Kansas City Landmarks Slide Collection

Title: Unidentified West Plaza Apartment Building
Description: Photograph of an unidentified apartment building circa 1986. The Plaza West office building, at 4600 Madison Avenue, can be seen in in the upper left edge of the image.
Date: 1986~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: National Catholic Reporter
Description: Photograph of the National Catholic Reporter headquarters at the southwest corner of Armour and Warwick in the early 1980s. The building, originally built and used as a residence, was converted to use as offices in the 1950s. It has served as offices for the local AFL-CIO, the Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Kansas City, and became the headquarters of the National Catholic Reporter in the late 1970s.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Luzier Cosmetics Building
Description: Photograph of the southern wing of the Luzier Cosmetics Building at 3216 Gillham Plaza in the 1980s. The building was developed in two phases - the larger north wing was designed by local architecture firm Hoit, Price, ; Barnes in 1927 for Martha Washington Candy Company, and the smaller south wing designed by local architect Nelle E. Peters and added in 1928. Luzier purchased the north building and linked the two in 1933, at which time Peters' exterior ornamentation was extended to unify the structures. The building served as the headquarters for the Luzier Cosmetics company from 1928 to 2000.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Vitagraph Film Exchange Building
Description: Photograph of the Vitagraph Film Exchange building at the southeast corner of 17th and Wyandotte in the early 1980s. Built in 1930 by Warner Brothers, the building was part of Kansas City's Film Row, an area focused on the film distribution industry. Warner Brothers continued to occupy the building into the 1970s, but an "Office Space for Lease" sign is posted at the time of the photograph.
Date: 1980~/1989~
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: Plaza Center Building
Description: Photograph of the Plaza Center (formerly John Hancock) office building on 47th Street between Madison and Summit circa 1980. The building opened in 1961 and was designed by architecture firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. John Hancock Life Insurance Company was an original tenant.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: BMA Building
Description: Photograph of the BMA Tower at 700 West 31st Street circa 1980. The tower was built in 1963 to replace the former headquarters of Business Men's Assurance Company on Pershing Road, and was designed by architecture firm Skidmore Owings and Merrill. The WDAF radio tower can be seen in the background of the image.
Date: 1980~
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: 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: 47th and Belleview Intersection
Description: Photograph from just south of the intersection of 47th and Belleview, looking north, circa 1988. The Plaza West office is visible in the background, at 4600 Madison Avenue. The Belletower office building at foreground left is located at 4700 Belleview, and the building at right is located at 919 West 47th Street.
Date: 1988~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: City Center Square
Description: Aerial photograph of the City Center Square building at 1100 Main Street in downtown Kansas City. It was built in 1977 by the firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. It occupies the entire block of 11th Street to 12th Street, and from Main Street to Baltimore Street.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Board of Trade Building
Description: Photograph of the Board of Trade building, at 4800 Main Street, circa 1980. The Kansas City Board of trade moved to this building, notable for the sculpture of wheat and corn on its east facade, in 1966.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Board of Trade Building
Description: Photograph of the Board of Trade building, looking northwest from the intersection of 49th and Main Streets, circa 1980. The Kansas City Board of trade moved to this building in 1966. The Sulgrave Apartments tower, at 121 West 48th Street, can be seen at the left edge of the image.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Nelson Art Gallery South Lawn
Description: Photograph, looking south from the south entrance of the Nelson Art Gallery, circa 1986. The view overlooks the Nelson's south lawn, across 47th Street, and across Theis Park and the Volker Memorial Fountain.
Date: 1986
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Lincoln Building
Description: Photograph of the Lincoln Building on the southeast corner of 18th and Vine in the late 1980s. The commercial and professional social building, with a third floor dance hall, opened in 1921 and served as a hub of Kansas City's black community. After several decades of decline, a renovation project, converting the building into office space, began in 1979 and completed in 1981.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Scarritt Arcade Building
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of the Scarritt Arcade Building which is ajoined to the Scarritt Building. The Scarritt Building, 818 Grand Blvd, sits at the corner of 9th and Grand Streets and the Scarritt Arcade Building is at 819 Walnut Street. Built in 1907 by Root ;amp; Siemens architectural firm, the buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 and the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1987.
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: Four Thousand Main Building
Description: Photograph of the Four Thousand Main Building, at the southwest corner of 40th and Main Streets in the early 1980s, and a three-story apartment building at 4006-4008 Main Street. At the time of the photo, 4000 Main served as the headquarters for Sutherlands Lumber Company. The apartment building to its south was demolished in 2017.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Baltimore Avenue through the Plaza
Description: Photograph looking north on Baltimore Avenue, just north of Ward Parkway, circa 1987. The Fountain View building (later American Century Investments north tower) is visible in the center of the image, with the One Main Plaza office building and Marriott Hotel, on Main Street, visible at right.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: H&R Block Headquarters
Description: Photograph of the H&R Block headquarters on Main Street south of 44th Street circa 1980. The tile-roofed building to its south, at 4422 Main, was later demolished to create a parking lot to accomodate growth at H&R Block. St. Luke's Hospital building can be seen in the background of the image.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

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