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Title
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Scarritt Building
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Description
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View looking southeast of the Scarritt Building at 819 Walnut Street. Signs for The Stables Cocktail Lounge, Coca-Cola and T. J.'s Chili Parlor can be seen a car is parked on Walnut Street.
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Date
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1970~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Vita's Restaurant
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Description
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View looking of southeast of Vita's Restaurant, once located at 301 Main Street at the southwest corner of the City Market. A sign reading "Open Apr. 4th" and another reading "grand opening" can be seen. Two City Market buildings are in view.
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Date
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1977~
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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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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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3623 Broadway Boulevard
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Description
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Photograph circa 1980s, looking southeast, of 3609-3615 Broadway Boulevard. To the far left in the photo is Crazy's - possibly a bar - at 3611 Broadway Boulevard. Next to it is Shoequet Shoes store at 3915 Broadway Boulevard. Next to the shoe store is a barber shop and Sidney's Diner at 3623 Broadway Boulevard. This block of buildings was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 as part of the Ambassador Hotel Historic District and then, added to the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1984. Located in the Hanover Place neighborhood.
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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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3611-3623 Broadway Boulevard
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Description
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Photograph circa 1980s, looking southeast, of 3611-3623 Broadway Boulevard. To the far left in the photo is Crazy's - possibly a bar - at 3611 Broadway Boulevard. And further south, is Shoequet Shoes at 3915 Broadway Boulevard. Next to the shoe store is a barber shop and Sidney's Diner at 3623 Broadway Boulevard. This block of buildings was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 as part of the Ambassador Hotel Historic District and then, added to the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1984. Located in the Hanover Place neighborhood.
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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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3611 Broadway Boulevard
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Description
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Photograph circa 1980, looking southeast, of 3609-3615 Broadway Boulevard. Peking Chinese Restaurant appears in the left side of the photo, located at 3609 Broadway Boulevard. Also shown in the photo, in the center, is Crazy's at 3611 Broadway Boulevard. And further south, in the right side of the photo, is Shoequet Shoes store at 3915 Broadway Boulevard. This block of buildings was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 as part of the Ambassador Hotel Historic District and added to the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1984.
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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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3251-57 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 1981. Signs advertize the House of Chun Chinese restaurant and the adjacent Kon Tiki Room tiki bar, and a section of the Warner Plaza apartments are visible at the left of the image. A twin building stood across Warner Plaza to the north. 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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3251-57 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 1981. Signs advertise the House of Chun Chinese restaurant and the adjacent Kon Tiki Room tiki bar, and a section of the Warner Plaza apartments are visible at the left of the image. A twin building stood across Warner Plaza to the north. 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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9th East from Main
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Description
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View facing east along 9th Street from its intersection with Main Street. The Waltower Building on the northeast corner of 9th and Walnut streets can be seen on the north side of the street. The Fidelity National Bank Building on the southeast corner of 9th and Walnut streets and the Union National Bank Building on the southwest corner of 9th and Walnut streets can be seen on the south side of the street. Signs for the Junction Buffet, Country Club Beer and MobilGas can be seen. Pedestrians and cars along 9th Street are in view.
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Date
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1949-06-05
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Object Type
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Photograph
