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Title: 546 Olive Street
Description: Photograph circa 1980s looking north toward Elma Street, capturing the block of stores and homes on the west side of the street. On the left is 546 Olive Street, a building which has housed several businesses, including a beauty shop. It is also an apartment home, with a bedroom and garage. Next to that building is 540 - 538 Olive Street, a two-story duplex. To the north of that is a single family home at 536 Olive Street, built in 1890. Next to that is a two-story duplex which was demolished sometime after the photo was taken. The next visible home, to the north, is 526 Olive Street, built in 1890. Located in the Pendleton Heights neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Alley between 603 W. 33rd Street and 300 Pennsylvania Avenue
Description: Photograph looking south down the alley between an apartment building at 609-11 West 33rd Street and the Browne's Irish Market building at 300 Pennsylvania Avenue in the early 1980s. The building which houses Browne's Irish Market stands east of the apartment building, at the left of the image. This apartment and the Browne's building are two of the few buildings remaining on their block after a effort in the 1970s and early 1980s by the Kansas City Life Insurance Company to redevelop the area into an office park.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 100-06 West Armour Boulevard
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of the apartment building at 100-06 West Armour Boulevard. Built in 1902-03 and designed by architect John W. McKecknie, it underwent a major renovation sometime after 2012 and has been renamed as The Colonnade Apartments, along with the apartment buildings on the rest of the block, west toward Wyandotte Street. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Armour Boulevard Multiple Resource Area in 1983 and on the the Kansas City Register of Historic Places as part of the Old Hyde Park Historic District in 1994. Located in the Midtown neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 4442 J. C. Nichols Parkway
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of an apartment building at 4442 JC Nichols Parkway. It was demolished sometime before 2006, when new condominiums were constructed on the same parcel. Located in the Plaza neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 700 Block of West 47th Street
Description: Photograph looking east down 47th Street from Summit Street in the 1980s. The Unity Temple bell tower is visible on the south side of the street. The Plaza Court (formerly Haven Hill) Apartments building, at 700-08 West 47th, is visible on the left. Haven Hill was demolished in 1989 for the construction of an office tower.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 2500 Independence Avenue
Description: Photograph, looking north, circa 1980s of the Stonewall Court Apartments at 2500 Independence Avenue. Located in the Pendleton Heights neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Colonial Court Apartments
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of an apartment building complex at 502-20 Maple Boulevard. Located in the Pendleton Heights neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 804 West 48th Street
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of an apartment building at 804 W. 48th Street, built in 1927. In 1989, this building was placed on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places as part of the Nelle E. Peters Thematic Historic District. Located in the Plaza neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Whitehall Apartments
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of the Whitehall Apartments building at 323 Brush Creek Boulevard (renamed Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard in 1999) built in 1923.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Wayne Miner Court
Description: Photograph circa early 1980s of the Wayne Miner Court Apartment complex at 1940 East 11th Street. The building was demolished in 1987. Located in the Parkview neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: South Plaza Buildings
Description: 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.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Four Thousand Main Building
Description: Photograph of the Four Thousand Main Building, at the southwest corner of 40th and Main Streets in the early 1980s, and a three-story apartment building at 4006-4008 Main Street. At the time of the photo, 4000 Main served as the headquarters for Sutherlands Lumber Company. The apartment building to its south was demolished in 2017.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Clyde Manor Apartments
Description: Photograph of the design details around the windows, circa 1980s, on the apartment building called Clyde Manor at 330-50 East Armour Boulevard. It was built in 1930 and designed by architect Philip T. Drotts. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Armour Boulevard Multiple Resource Area in 1983 and the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1982 as part of the Armour/Gillham Historic Apartment‐Hotel District. Located in the Midtown neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 28 Warner Plaza
Description: Photograph of the north side of Warner Plaza in the early 1980s, including one of the Warner Plaza Apartments buildings located at 28 Warner Plaza. The area, south of Linwood Boulevard to 34th Street, between Main and Gillham, was deemed blighted and ridden with crime and drugs in the late 1980s, and these buildings, as well as other homes, apartments, and commercial buildings, were demolished in the early and mid-'90s as part of the so-called "Glover Plan" to be replaced by the Midtown Marketplace development, a large commercial development anchored by big box retailers Home Depot and Costco.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Elevated Plaza View
Description: Elevated view of the Plaza in the 1980s, looking southwest from near the intersection of 47th and Main Streets. The Giralda Tower, built by J. C. Nichols in a smaller imitation of La Giralda tower in Seville, Spain, is photographed in the foreground at left. Other Plaza commercial and residential buildings are also visible in the image.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph, Cityscapes

Title: 8 Warner Plaza
Description: Photograph of the north side of Warner Plaza in the early 1980s, including one of the Warner Plaza Apartments buildings located at 8 Warner Plaza. The ABC Storage building on the west side of Main is also visible, as is the Spanish-style commercial building at the corner of Main and Warner Plaza. The area, south of Linwood Boulevard to 34th Street, between Main and Gillham, was deemed blighted and ridden with crime and drugs in the late 1980s, and these buildings, as well as other homes, apartments, and commercial buildings, were demolished in the early and mid-'90s as part of the so-called "Glover Plan" to be replaced by the Midtown Marketplace development, a large commercial development anchored by big box retailers Home Depot and Costco.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Warner Plaza
Description: Photograph of the Warner Plaza apartment buildings on Warner Plaza in the early 1980s. The area, south of Linwood Boulevard to 34th Street, between Main and Gillham, was deemed blighted and ridden with crime and drugs in the late 1980s, and these buildings, as well as other homes, apartments, and commercial buildings, were demolished in the early and mid-'90s as part of the so-called "Glover Plan" to be replaced by the Midtown Marketplace development, a large commercial development anchored by big box retailers Home Depot and Costco.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 304 - 306 Gladstone Boulevard
Description: Photograph of an apartment building at 304-06 Gladstone Boulevard in the early 1980s. The building was designed by architect Charles A. Smith and built in 1913. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997 as part of the Scarritt Point South Historic District. It was placed on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places as part of the Scarritt Point Historic District in 1983. Located in the Scarritt Point neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 2500 Independence Avenue
Description: Photograph, looking north, circa 1980s of the Stonewall Court Apartments at 2500 Independence Avenue. Located in the Pendleton Heights neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 22 Warner Plaza
Description: Photograph of the north side of Warner Plaza in the early 1980s, including one of the Warner Plaza Apartments buildings located at 22 Warner Plaza. The area, south of Linwood Boulevard to 34th Street, between Main and Gillham, was deemed blighted and ridden with crime and drugs in the late 1980s, and these buildings, as well as other homes, apartments, and commercial buildings, were demolished in the early and mid-'90s as part of the so-called "Glover Plan" to be replaced by the Midtown Marketplace development, a large commercial development anchored by big box retailers Home Depot and Costco.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

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