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Allen School
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Photograph of a parking lot at the Allen School at 706 West 42nd Street circa 1980. Founded in 1853, the school was the first public school in Westport and Kansas City, and pictured building was built in 1912. Renovations to turn the building into a community center focused on senior citizens began in 1980, and the space also provided offices for the ballet and several other organizations.
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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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Allen School
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Photograph of the Allen School at 706 West 42nd Street circa 1980. Founded in 1853, the school was the first public school in Westport and Kansas City, and pictured building was built in 1912. The photograph shows a "Future Home of Westport Allen Center" sign standing in front of the school, which has multiple broken and boarded-up windows. Renovations to turn the building into a community center focused on senior citizens began in 1980, and the space also provided offices for the ballet and several other organizations.
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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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Allen School
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Description
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Photograph of the Allen School at 706 West 42nd Street circa 1980. Founded in 1853, the school was the first public school in Westport and Kansas City, and pictured building was built in 1912. Renovations to turn the building into a community center focused on senior citizens began in 1980, and the space also provided offices for the ballet and several other organizations.
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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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Allen School
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Description
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Photograph of the Allen School at 706 West 42nd Street circa 1980. Founded in 1853, the school was the first public school in Westport and Kansas City, and pictured building was built in 1912. Renovations to turn the building into a community center focused on senior citizens began in 1980, and the space also provided offices for the ballet and several other organizations.
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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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Allen School
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Description
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Photograph of the Allen School at 706 West 42nd Street circa 1980. Founded in 1853, the school was the first public school in Westport and Kansas City, and pictured building was built in 1912. Renovations to turn the building into a community center focused on senior citizens began in 1980, and the space also provided offices for the ballet and several other organizations.
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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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Allen School
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Photograph of the Allen School and grounds at 706 West 42nd Street circa 1980. Founded in 1853, the school was the first public school in Westport and Kansas City, and pictured building was built in 1912. Renovations to turn the building into a community center focused on senior citizens began in 1980, and the space also provided offices for the ballet and several other organizations.
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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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Allen School
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Description
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Photograph of the Allen School at 706 West 42nd Street circa 1980. Founded in 1853, the school was the first public school in Westport and Kansas City, and pictured building was built in 1912. Renovations to turn the building into a community center focused on senior citizens began in 1980, and the space also provided offices for the ballet and several other organizations.
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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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Montrose Apartments
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Description
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Photograph of the Montrose Apartments building at the corner of Walnut, 40th, and Main Streets in the early 1980s. The building was designed by Shepard & Wiser and built in 1923. It was demolished in early 1998 and the site used for a parking lot. The Old Westport Cashsaver grocery store can be seen to the north of the building.
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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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3951-79 Main Street
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Description
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Photographs of stores and an apartment building on the 3900 block of Main Street in the early 1980s. The Old Westport Cash Saver grocery store, at 3967 Main, and the Montrose Apartment building, at the corner of 40th, Walnut, and Main Streets, are among the buildings pictured. The Montrose Apartments were demolished in early 1998 and the site was used for a parking lot.
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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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3939 Wyandotte Street
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Description
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Photograph of a house at 3939 Wyandotte Street in the early 1980s. The stone building at the edge of the photograph is the Westport branch of the Kansas City Public Library, which faces Westport Road. Several other houses neighboring of the library had been demolished to allow for library parking.
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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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3932 Central Street
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Description
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Photograph circa 1980s of a single family home at 3932 Central Street, built ca 1885. Recognized in the Historic Inventory of the State Historical Survey and Planning Office in 1976 as the Charles N. Price Residence. Price who was City Marshall for Westport Missouri in 1887. Located in the Westport neighborhood, as of 2018, the home appears to have been significantly renovated.
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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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3932 Central Street
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Description
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Photograph circa 1980s of the single family home at 3932 Central Street, built ca 1885. Recognized in the Historic Inventory of the State Historical Survey and Planning Office in 1976 as the Charles N. Price Residence. Price who was City Marshall for Westport Missouri in 1887. Located in the Westport neighborhood, as of 2018, the home appears to have been significantly renovated.
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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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3916 Broadway Boulevard
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Description
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Photograph circa 1980s of Astaur Gulaian ; Son Oriental Rugs store at 3916 Broadway Boulevard. Gulaian moved into this building ca. 1930; the business closed in 1989. Located in the Westport neighborhood.
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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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4134-36 Broadway Boulevard
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Description
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Photograph circa 1980s, looking west, of an apartment building at 4134-36 Broadway Boulevard. At some point after 1986, the building was demolished and a parking lot replaced that space in 1989. Located in the Westport neighborhood.
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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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4300 Block of Belleview Avenue
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Description
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Photograph of the 4300 block of Belleview Avenue, looking north toward Westport Road, circa 1986. An apartment building at 4324-26 Belleview can be seen at the left edge of the image. A yellow and black film developing kiosk can be seen in the background of the image, at the intersection of Belleview, Westport Road, and Summit Street/Southwest Trafficway.
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Date
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1986~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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3923 Warwick Boulevard
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Description
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Photograph of a house at 3923 Warwick Boulevard in the early 1980s. Numerous houses on the north end of the block had recently been razed to make room for an additional parking lot for Westport High School, one block to the east.
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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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Nichols Road Courtyard
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Description
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Photograph of the Plaza Court of the Penguins courtyard at the northeast corner of Nichols Road and Pennsylvania Avenue in the 1980s. A Kansas City Trolley Corp. trolley, on Nichols Road, is pictured dropping a passenger off at a stop. The company operated free trolleys, circulating riders through Downtown, Crown Center, Westport, and the Plaza beginning in 1984 through the mid-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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Southwell Building
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Description
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Photograph of the Southwell Building at the intersection of Main Street and Westport Road, in the late 1980s. The building was designed by architects McKecknie and Trask and opened in 1929. Recycled Sounds, The Futon Company, and Metcalfe Key are among the ground-floor tenants, with Harling's Upstairs Bar and Grill occupying the second floor.
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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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The New Stanley
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Description
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Photograph of The New Stanley bar and restaurant at 501 Westport Road circa 1980, as well as a view of Pennsylvania Avenue looking southeast from Westport Road. The restaurant and bar opened in 1975 in the building that was the former Doerschuk pharmacy. An establishment called the Old Stanley opened in 1987 under new ownership in the space after the New Stanley closed in 1985.
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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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Mabry Hall
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Description
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Photograph of the Mabry Hall building at 4112-14 Pennsylvania Avenue, circa 1980. At the time of the photo, the building was owned by Ace Dickinson, who operated Ace's Rock Shop and Museum on the ground floor. The building is arguably the oldest extant commercial building in Kansas City, with some claiming it was constructed in 1843. Other sources suggest a date closer to 1850.
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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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