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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: 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

Title: Bonfils Building
Description: View looking southwest of the Bonfils Building at 1200 Grand Avenue. Pedestrians walking on the sidewalk can be seen.
Date: 1988
Object Type: Photograph

Title: United Methodist Church and Office Building
Description: View looking southeast of the United Methodist Church and office building at 903 Grand Avenue and the Grand Avenue Temple immediately to the east. Pedestrians and cars traveling along Grand Avenue can be seen.
Date: 1984
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Scarritt Building
Description: View looking east of the Scarritt building at 9th Street and Grand Avenue. A man working near a truck parked on 9th Street can be seen. The Waltower Building is in view on the left hand side of the image.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Grand Avenue
Description: Looking south along the west side of Grand, between 9th and 10th streets.
Date: 1925
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Winter Snowstorm
Description: Looking southwest from the northeast corner of 18th and Grand during snowstorm.
Date: 1949-01-18
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Winter Snowstorm
Description: Looking southwest near the southeast corner of 17th Street and Grand Avenue during a snowstorm.
Date: 1949-01-18
Object Type: Photograph

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