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Title
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Embassy Suites and Westport
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Description
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Photograph, looking northwest from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), toward Westport circa 1987. The Embassy Suites hotel, at at 220 West 43rd Street, occupies the center of the image, with commercial buildings in Westport occupying the background of the image. J. C. Nichols Parkway curves through the upper right, and a building on the St. Luke's Hospital campus occupies the lower left.
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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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St. Luke's Hospital and Westport
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Description
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Photograph looking northwest from the top of the Fountain View building (later American Century north tower) along J. C. Nichols Parkway/Broadway Boulevard from roughly 44th Street circa 1987. Buildings on the St. Luke's Hospital campus can be seen at the left edge of the image, and an Embassy Suites Hotel at 220 West 43rd Street at the center of the photo. Buildings in Westport, along Armour Boulevard, and Downtown can be seen in the background of the image. Baltimore Avenue runs north/south at the right edge 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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Elevated View of Westport and St. Luke's Hospital
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Description
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Photograph looking northwest from the top of the Fountain View building (later American Century north tower) of the St. Luke's Hospital campus, and buildings in Westport beyond, circa 1987. Hospital buildings occupy the foreground of the image, with the Allen School building and the Westport House senior apartments visible in the background left.
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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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J. C. Nichols Parkway and Main Street through Midtown
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Description
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Photograph looking northwest from the top of the Fountain View building (later American Century north tower) along J. C. Nichols Parkway/Broadway Boulevard from roughly 44th Street circa 1987. Buildings on the St. Luke's Hospital campus can be seen at the left edge of the image, and an Embassy Suites Hotel at 220 West 43rd Street at the center of the photo. Buildings in Westport, along Armour Boulevard, and Downtown can be seen in the background of the image. Baltimore Avenue runs north/south at the right edge 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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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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Future: The Newsweekly for Today
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Description
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First issue of the anti-corruption, Kansas City-based newspaper, Future: The Newsweekly for Today. The front page includes a statement on the newspaper's objective, maintaining that the newspaper is not against any certain political party or vice, but that it is simply for "good government." Featured articles include: “Council Passes Cab Ordinance” (pp. 2 & 4) discussing councilman Frank H. Backstrom’s reaction to the ordinance and detailing other ordinances appropriating bond funds.; "Adult Education--A Fine Work" (pp. 2 & 6) concerning "the program of adult education going forward under the FERA, with the hearty co-operation of the city's Board of Education" and supervised by Roy Gallemore. It describes courses offered at Lincoln High School and its "sixty-three colored teachers employed, a goodly number as compared with the hundred and sixteen white teachers."; “Trivia” (pp. 2 & 6) and "Borderline Businesses Pay Most Sugar" (pp. 3 & 8) on the bombing of the Harlem Nightclub as an example of the vulnerability of semi-legitimate ("borderline") nightclubs and other businesses in Kansas City to its strong-arm tactics of organized crime through the police department. A photo of the Harlem Nightclub bombing is included.; "What, Precisely, Is a Machine?" (pp. 3 & 5) on the definition of political machines and the Pendergast machine in Kansas City fitting this definition through unofficial financing, voting fraud, etc.; "A New Administration for the County" (pp. 3-5) detailing the new administrative officials, new budget laws, and efforts to reduce the city deficit. A picture of J. W. Hostetter, Eugene I. Purcell, and Battle McCardle is included.; “NYM” (p. 4) on the National Youth Movement began in Kansas City in May 1932 with a portrait of Joseph C. Fennelly.; "May We Present Mrs. Charles N. Seidlitz" (p. 5) on Alice Richards Seidlitz "one of the founders of the Junior League of Kansas City," wife of Charles Seidlitz ("president of the Seidlitz Paint and Varnish Company"), and daughter of George Richards ("son of the founder of Richards and Conover Hardware Company"). A photo of Alice is included.; "Be Proud, Citizens!" (pp. 5 & 8) on the ironic description of Kansas City by Judge Brown Harris "as 'probably the most law-abiding city in the United States.'" Irony due to the judge's association with the Pendergast machine and "federal indictments" in relation to the Union Station massacre of Eugene Reppert ("former director of police"), Thomas Higgins ("chief of detectives"), George Rayen ("of the police motor theft bureau"), Tom Bash (sheriff), etc.; Book review (p. 7) of "Heaven's My Destination" by Thornton Wilder (author of "Our Town" and "The Bridge of San Luis Rey"), describing a scene in the book with the main character (a devoutly religious man) unknowingly eating at one of Kansas City's "bawdy houses" and experiencing other misadventures.; Also included in the newspaper are advertisements for local businesses and articles on sports, fashion, finance, cooking, music, and national and international news.
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Date
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1935-01-11
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Object Type
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Newspaper
