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Title: Grand Avenue
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Warwick Street City Directory Entry
Description: Listing for "Warwick, changed to Grand av."
Date: 1896
Object Type: Book Section

Title: Hughes' Kansas City Views
Description: Photo of Grand Avenue, looking south from 12th Street.
Date: 1896
Object Type: Book

Title: Night in Kansas City
Description: A small booklet featuring photographs of Kansas City that have been artistically enhanced to create a nighttime effect.
Date: 1912
Object Type: Book

Title: Grand Avenue
Description: Article about the origins of Grand Avenue in the road built by Peter Roi (also known as Peter Roy) to his river ferry in the 1820s-1830s. Grand Avenue was the first outlet from the river front that bridged the gap between Westport Landing and old Westport, sharing this honor with Main Street, its companion highway, which was cut through the cliffs of clay and limestone at a later date.
Date: 1938-10-16
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Urban Renewal Plan for the Grand Avenue South Urban Renewal Plan of Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Booklet about the redevelopment of the industrial area roughly between 21st, Grand, 18th, and Cherry Streets, with maps of existing and proposed changes in land use to remove blight.
Date: 1983-10
Object Type: Book

Title: When Did Grand Avenue Become Grand Boulevard?
Description: According to this question and answer column that appeared in the Star Magazine, Grand Avenue became a boulevard in 1993. "The change affects the stretch of Grand Avenue from Crown Center on the south to the Missouri River on the north. Businesses along the boulevard now pay higher taxes and receive additional maintenance services from the Parks Department."
Date: 1994-11-13
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Cowherd Built Homes: "The Standard of Value"
Description: Photo of the "home of Dick Smith, 5931 Grand Ave."
Date: 1923
Object Type: Book

Title: Cowherd Built Homes: "The Standard of Value
Description: Photo of the "home of George H. Bowles, 5907 Grand Avenue."
Date: 1923
Object Type: Book

Title: Bob Jones Still a Good Fit
Description: Article describing Bob Jones Shoes and its owners, Harry Bosley and Rocky Horowitz. The store has been located at 1914 Grand since 1960, and among its famous customers have been Clarence Kelley, Claire McCaskill, Emanuel Cleaver, and Len Dawson.
Date: 2006-11-19
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Parade Scene
Description: Float in unidentified parade heading south along Grand Avenue near 14th Street.
Date: 1900
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 11th and Grand Avenue
Description: Street view with firefighting equipment and firemen. Identified on photograph as 11th and Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri, 1889 Chief Engineers Convention. View includes what appears to be Hale's water tower.
Date: 1889
Object Type: Photograph

Title: R. A. Long Building
Description: Frontal and side view of the R. A. Long Building; located on the northwest corner of 10th Street and Grand Avenue.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Harmony Lunch Restaurant
Description: Looking northwest from the southeast corner of 4th and Grand. Shows Harmony Lunch restaurant with a large Muehlebach Beer sign on the side.
Date: 1941-06
Object Type: Photograph

Title: City Market, Corner of 3rd and Grand
Description: Looking southwest from the northeast corner of 3rd and Grand.
Date: 1941-06
Object Type: Photograph

Title: City Market, Corner of 3rd and Grand
Description: Looking northeast from the southwest corner of 3rd and Grand.
Date: 1941-06
Object Type: Photograph

Title: City Market Area
Description: Looking northwest from the southeast corner of 3rd and Grand.
Date: 1941-06
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Nigro Pool Hall
Description: Looking southeast from the northwest corner of 3rd and Walnut. Nigro Pool Hall is corner building.
Date: 1941-06
Object Type: Photograph

Title: W. F. Baker Poultry and Eggs Building
Description: Looking southwest from the northeast corner of 4th and Grand; shows W. F. Baker Poultry and Eggs building.
Date: 1941-06
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Paul Felix Men's Clothes Store
Description: Full frontal view of Paul Felix Men's Clothes store, located at 920 Grand Avenue.
Date: 1925
Object Type: Photograph

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