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Title
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West Side of the Country Club Plaza
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Description
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Photograph of the west side of Country Club Plaza area, looking southwest, in 1987. The Neptune Apartments building can be seen under construction in the foreground left, and the Saks department store and Seville Square shopping center, on Nichols Road, and Skelly building, on 49th Street, occupy the center of the photograph. The Winston Churchill Apartments and Poet Apartments are pictured in the background, west of Jefferson Street.
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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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South Plaza Buildings
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Description
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Photograph, looking south along Baltimore Avenue, of South Plaza apartment and office buildings in the late 1980s. The Casa Loma East and West and Biarritz apartment buildings can be seen to the south of Ward Parkway, with the Sulgrave apartment building to their south. East of Baltimore, the One Ward Parkway, Board of Trade, and 4900 Main office buildings are pictured, from north to south.
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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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Plaza Buildings
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Description
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Photograph of the Country Club Plaza area, looking southwest from the top of the Fountain View building (later American Century north tower) at 45th and Main Streets circa 1987. The Parkway Towers apartment building occupies the foreground of the image, with other area commercial, office, and residential buildings in view.
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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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Nichols Road
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Description
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Photograph, looking northeast from an elevated position at Nichols and Central, of Nichols Road storefronts and other buildings circa 1987. N. Valentino and Strauss-Peyton occupy storefronts on the north side of Nichols, and the Giralda Tower is visible at right. The Fountain View building (later American Century Investments north tower), One Main Plaza, Marriott Hotel, and Hilton Plaza Inn, all near the intersection of 45th and Main Streets, are visible 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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Main Street Buildings and Southmoreland
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Description
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Photograph, looking east from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), circa 1987. One Main Plaza office building occupies the left side of the image, and the Marriott Hotel on the right. The Southmoreland neighborhood and Kansas City Art Institute campus are visible between the buildings.
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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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One Main Plaza and Marriott Hotel
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Description
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Photograph, looking east from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), of the One Main Plaza office building at 4435 Main and the Marriott Hotel at 4445 Main Street circa 1987. Buildings on the Kansas City Art Institute campus can be seen to the east across Warwick Boulevard.
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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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Board of Trade and 4900 Main Buildings
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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 49th and Main Streets circa 1987. The Board of Trade and 4900 Main Street buildings are visible in the center 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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Plaza Buildings
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Description
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Photograph, looking southwest from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), across the Plaza circa 1987. The Parkway Towers apartment building, at 4545 Wornall Road, occupies the left foreground, with J. C. Nichols Parkway apartment buildings to its right. Plaza commercial and residential buildings occupy the center and 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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4300 and 4400 Block of Main Street
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Description
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Photograph, looking northeast from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), of the east side of the 4300 and 4400 blocks of Main Street in the late 1980s. The One Main Plaza office building at 4435 Main Street occupies the lower right corner. A QuikTrip convenience store and Best Western hotel stand to its north on Main Street, and the Southmoreland neighborhood stretches to the north and east. Tall residential and office buildings line Armour Boulevard in the background of the image.
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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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St. Luke's and West Plaza
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Description
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Photograph looking west from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower) across the St. Luke's Hospital campus along J. C. Nichols Parkway, circa 1987. The Plaza West office building, at 4600 Madison, is visible in the background.
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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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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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Main Street and J. C. Nichols Parkway at 47th Street
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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 Street with J. C. Nichols Parkway (at right) and Main Street (at left). Streetcar tracks can be seen running behind commercial buildings in the foreground, southeast diagonally across Main Street. Nichols Fountain, in Mill Creek Park, is visible at 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. South Plaza apartment and office buildings are visible in the background of the image, with Country Club Plaza commercial and residential buildings in the foreground right.
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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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Plaza Tennis Center and Gilbert/Robinson Building
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Description
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Photograph, looking east from Giralda Tower along 47th Street, circa 1987. The Plaza Tennis Center is pictured at lower right, and the Gilbert/Robinson office building, at 2 East 47th Street, is visible at the center 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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Plaza Residential and Commercial Buildings
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Description
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Photograph looking west from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower) of apartments, houses, other buildings west of J. C. Nichols Parkway, circa 1987. The Plaza West office tower, at 4600 Madison, can be seen in the background of the image. St. Luke's Hospital parking garages are visible at right, and Plaza-area residential and commercial buildings fill the majority of the image.
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Date
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1987~
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Object Type
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Photograph
