Kansas City Landmarks Slide Collection

Title: 3669 Madison Avenue
Description: Photograph of a house at 3669 Madison Avenue, circa 1981.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3406 Pennsylvania Avenue
Description: Photograph of a house located at 3406 Pennsylvania Avenue circa 1981. The house has since been demolished, along with many other single-family homes on that block.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Athenaeum Club
Description: Photograph of the Kansas City Athenaeum building at the corner of Campbell St. and Linwood Boulevard circa 1981. The building, designed by architect Samuel Tarbet and opened in 1914, serves was the home for the Kansas City Women's Athenaeum Club, which was founded in 1894 and focused on cultural programming for local women. With club membership dwindling, the building was sold to the Kansas City alumnae chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority in 2015. The LaSalle apartment building, a 14-story building which served as apartments, a hotel, and senior housing and was demolished in 2001, can be seen to the east of the Athenaeum.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ambassador Apartments
Description: Photograph of architectural detailing on the upper levels of the Ambassador Apartments at 435 Knickerbocker Place, circa 1981. The building, called Ambassador A, and its twin neighbor to the west, Ambassador B, were designed by local architect Nelle Peters and were built by the Ambassador Hotel to serve as overflow guest rooms in 1927 and were later used as apartments. Both buildings were razed in 2012.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Athenaeum Club
Description: Photograph of the Kansas City Athenaeum building at the corner of Campbell St. and Linwood Boulevard circa 1981. The building, designed by architect Samuel Tarbet and opened in 1914, serves as the home for the Kansas City Women's Athenaeum Club, which was founded in 1894 and focused on cultural programming for local women. With club membership dwindling, the building was sold to the Kansas City alumnae chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority in 2015. The LaSalle apartment building, seen in the photograph with the name Defenders' Townhouse, Inc., was a senior housing facility at 922 Linwood. The 14-story building also served as apartments and a hotel and was demolished in 2001.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: LaMar's Donuts
Description: Photograph of LaMar's Donuts at 240 Linwood Boulevard, circa 1981. The building intially served as a garage and gas station, and in 1960 became the original location of the doughnut shop which grew to become a regional chain. LaMar's closed the location in 2003.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Belman Garage
Description: Photograph of the Belman Garage automotive shop at 3822 Main, circa 1981. The building was designed by the Hoit, Price, & Barnes architectural firm and opened in 1925, and after renovations in 1986, became the home to the Unicorn Theater.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Seville Plaza Apartments
Description: Photograph of the Seville Plaza Apartments, at 4545-47 Main Street, circa 1981. While most of the buildings on the block were razed to for parking lots or new hotels and other construction, this building remains as of 2018.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 301-21 East 43rd Street
Description: Photograph of a block of Kansas City sixplex colonnade apartments at 301-21 East 43rd Street, at the corner of 43rd and McGee, circa 1981. These apartments, in a variation on a style common in the city, were built in the early 1920s, and remain standing as of 2018.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ace Caster and Equipment, Inc.
Description: Photograph of a building at 3240 Main circa 1981. The building was designed by Kansas City architect Louis Curtiss in 1906, and at the time of the photo housed Ace Caster & Equipment, Inc. Part of the ABC Storage & Van Company building can be seen at the left of the photo, at 3244 Main.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 820 Linwood Boulevard
Description: Photograph of a residence at 820 Linwood Boulevard, circa 1981. The house was demolished in 2001, along with a several other houses on the block.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 96 Janssen Place
Description: Photograph of a house located at 96 Janssen Place circa 1981. The residence was built in 1911 for William C. Bowman, owner of the Bowman-Hicks Lumber Company. Janssen Place was established in 1897 as a private street and became known as "Lumberman's Row" for its large number of residents from the lumber industry.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 4423 Jefferson Street
Description: Photograph of a house located at 4423 Jefferson Street, circa 1981.The southern edge of the Shalimar Apartments can be seen at the left of the image.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Browne's Market & Deli
Description: Photograph of Browne's Market & Deli, looking southwest from the intersection of 33rd Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, circa 1981. The building was constructed in 1901 by Irish immigrants Ed and Mary Flavin, who relocated their store from its original location at 27th and Jefferson. The business continued under their daughter Margaret and her husband Jim Browne, and remained in business and within the family as of 2018. Browne's is one of the last buildings remaining on its 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. Browne's also owns the adjacent apartment buildings visible to the left and right of the image.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kon Tiki Room
Description: Photograph of an alley on the south side of a building at 3251-3257 Main, on the southeast corner of Main Street and Warner Plaza, circa 1981. Signs advertise the House of Chun Chinese restaurant and the adjacent Kon Tiki Room tiki bar. The area, south of Linwood Boulevard to 34th Street, between Main and Gillham, was deemed blighted and ridden with crime in 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: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ace Caster and Equipment, Inc.
Description: Photograph of a building at 3240 Main circa 1981. The building was designed by Kansas City architect Louis Curtiss in 1906, and at the time of the photo housed Ace Caster & Equipment, Inc. Part of the ABC Storage & Van Company building can be seen at the left of the photo, at 3244 Main. Brown's Chicken, a national restaurant chain, is visible at the far right of the photograph at 3214 Main.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3251-57 Main Street
Description: Photograph of a building at 3251-3257 Main, on the southeast corner of Main Street and Warner Plaza, circa 1981. Signs advertize the House of Chun Chinese restaurant and the adjacent Kon Tiki Room tiki bar, and a section of the Warner Plaza apartments are visible at the left of the image. A twin building stood across Warner Plaza to the north. The area, south of Linwood Boulevard to 34th Street, between Main and Gillham, was deemed blighted and ridden with crime in 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: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3245-49 Main Street
Description: Photograph of a building at 3245-3249 Main, on the northeast corner of Main Street and Warner Plaza, circa 1981. A sign reading "The Right Drink at the Right Price" hangs on Milton's Tap Room jazz club at 3241 Main and can be seen on the adjacent building at the left of the image, and a section of the Warner Plaza apartments are visible at the right. A twin building stood across Warner Plaza to the south. The area, south of Linwood Boulevard to 34th Street, between Main and Gillham, was deemed blighted and ridden with crime in 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: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Motor Pool Parts and Service
Description: Photograph of Motor Pool Parts and Service at 3807 Main Street, circa 1981. The building opened in 1925 as a Safeway grocery store. The Boston Apartments building at the corner of 38th and Main can be seen in the background of the image.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: New Earth Books and Foolkiller Theater
Description: Photograph of the Price Candy Company building at 2 West 39th Street. circa 1981. The building was constructed in 1929 by W. R. Brovard to be a factory for Price Candy, and at the time of this photo was owned and partially occupied by the Foolkiller Theater company, which can be seen at the left. until they sold the building in 1985. The New Earth bookstore, a non-profit feminist store bookstore and event space, occupied the ground-floor corner space of the building.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

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