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Title: Manor Bakery
Description: Photograph of the Manor Bakery complex at 4020-50 Pennsylvania Avenue in the early 1980s, looking northwest down Pennsylvania. The buildings served as the bakery and distribution center for Manor Bakery beginning in 1925. Multiple mergers resulted in the Manor label becoming part of Colonial Bakery, which continued to operate in the space through 1986, when the buildings were included in a major mixed-use redevelopment project that included the construction of the Manor Square building on the southwest corner of the block.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church
Description: Photograph of Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church at 3932 Washington Street in the early 1980s, with its rectory building in the foreground. The cornerstone of the church was laid in 1906, and the rectory was built in 1924.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Manor Bakery
Description: Photograph of Colonial Bakery store at the northwest end of the Manor Bakery complex at 4020-50 Pennsylvania Avenue in the early 1980s. Delivery trucks and gas pumps can be seen at the rear of the store. The buildings served as the bakery and distribution center for Manor Bakery beginning in 1925. Multiple mergers resulted in the Manor label becoming part of Colonial Bakery, which continued to operate in the space through 1986, when the buildings were included in a major mixed-use redevelopment project that included the construction of the Manor Square building on the southwest corner of the block.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Manor Bakery
Description: Photograph of the Manor Bakery complex at 4020-50 Pennsylvania Avenue in the early 1980s, looking northwest down Pennsylvania to the Colonial Bakery Store. The buildings served as the bakery and distribution center for Manor Bakery beginning in 1925. Multiple mergers resulted in the Manor label becoming part of Colonial Bakery, which continued to operate in the space through 1986, when the buildings were included in a major mixed-use redevelopment project that included the construction of the Manor Square building on the southwest corner of the block.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bencourt Apartments
Description: Photograph of the Bencourt Apartments on the southeast corner of 39th and Main Streets in the early 1980s. The building was demolished in 1995 and the site is now used as a parking lot for surrounding businesses.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Government Employees Hospital Association
Description: Photograph of an office building at 2 West 40th Street in the early 1980s. Originally built for Standard Oil Company, at the time of the photograph the building was occupied by the Government Employees Hospital Association. A decorative archway leading to the parking lot of the Skaggs (former Katz) Drugstore to the south can also be seen in the image.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Plaza and Midtown Satellite View
Description: Satellite image of the Plaza and surrounding areas in the 1980s. The photo spans from roughly 42nd Street on the north to 48th Street on the south, and Genessee Street on the west to McGee Street on the east. Neighborhoods including the Plaza and Southmoreland are pictured, as are parks including Mill Creek Park and Southmoreland Park.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3900 Block of Main Street
Description: Photograph of buildings on the west side of the intersection of 39th and Main Streets in the early 1980s. Muehlebach Flowers, at 3934 Main Street, is picture, as is a free-standing restaurant building that had been vacated by a Denny's restaurant in 1982. Calvary Baptist Church, at 3921 Baltimore, can be seen in the background on the opposite side of the block. The Price Candy Company Building, occupied by the Foolkiller Theater company, can be seen on the northwest corner of the intersection.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Plaza and Midtown Satellite View
Description: Satellite image of the Plaza and surrounding areas in the 1980s. The photo spans from roughly 42nd Street on the north to 49th Street on the south, and Jefferson Street on the west to Tracy Avenue on the east. Neighborhoods including the Plaza and Southmoreland are pictured, as are parks including Mill Creek Park, Southmoreland Park, and Gillham Park.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Brush Creek Project Pedestrians Open Space Connections in the Northeast Quadrant
Description: Map created by the Kansas City Landmarks Commission as part of a 1980s Brush Creek redesign presentation. The map illustrates parks and street connections between 43rd and 50th Streets on the north and south, and Broadway Boulevard and The Paseo on the west and east. Through the 1980s and early 1990s, the city undertook a major redesign of Brush Creek and adjacent areas aimed at beautification and improved flood control.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Map

Title: Brush Creek Project Residential Actions
Description: Map created by the Kansas City Landmarks Commission as part of a 1980s Brush Creek redesign presentation, encompassing an area from State Line Road east to The Paseo, and from 43rd Street south to 55th Street. The map denotes smaller areas with numbers 1-4, but does not include a key. Through the 1980s and early 1990s, the city undertook a major redesign of Brush Creek and adjacent areas aimed at beautification and improved flood control.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Map

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