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Kenny's News Room
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Description
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Photograph of a building at 3740-42 Broadway Boulevard in the early 1980s. BF Goodrich's parking lot is visible in the photo, north of the building. In the right side of the photo is Kenny's News Room Restaurant & Lounge.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Toedman Cabs
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1982~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Stanford and Sons
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Description
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Photograph of the southwest side of Stanford and Sons restaurant and comedy club, at 504 Westport Road, circa 1980. Sanford and Sons' main building is known as the Bridger Building, one of the oldest buildings in Kansas City.
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Date
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1980~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Kelly's Bar
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Description
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Photograph of Kelly's Bar at the corner of Westport and Pennsylvania circa 1974. Mack-Lang Printing stands to its southwest in the Bridger Building at 504 Westport Road.
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Date
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1974~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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4400 Block of Belleview Avenue
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Description
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Photograph of the 4400 block of Belleview Avenue, looking north toward 44th Street, circa 1986. A house at 4418 Belleview is visible at the left edge of the image, and building housing The Point bar can be seen at right, on the southeast corner of 44th and Belleview.
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Date
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1986~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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5000 Block of Main Street
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Description
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Photograph of the 5000 block of Main Street, looking south across the intersection of 50th Street, in the late 1970s. The Peanut bar, at 5000 Main, is pictured on the west side of the street, and Milgram's grocery, at 5011 Main, is pictured on the east side.
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Date
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1970~/1979~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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3000 Block of Main Street
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Description
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Photograph of the east side of the 3000 block of Main Street, from 3001 to 3025 Main, in the early 1980s. The Windsor Hotel, the tall building at the north end of the block, was demolished in 1999.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kelly's Bar & Mack-Lang Printing
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Description
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Photograph of Kelly's Bar at the corner of Westport and Pennsylvania circa 1974. Mack-Lang Printing stands to its southwest in the Bridger Building at 504 Westport Road.
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Date
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1974~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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12-14 East 31st Street
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Description
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Photograph of a retail building at 12-14 East 31st Street, near the northeast corner of 31st and Main in the early 1980s.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Stanford and Sons
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Description
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Photograph of Stanford and Sons restaurant and comedy club, at 504 Westport Road, circa 1980. Standing to its east, at the right of the photo, is Kelly's Bar at 500 Westport Road. Both buildings were built circa 1850 and are among the oldest buildings in Kansas City. The Manor Bakery building is visible in the background of the image.
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Date
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1980~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Grand Emporium
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1982~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Clint's Comics
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1982~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Motor Pool Parts and Service
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1982~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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The New Stanley
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Description
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Photograph of The New Stanley bar and restaurant at 501 Westport Road circa 1980, as well as a view of Pennsylvania Avenue looking southeast from Westport Road. The restaurant and bar opened in 1975 in the building that was the former Doerschuk pharmacy. An establishment called the Old Stanley opened in 1987 under new ownership in the space after the New Stanley closed in 1985.
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Date
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1980~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Stanford and Sons
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Description
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Photograph of Stanford and Sons restaurant and comedy club, at 504 Westport Road, circa 1980. Standing to its east, at the right of the photo, is Kelly's Bar at 500 Westport Road. Both buildings were built circa 1850 and are among the oldest buildings in Kansas City. The Manor Bakery building is visible in the background of the image.
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Date
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1980~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kon Tiki Room
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1981~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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3235-57 Main Street
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Description
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Photograph of a building at 3251-3257 Main, on the southeast corner of Main Street and Warner Plaza, circa 1990. Signs advertise the Cellblock bar 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. The adjacent apartments appear to have been demolished in this image.
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Date
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1990~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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1600-10 East 18th Street
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Description
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Photograph of a building at 1600-10 E. 18th Street, the northeast corner of 18th and Vine, circa 1989. The building opened circa 1905, with retail and nightclubs on the ground floor and apartments and professional offices on the second floor. The storefront at 1600 E. 18th is partially boarded-up section. El Capitan Lounge inhabits the storefront at 1610 E. 18th. A banner advertises the 7th Annual 18th & Vine Heritage Festival, which took place in September, 1989.
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Date
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1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Stanford and Sons
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Description
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Photograph of Stanford and Sons restaurant and comedy club, at 504 Westport Road, circa 1980. Standing to its east, at the right of the photo, is Kelly's Bar at 500 Westport Road. Both buildings were built circa 1850 and are among the oldest buildings in Kansas City. The Manor Bakery building is visible in the background of the image.
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Date
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1980~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Gillis Building
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Description
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Photograph of the Gillis Building at 500 Walnut Street, the southwest corner of 5th and Walnut, in the early 1990s. Built on the site of the Gillis Opera House, the Gillis Building opened 1926, and was the home to Grandpa's Saloon and Grandma's Pie Pantry at the time of the photograph.
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Date
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1990~/1999~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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