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Title: Westport Ballet Building Gets Temporary Reprieve
Description: Discusses changes imposed on the proposed Eckard drug store construction preventing the building at the northwest corner of Westport Road and Main Street from being demolished.
Date: 1998-03-26
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Landmarks Commission Hears Appeal to Save Former Westport Ballet Studio
Description: Discusses efforts to add the building at the northwest corner of Westport Road and Main to the Kansas City Register of Historic Places.
Date: 1998-01-22
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Preservationists Lose Bid to Save Historic Westport Building
Description: Details the failure to place the building on the northwest corner of Westport Road and Main Street onto the Kansas City Register of Historic Places and discusses the structure's future.
Date: 1998-01-29
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: New Life For Old Apartments
Description: Discusses the plan for renovation of apartments on Armour Boulevard: Westport Central at 301 W. Armour; Windermere, 600 E. Armour; Armour Park, 608 E. Armour; Ellison Apartments at 300 W. Armour; and nearby Knickerbocker Apartments at 501-525 Knickerbocker Place, plus others. Includes small map.
Date: 2003-03-27
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: The Happy Warrior: A Local Lawyer Is Fighting for the Honor of Midtown--whether Midtown Likes It or Not
Description: Photos and biographical article about J. Nelson Happy, a 39-year-old lawyer (in 1983) purchasing and redeveloping many old properties in Midtown Kansas City, preserving historic architecture and discouraging tenants such as adult bookstores and the like.
Date: 1983-01-23
Object Type: Newspaper Article