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Title: Schutte Lumber Company
Description: Aerial view looking south showing the Schutte Lumber Company, located at 3001 Southwest Boulevard.
Date: 1950
Object Type: Photograph

Title: West Side of the Country Club Plaza
Description: 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.
Date: 1987
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Neptune Apartments
Description: Elevated photograph, looking north from Nichols Road, of the Neptune Apartments building and adjacent Plaza rooftops circa 1987. The Parkway Towers apartment building is seen in the background right of the image.
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: J. C. Nichols Parkway Apartments
Description: Photograph looking west from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower) of apartments and other buildings along and west of J. C. Nichols Parkway, circa 1987. Three of the six foreground apartment buildings were later demolished for a new townhome project. The Parkway Towers apartment building can be seen at the left edge of the image, and parking garages for the St. Luke's Hospital campus are visible at the right edge of the image.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Nichols Road Storefronts
Description: Photograph of a building at the northwest corner of Nichols Road and Central Street, circa 1987. Superlatives clothing store occupies the corner storefront at 234 Nichols, with Caswell-Masey to its east at 230 Nichols.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Stranger's Guide to Kansas City, Missouri
Description: A reproduction of the 1887 Case and Norman's Stranger's Guide which appeared in The Kansas City Star around 1927 that shows an aerial view of business and industrial districts of Kansas City as seen from the northwest. Indicates population in 1887 as 160,000 and in 1880 as 57,000. Prominent landmarks, buildings, and businesses are numbered to correlate with list at the bottom. Portion of text on map reads: "The map reproduced above shows the city of 'Forty Years Ago' whose social and industrial activities are reflected daily in the familiar column under that caption in the Star's morning edition. Supplement to the Kansas City Commercial."
Date: 1927
Object Type: Map

Title: Embassy Suites and Westport
Description: Photograph, looking northwest from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), toward Westport circa 1987. The Embassy Suites hotel, at at 220 West 43rd Street, occupies the center of the image, with commercial buildings in Westport occupying the background of the image. J. C. Nichols Parkway curves through the upper right, and a building on the St. Luke's Hospital campus occupies the lower left.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Nelson Art Gallery
Description: Photograph looking east from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower) of the west side of the Nelson Art Gallery, circa 1987. The Simpson House can be seen in the foreground of the image.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Plaza Buildings
Description: 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.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Nichols Road
Description: 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.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Hilton Plaza Hotel and Southmoreland Neighborhood
Description: Photograph, looking east from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), of the Hilton Plaza Hotel at 1 East 45th Street circa 1987. To the east across Walnut Street, the All Souls Unitarian Church is pictured at the left edge of the image, and the Simpson House, at 4509 Walnut, and the Montreux apartments stand to the south. The Oak Hall and Sophian Plaza apartment buildings are also pictured at right, and the Nelson Art Gallery can be seen to the east.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Hilton Plaza Hotel and Southmoreland Neighborhood
Description: Photograph, looking east from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), of the Hilton Plaza Inn at 1 East 45th Street circa 1987. The Montreux apartments, at 4515 Walnut, are visible to the east The Oak Hall and Sophian Plaza apartment buildings are also pictured in the background of the image.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Hilton Plaza Hotel and Southmoreland Neighborhood
Description: Photograph, looking east from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), of the Hilton Plaza Inn at 1 East 45th Street circa 1987. The Montreux apartments to its south are to the hotel's east at 4515 Walnut. The Oak Hall and Sophian Plaza apartment buildings are also pictured in the background of the image, along with other apartment buildings lining 47th Street.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Vanderslice Hall
Description: Photograph looking east from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower) across the Kansas City Art Institute campus and Southmoreland neighborhood circa 1987. KCAI's Vanderslice Hall occupies the center of the image. A portion of the One Main Plaza office building occupies the lower left corner.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Main Street Buildings and Southmoreland
Description: 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.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: One Main Plaza and Marriott Hotel
Description: 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.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Board of Trade and 4900 Main Buildings
Description: 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.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Intersection of 47th and Wyandotte Streets
Description: Photograph, looking northwest from Giralda Tower, of the intersection of 47th and Wyandotte Streets in 1987. A Commerce Bank branch, at 118 West 47th, is pictured, with additional businesses on surrounding corners. The Neptune Apartments building can be seen under construction in the center background, with additional residential and office buildings in view further to the west.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Plaza Buildings
Description: 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.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

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