street. Streetcar tracks can be seen running behind commercial buildings in the foreground, south diagonally across Main Street, before running alongside Brookside Boulevard south of Brush Creek. Main Street and Brookside Boulevard were later realigned as part of a Brush Creek beautification and flood control project in the 1990s.
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Date
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1987~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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47th and Main Intersection
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Description
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Photograph, looking south from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), toward the intersection of 47th and Main Streets. Streetcar tracks can be seen running behind commercial buildings in the foreground, south diagonally across Main Street, before running alongside Brookside Boulevard south of Brush Creek. The Plaza Tennis Center courts are visible in the center of the image. Main Street and Brookside Boulevard were later realigned as part of a Brush Creek beautification and flood control project in the 1990s.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Trolley Tracks at 47th & Main Streets
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Description
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Photograph of the inactive trolley tracks crossing 47th Street at the northeast corner of 47th and Main, circa 1980. The Parkway Towers apartment building, at 4545 Wornall Road, can be seen in the background at left. Construction of the Gilbert Robinson Plaza office building began on the site in 1981.
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Date
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1980~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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47th and Main Intersection
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Description
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Photograph, looking south from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), toward the intersection of 47th and Main Streets. Streetcar tracks can be seen running behind commercial buildings in the foreground, south diagonally across Main Street, before running alongside Brookside Boulevard south of Brush Creek. The Plaza Tennis Center courts are visible in the center of the image. Main Street and Brookside Boulevard were later realigned as part of a Brush Creek beautification and flood control project in the 1990s.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
