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Title: 705 Brush Creek Boulevard
Description: Photograph of a house at 705 Brush Creek Boulevard in the 1980s. Known as the Ralph L. Smith Residence after an early owner, the lead of the Ralph Smith Lumber Company, the house was designed by Clarence Shepard and built in 1923. A yard surrounded by a low stone wall is visible in the foreground of the image, across the street from the house.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 901 Brush Creek Boulevard
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of Faith Mission Church of God in Christ at 901 Brush Creek Boulevard. It was placed on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places as part of the Rockhill Historic District in 1980. Located in the Rockhill neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 601 Brush Creek Boulevard
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of a single family home at 601 Brush Creek Boulevard, which was demolished in 2005. Built in 1954-55, it was placed on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places as part of the Rockhill Historic District in 1980. The house that was built in its place in 2007 also appears on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places. Located in the Rockhill neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 618 Brush Creek Boulevard
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of the single family home at 618 Brush Creek Boulevard. Built in 1914 and designed by architect Clarence Shepard, it was placed on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places as part of the Rockhill Historic District in 1980. Located in the Rockhill neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 600 Brush Creek Boulevard
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of the single family home at 600 Brush Creek Boulevard. Built in 1950, it was placed on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places as part of the Rockhill Historic District in 1980. Located in the Rockhill neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 818 Brush Creek Boulevard
Description: Photograph of a single-family residence at 818 Brush Creek Boulevard in the 1980s. Designed by architect Alice Walton, the house was built in 1920 and has been known as the Robert Curtin Residence after the initial owner, president of the Curtin and Clark Cutlery Company.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Brush Creek Bridge
Description: Photograph of a stone bridge overpass over Brush Creek circa 1987. A car, with headlights on, can be seen in the background on the concrete creek bed.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 612 Brush Creek Boulevard
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of the single family home at 612 Brush Creek Boulevard. Built in 1913 and designed by architect Henry Hoit, it was placed on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places as part of the Rockhill Historic District in 1980. Located in the Rockhill neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Brush Creek Pedestrian Bridge
Description: Photograph of a footbridge and sign on the north side of Brush Creek in the 1980s. The sign, standing between J. C. Nichols Parkway and Wornall Road, was placed in 1977 and lists distances to Kansas City's sister cities: Seville, Spain; Morelia, Mexico; Kurashiki, Japan; and Freetown, Sierra Leone. The bridge was disassembled in the early 1990s and replaced circa 1999.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Brush Creek Project Plan
Description: Map created by the Kansas City Landmarks Commission as part of a 1980s Brush Creek redesign presentation. The map marks the location of the Brush Creek area on a map of Kansas City, Missouri. 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: 218-220 Brush Creek Boulevard
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of an apartment-condominium building at 218-220 Brush Creek Boulevard (called Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard since 1999). It was built in 1922 and is located in the Southmoreland neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

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: 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: Brush Creek and Ward Parkway
Description: Photograph taken from the Winston Churchill building overlooking Ward Parkway and Brush Creek circa 1988. The 433 Ward Parkway condominium building is visible on the south side of the creek at left, and Tudor-style houses on the 500 block of Ward Parkway (later renumbered as the 700 block) are seen at right.
Date: 1988~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Brush Creek and Pedestrian Bridge
Description: Photograph of Brush Creek between J. C. Nichols Parkway and Wornall Road in the 1980s. The pictured footbridge provided pedestrian access from apartment buildings south of the creek to the Plaza retail area to the north. The bridge was disassembled in the early 1990s and replaced circa 1999.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Brush Creek Project Residential Actions
Description: Map created by the Kansas City Landmarks Commission as part of a 1980s Brush Creek redesign presentation, encompassing an area from State Line Road east to The Paseo, and from 43rd Street south to 55th Street. The map denotes smaller areas with numbers 1-4, but does not include a key. 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: 214-16 & 218-20 Brush Creek Boulevard
Description: Photograph of two apartment buildings, at 214-16 and 218-20 Brush Creek Boulevard (later Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard) circa 1980.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 222-24 & 226-28 Brush Creek Boulevard
Description: Photograph of two apartment buildings, at 224 and 228 Brush Creek Boulevard (later Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard) circa 1980.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Stan Kenton Concert at Brush Creek
Description: Photograph of Stan Kenton and his band in concert in Brush Creek in 1976. Concertgoers sit on grassy areas sloping up from the concrete creek bed. A portion of the Halls department store building, on the north side of Brush Creek, is visible in the background of the image.
Date: 1976-06-27
Object Type: Photograph

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