Search results

Title: 1-7 East 34th Street
Description: Photograph of the apartment building spanning 1-7 East 34th Street, formerly known as the Rat Castle Apartments, in the early 1980s. This block of rowhouse apartments was constructed in 1888, prior to the area's annexation by Kansas City, and continues around the corner to an additional residence at 3401 Main Street. The building underwent a major renovation and rehabilitation in 1982-1983. The adjacent rowhouse building, at 9-23 East 34th, can be seen at the left of the image. The majority of buildings on the block were razed in the 1980s and 1990s for additional parking lots and to expand the Foreign Language Academy's campus.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1-7 East 34th Street
Description: Photograph of the apartment building spanning 1-7 East 34th Street, formerly known as the Rat Castle Apartments, in the early 1980s. This block of rowhouse apartments was constructed in 1888, prior to the area's annexation by Kansas City, and continues around the corner to an additional residence at 3401 Main Street. The building underwent a major renovation and rehabilitation in 1982-1983. The majority of buildings on the block were razed in the 1980s and 1990s for additional parking lots and to expand the Foreign Language Academy's campus.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1-7 East 34th Street
Description: Photograph of the rear of the apartment building spanning 1-7 East 34th Street, formerly known as the Rat Castle Apartments, in the early 1980s. This block of rowhouse apartments was constructed in 1888, prior to the area's annexation by Kansas City, and continues around the corner to an additional residence at 3401 Main Street. The building underwent a major renovation and rehabilitation in 1982-1983. The majority of buildings on the block were razed in the 1980s and 1990s for additional parking lots and to expand the Foreign Language Academy's campus.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 2119 - 2122 Minnie Street
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of an apartment duplex building at 2119 - 2123 Minnie Street, on the northeast corner of Minnie Street and Brooklyn Avenue. To its east is another apartment duplex building at 2116-2118 Minnie Street. 2116-2118 Minnie Street was built in 1888 and designed by architect Benjamin Brooks. It was demolished in 2009. 2119 - 2123 Minnie Street is still standing, as of 2014. Both buildings were placed on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1983 as part of the Pendleton Heights Historic District. Located in the Pendleton Heights neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Monterey Apartments
Description: Photograph of the Monterey Apartments building at 4630 Wornall, the corner of 46th Terrace and Wornall, in the early 1980s. Built in the early 1920s, the building underwent renovations in the mid-1980s, around the same time that the parking garage visible at the far left of the image was constructed.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1100-16 East Armour Boulevard
Description: Photograph of apartment buildings on Armour Boulevard between Troost and Forest in the early 1980s. The Armour Apartments building, furthest left, is at 1100-08 E. Armour Boulevard. It was designed by architect John McKecknie and built in 1905, and was demolished in 1988. The Chalfonte Flats building, at 1110-12 E. Armour, stands in the middle of the block, was designed by Matt O'Connell and built in 1909. The Juliet Apartments, in the foreground of the image, stand at 1114-16 E. Armour, were also designed by John McKecknie and built in 1907. The Juliet building has a "For Sale" sign in front of it at the time of the photograph.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 509 & 511 Benton Boulevard
Description: Photograph of apartment buildings at 509 and 511 Benton Boulevard, at the northeast corner of Benton and Robert Street in the 1980s. The pair of buildings were constructed circa 1900.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Dorson Apartments
Description: Photograph of the 916 Benton entrance of the Dorson Apartments building at 912-18 Benton Boulevard in the early 1980s. The building was designed by Frank C. Reynolds and built in 1906, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Roanoke Court Apartments
Description: Photograph of the 3663-3665 and 3667-3669 Summit Street (also Southwest Trafficway) buildings at the Roanoke Court Apartments in the early 1980s. Roanoke Court, six identical apartment buildings arranged around a central court, opened to renters in 1923.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Homestead Apartments
Description: Photograph of the Homestead Apartments building at the southwest corner of Armour and Campbell in the early 1980s. The building, which provided Section 8-eligible housing at the time of the photograph. The building was designed by local architect Nelle Peters and opened as the Hotel Ricardo in 1922. After a 2010s renovation, the building became known as the Ricardo Apartments.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bainbridge Apartments
Description: Photograph of the Bainbridge Apartments building at 900-08 East Armour Boulevard in the early 1980s. The building, originally built as two separate structures in 1926 and later joined via a central entry. At the time of the photograph, the building served as Section 8 federal housing.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bencourt Apartments
Description: Photograph of the Bencourt Apartments on the southeast corner of 39th and Main Streets in the early 1980s. The building was demolished in 1995 and the site is now used as a parking lot for surrounding businesses.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 2523-25 Cherry Street
Description: Photograph of the Abbie apartment building at 2523-25 Cherry Street in the early 1980s. The building was demolished in 2013 to make way for the construction of a new Ronald McDonald House facility to serve the nearby Children's Mercy Hospital.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 4300 and 4400 Block of Main Street
Description: Photograph, looking northeast from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), of the east side of the 4300 and 4400 blocks of Main Street in the late 1980s. The One Main Plaza office building at 4435 Main Street occupies the lower right corner. A QuikTrip convenience store and Best Western hotel stand to its north on Main Street, and the Southmoreland neighborhood stretches to the north and east. Tall residential and office buildings line Armour Boulevard in the background of the image.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 210-16 Brush Creek Boulevard
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of two apartment buildings on the north side of Brush Creek Boulevard (called Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard since 1999), east of Main Street. 210-12 Brush Creek Boulevard (on the left) is called the Granada and 214-16 Brush Creek Boulevard is named Plaza 52. They were built in 1922.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1100-16 East Armour Boulevard
Description: Photograph of apartment buildings on Armour Boulevard between Troost and Forest in the early 1980s. The Armour Apartments building, furthest left, is at 1100-08 E. Armour Boulevard. It was designed by architect John McKecknie and built in 1905, and was demolished in 1988. The Chalfonte Flats building, at 1110-12 E. Armour, stands in the middle of the block, was designed by Matt O'Connell and built in 1909. The Juliet Apartments, in the foreground of the image, stand at 1114-16 E. Armour, were also designed by John McKecknie and built in 1907. The Juliet building has a "For Sale" sign in front of it at the time of the photograph.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3951-79 Main Street
Description: Photographs of stores and an apartment building on the 3900 block of Main Street in the early 1980s. The Old Westport Cash Saver grocery store, at 3967 Main, and the Montrose Apartment building, at the corner of 40th, Walnut, and Main Streets, are among the buildings pictured. The Montrose Apartments were demolished in early 1998 and the site was used for a parking lot.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Search results

Pages

Pages

Refine Search

Object Type

Local Subject

TGM Subject

Date

Creator