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Title: Children Walking in Brush Creek
Description: Photograph of children walking on the concrete stream bed of Brush Creek, circa 1987.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Walnut Street Shops
Description: Photograph of the Walnut Street Shops, 12-26 East 39th Street, with windows boarded up prior to a renovation project in 1983-84. The Hyde Park Building can also be seen at the left of the image, and the Netherlands Hotel building can be seen in the background. The Netherlands was soon to undergo its own renovation and be redubbed "Hawthorne Plaza."
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Werby Building
Description: Photograph of the Werby Building at the southeast corner of 39th and Main Streets in 1979. The building was designed by Greenebaum, Hardy and Schumacher, opened in 1924, and consisted of office spaces on the second floor and storefronts on the ground level. Efforts to save the building from demolition led to Mayor Richard Berkley named a week in April 1979 "Werby Week," but it was razed not long after. Signs on plywood boards across the storefronts advertise a "Take Back the Night" event, an anti-nuclear energy rally to take place in Burlington, Kansas, at the Wolf Creek Generating Station, and upcoming concerts. The Hyde Park Building, on the northeast corner of 39th and Main, can be seen at the left of the photo, with the Hotel Netherlands to its north.
Date: 1979
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 39th and Main Streets
Description: Photograph of the northeast corner of 39th and Main Streets, circa 1980, including the Hotel Netherlands apartment building. The Hyde Park building, at right, opened in 1916, and at the time of this photo, the ground floor was occupied by the Adult Literary Guild adult bookstore, which was evicted in 1982 as part of a neighborhood redevelopment effort lead by J. Nelson Happy.
Date: 1980~
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: 39th and Main Streets
Description: Photograph of the intersection of 39th and Main Streets in the early 1980s. The Netherlands Hotel apartment building and commercial Hyde Park building can be seen on the northeast corner, and the New Earth Books & Records store in the former Price Candy Company building on the northwest corner. A Mobil gas station stands on the southwest corner. The photograph was taken after the demolition of the Werby Building on the southeast corner, circa 1980.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 39th & Main Streets
Description: Photograph of the north side of the 39th and Main Street intersection circa 1983. The Hyde Park Building, on the northeast corner of the intersection, is undergoing renovations. The Price Candy Company Building, at 2 West 39th Street, has New Earth Books and Records as a ground floor tenant. Foolkiller Theater, a longtime tenant and building owner, also occupies the building. The Netherlands Hotel apartment building is visible in the background of the image.
Date: 1980~
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: Mr. Z's In & Out
Description: Photograph of Mr. Z's In & Out convenience store at 1600 West 39th Street, circa 1990. The Tudor-style building was built as a gas station in the early 1930s.
Date: 1990~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1600 Block of West 39th Street
Description: Photograph of buildings on the north side of the 1600 block of West 39th Street circa 1990. Atomic Electric Company, at 1610 W. 39th, and Mr. Z's In and Out convenience store, at 1600 W. 39th, are among the businesses pictured.
Date: 1990~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Hyde Park Building
Description: Photograph of the Main Street-facing side of the Hyde Park Building, at 3841-49 Main, circa 1980. The image shows the building with damaged windows on its second story, and boarded-up storefronts and damaged terra cotta tiles on the ground level. The building was owned at the time by Kansas City's Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority and was in the process of evicting adult bookstores and bars in an effort to bring new businesses to the area in hopes of stablizing the neighborhood economically. The city provided funds to assist in renovating the buildings, and the project was complete by the end of 1983. The second floor housed medical offices, and the ground floor included a pharmacy, dentist's office, and other businesses. The neighboring Netherlands Hotel/Hawthorne Plaza apartment building and Walnut Street Shops were also a part of the redevelopment effort.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Winston Cemetery/Hampton Cemetery
Description: Photograph of a stone from the Winston Cemetery, also known as the Hampton Cemetery, in the 1980s. The small cemetery was created in Hampton, Missouri, an early Platte County village near the eventual site of Kansas City International Airport. Hampton was annexed by Kansas City in the early 1950s. The cemetery is located on Northwest 104th Street, between Brightwell and Hampton Roads. The stone is engraved "Children of J. H. & E. Winston," and names Alice and John West.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Winston Cemetery/Hampton Cemetery
Description: Photograph of a stone from the Winston Cemetery, also known as the Hampton Cemetery, in the 1980s. The small cemetery was created in Hampton, Missouri, an early Platte County village near the eventual site of Kansas City International Airport. Hampton was annexed by Kansas City in the early 1950s. The cemetery is located on Northwest 104th Street, between Brightwell and Hampton Roads. The stone is engraved "Children of J. H. & E. Winston," and names Alice and John West.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Brush Creek Project Pedestrians Open Space Connections in the Northeast Quadrant
Description: Map created by the Kansas City Landmarks Commission as part of a 1980s Brush Creek redesign presentation. The map illustrates parks and street connections between 43rd and 50th Streets on the north and south, and Broadway Boulevard and The Paseo on the west and east. Through the 1980s and early 1990s, the city undertook a major redesign of Brush Creek and adjacent areas aimed at beautification and improved flood control.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Map

Title: Children's Mercy Hospital
Description: Photograph of Children's Mercy Hospital buildings at 24th and Locust in the early 1980s.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1726 Independence Avenue
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of an architectural embellishment on Alumni Hall on the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences (KCUMB) campus at 1726 Independence Avenue. Construction on the building was completed in 1927; it served as a dormitory for the nurses of Children's Mercy Hospital. In 1971, KCUMB Alumni Association purchased the building and donated to the university. The building was renovated in the early 1990s. In 1999 the building was renamed after Leonard Smith, DO. Located in the Pendleton Heights neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Children's Mercy Hospital
Description: Photograph of an entrance to Children's Mercy Hospital at 24th and Locust in the early 1980s.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Children's Mercy Hospital
Description: Photograph of Children's Mercy Hospital buildings at 24th and Locust in the early 1980s. A sign on the low brick building at left reads "MEDICAL LIBRARY."
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Children's Mercy Hospital Annex
Description: Photograph of Children's Mercy Hospital buildings at 24th and Locust in the early 1980s. A sign on the low brick building at left reads "MEDICAL LIBRARY."
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Children's Mercy Hospital
Description: Photograph of Children's Mercy Hospital buildings at 24th and Locust in the early 1980s. A sign points to the main entrance.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

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