400 Block of Nichols Road

Details

Title: 400 Block of Nichols Road
Creator: Kansas City Landmarks Commission
Description: Photograph of Nichols Road between Pennsylvania and Broadway, looking east, in 1977. Embassy movie theater is pictured, advertising the movie "Julia" on the marquee. The theater closed in 1981. The Plaza Bowl bowling alley, at the left edge of the image, opened in 1940 and closed in 1978. The buildings were partially demolished for the construction of a Saks department store, which opened in 1982.
Date: 1977
TGM Subject: Stores & shops
Motion picture theaters
Streets
Buildings
Local Subject: Embassy Theater
Object Type: Photograph
Neighborhood: Plaza
Street Address: 430 Nichols Road
City: Kansas City
State: Missouri
Shelf Location: P34-6, Box 2, Folder 23
Barcode: 10027057
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