Kansas City Landmarks Slide Collection

Title: Knickerbocker Apartments demolition
Description: Photograph circa 1982 documenting the demolition of 500 Knickerbocker Place, part of the Knickerbocker Apartments on the north side of Knickerbocker Place. The block of apartments were razed in 1982 for a Kansas City Life Insurance Company expansion project. The twin building on the south side of the street was still standing as of 2018. Both were built circa 1910 and designed by architect Leon Grant Middaugh. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Grand Emporium
Description: Photograph of the Grand Emporium Hotel and Saloon, at 3832 Main, circa 1982. The building was constructed in 1912 as the Martha Washington Candy Company, and Grand Emporium opened in May 1982 as a bar, restaurant, and live music venue with plans for hostel-style rooms to rent on the second floor. It changed ownership several times before closing in 2007. Toedman Cabs stands to its south, in a building that was constructed in the 1950s.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Clint's Comics
Description: Photograph of Clint's Comics, at 3943 Main, and neighboring businesses at the intersection of Main Street and westport Road, circa 1982. Signs for Harling's Upstairs bar and Love Records can be seen on the Southwell Building to the north, and Bell's Restaurant is in the adjacent building to the south. Clint's later moved to the Love Records space and operated there for several decades.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Motor Pool Parts and Service
Description: Photograph of Motor Pool Parts and Service at 3807 Main Street, circa 1982. 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, and Pink Garter, a bar and stripclub, can be seen at the right of the image, south of Motor Pool.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Normandy Building
Description: Photograph of the Normandy Building at 3825-27 Main Street, circa 1982. Tenants include Grimm Tattoo and Merlin's Game Room. The Normandy was built in 1926, and demolished in 2002 with the site then used for parking. The Pink Garter stripclub can be seen to the north of the Normandy, and the Monarch Storage Warehouse, at 3829-3831 Main, can be seen to its south.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Mineral Hall
Description: Photograph of the home known as Mineral Hall, circa 1982. The building was designed in 1903 by Louis Curtiss, and was the residence of Roland Bruner, whose mining wealth inspired the Mineral Hall name. A small 1905 addition to the home was designed to house Bruner's collection of mineral specimens. It was donated to the Kansas City Art Institute in 1968, and at the time of the photo, housed various administrative offices for the school and studio space for faculty. The home was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Mill Creek Building
Description: Photograph of the Mill Creek Building at 4634 J. C. Nichols Parkway, circa 1982. Jenkins Music Company and Safety Federal Savings are current tenants. Construction began in 1922 and opened in 1923, this building was the first of J. C. Nichols' Country Club Plaza buildings, and was initially called the Suydam Building. At the far right of the image, construction is taking place on the dome and tower of a neighboring building.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Boston Apartments
Description: Photograph of the Boston Apartments at the corner of 38th and Main Streets, circa 1982, looking east from 38th Street. The structure was built circa 1915 and has wings facing both 38th and Main.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 90 Minute Dry Cleaners and A1 Sewing Machine Company
Description: Photograph of 90 Minute Dry Cleaners at 3951 Main Street, and A1 Sewing Machine Company at 3957 Main, circa 1982. The original facade of the building was replaced after a major fire started in the dry cleaning business in 1976.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Meyer Building
Description: Photograph of the Meyer Building at 3923-25 Main Street, circa 1982, which was designed by architect Robert F. Gornall and built in 1916. Midwest Cyclery is the building's current ground-floor tenant. A Christian Science Reading Room, at 3921 Main, stands to its left, and a Salvation Army thrift store, in the former Warwick Theater, is to its right.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Meyer Building
Description: Photograph of the Meyer Building at 3923-25 Main Street, circa 1982, which was designed by architect Robert F. Gornall and built in 1916. A thrift shop is the building's ground-floor tenant at the time of the photo. A Christian Science Reading Room, at 3921 Main, stands to its left, and a Salvation Army thrift store, in the former Warwick Theater, is to its right.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Meyer Building
Description: Photograph of the Meyer Building at 3923-25 Main Street, circa 1982, which was designed by architect Robert F. Gornall and built in 1916. Midwest Cyclery is the building's current ground-floor tenant. A Christian Science Reading Room, at 3921 Main, stands to its left, and a Salvation Army thrift store, in the former Warwick Theater, is to its right.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Superior Sound
Description: Photograph of Superior Sound, at 3814 Main, a business that provided audio equipment for performance venues and other businesses, circa 1982. Part of the Madrid Theater, at 3806-3810 Main, is visible to the south.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3825-3849 Main Street
Description: Photograph of the 3800 block of Main Street, including the Normandy Building at 3825-37 Main, the Monarch Storage Warehouse at 3829 Main, and the Netherlands Hotel and apartment building at 3835 Main, circa 1982. The Monarch Building was designed in 1921 by architect C. B. Sloan, and the metal facade on the lower two levels was added in 1963. The building housed the American White Goods Company at the time of the photograph.The 3835 Main building opened as the Tocama Apartments in 1928 and designed by architect Robert F. Gornall, and was in 1931 was renamed the Netherlands Hotel, continuing to serve as an apartment building and hotel. It was vacant at the time of this photograph after the city deemed it a dangerous building. Shortly thereafter, it was renovated and renamed the Hawthorne Plaza Apartments. A section of the boarded-up Hyde Park Building is also visible at the right edge of the photograph.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Skaggs Drug Center
Description: Photograph of Skaggs Drug Center at 3948 Main, at the corner of Main Street and Westport Road, circa 1982. The building was originally designed by local architect Clarence Kivett and opened as a Katz Drug Store in 1934. After Skaggs acquired the Katz chain in 1971, the stores began operating under the Skaggs name. In 1985, the store became an Osco drug store after another round of mergers and rebranding.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Park Lane Apartments
Description: Photograph of the Park Lane Apartments at 4600 J. C. Nichols Parkway, circa 1982. The building was constructed in 1925, and plans were in place to demolish the structure in 2002 for replacement with an office tower. Public opposition forced a change of plans, and in 2006 the building was purchased and renovated to be a Courtyard Marriott Hotel.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Knickerbocker North Apartments
Description: Photograph of the Knickerbocker Apartments, on the north side of Knickerbocker Place at 500-30 Knickerbocker Place, circa 1981. The north apartments were razed in 1982 for a Kansas City Life Insurance Company expansion project. The twin building on the south side of the street was still standing as of 2018. Both were built circa 1910 and designed by architect Leon Grant Middaugh.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3900 Block of Main
Description: Photograph of the eastern side of the 3900 block of Main Street, circa 1982, after the razing of the Werby Building at the north end of the block in 1979. The blue facade of a Salvation Army thriftstore can be seen at 3927 Main, located in the former Warwick Theater. The Southwell Building, at 3941 Main, is home to Harling's Upstairs bar and music venue. Clint's Comics, at 3943 Main, is surrounded by other shops and businesses. The Netherlands Hotel building, on the north side of 39th Street, can be seen in the background of the image.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3800 Block of Main Street
Description: Photograph of the west side of the 3800 block of Main Street, circa 1982. The Madrid Theater, at 3806-3810 Main, was designed by Besecke and Defoe and opened in 1926 as movie palace, complete with Wurlitzer organ. The theater closed by the early 1950s, and served as a furniture and rug retailer for a number of years. The building was vacant at the time of this photo, and has a sign promoting Jim Kenworthy, "Democrat for Congress," hanging on the front. The Madrid was renovated and reopened in 2001 as a venue for live music and other events. Superior Sound, at 3814 Main, provided audio equipment for performance venues and other businesses.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Toedman Cabs
Description: Photograph of Toedman Cabs, at 3834 Main, circa 1982. The company occupies a building that was constructed in the 1950s. To its north is the Grand Emporium Hotel and Saloon, a bar, restaurant, and live music venue.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

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