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Title
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Giralda Tower and J. C. Nichols Fountain
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Description
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Photograph of the Plaza near the intersection of Main and 47th Streets circa 1980. Looking southwest from Mill Creek Park, the J. C. Nichols Memorial Fountain is pictured in the foreground, and the Giralda Tower is pictured at left. Swanson's Department store is also pictured on the southwest corner of 47th and J. C. Nichols Parkway.
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Date
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1980~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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J. C. Nichols Fountain
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Description
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Photograph figures in the J. C. Nichols Memorial Fountain in Mill Creek Park, near the intersection of Main and 47th Streets, circa 1980. The Giralda Tower, at 47th & Baltimore, can be seen in the background at right.
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Date
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1980~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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J. C. Nichols Fountain
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Description
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Photograph of the J. C. Nichols Memorial Fountain at the south end of Mill Creek Park. The fountain, originally located on a private family estate in New York, was purchased by the Nichols family and moved to Kansas City. It was dedicated at the Plaza site on May 15, 1960, and named for real estate developer J. C. Nichols.
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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 Fountain
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Description
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Photograph of the J. C. Nichols Memorial Fountain at the south end of Mill Creek Park. The fountain, originally located on a private family estate in New York, was purchased by the Nichols family and moved to Kansas City. It was dedicated at the Plaza site on May 15, 1960, and named for real estate developer J. C. Nichols. The Mill Creek commercial building and Parkway Towers Condominiums are among the buildings pictured.
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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 Aerial View
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Description
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Aerial photograph looking west along 47th Street in the 1980s, Main Street west to Jarboe Street. The Nelson-Atkins Museum's grounds can be seen in the lower right, with Westwood, Kansas, at the top edge. Brush Creek is visible at the left of the image, with Plaza commercial and residential buildings filling the bulk of the picture.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph, Cityscapes
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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
