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Title: Long U.S. Army Reserve Center
Description: Photograph of the Long U.S. Army Reserve Center at 1528 Central circa 1980. The facility, opened circa 1951, closed in the early 1980s and was demolished to make way for the Bartle Hall Convention Center expansion project.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1801-11 Broadway
Description: Photograph of a former post office garages on Broadway between 18th and 19th Streets circa 1980. A real estate sign can be seen in the photograph, and the buildings appear vacant. The building became the headquarters for Holmes Drywall Company in 1980, and the building was demolished in 2008. Liberty Memorial can be seen in the background of the image.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: An Interview with Josephine Lopez
Description: Interview 23 of SC69-1 Hispanic Oral History Collection. Interviewer: Irene Ruiz. Date of interview unknown. 1 sound cassette (ca. 90 minutes): analog, stereo.; 5 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape; 1 sound disc; digital; 4 3/4 in. Has printed guide to contents.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Sound Recording

Title: 101-03 East 40th Street
Description: Photograph of apartment buildings at the southeast corner of 40th and Walnut Streets, including Merton Hall at 101 East 40th Street, circa 1980. Merton Hall, and the Elmore Apartments building to the east, are eight-plex Kansas City Colonnade buildings, with columned porches at their fronts, built in the early 1920s. Merton Hall suffered a major fire in April 1983, and was torn down a week later. The others buildings in view in the image were later also demolished and the property used by the neighboring St. Paul's Episcopal Church as sports fields and gardens.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Loose Park
Description: Photograph of people picnicking near a parking area in Loose Park, circa 1980. Archways in the park's Rose Garden are visible in the background of the image.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Janssen Place Residential District Main Entrance Gateway
Description: Photograph of a pillar, part of the Janssen Place Residential District Main Entrance Gateway at the intersection of Janssen Place and 36th Street. The gate was constructed in 1897. In 1975, the neighborhood was placed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Janssen Place Historic District and on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: City Bank and Trust Company
Description: Photograph of City Bank, at 1800 Grand Boulevard, circa 1980. The building opened as Grand Avenue Bank in 1976, and was designed by the Kivett & Myer architecture firm. The firm changed its name to City Bank and Trust Company in 1978.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Alameda Plaza Hotel
Description: Photograph of the Alameda Plaza Hotel, looking southwest, at 401 Ward Parkway circa 1980.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Horace Mann School
Description: Photograph of the Horace Mann School at 39th and Euclid Streets circa 1980. The building was designed by architect Charles A. Smith and completed in 1904. In a state of disrepair, it was closed by the school district in 1979 and placed for sale the following year. It operated as Brown-Caldwell Christian School from the early 1980s until circa 2007, when it was purchased, with the intention of residential redevelopment, by the Ivanhoe Neighborhood Association. It was damaged in an arson fire in December 2011, leading to its demolition.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Horace Mann School
Description: Photograph of the Horace Mann School at 39th and Euclid Streets circa 1980. The building was designed by architect Charles A. Smith and completed in 1904. In a state of disrepair, it was closed by the school district in 1979 and placed for sale the following year. It operated as Brown-Caldwell Christian School from the early 1980s until circa 2007, when it was purchased, with the intention of residential redevelopment, by the Ivanhoe Neighborhood Association. It was damaged in an arson fire in December 2011, leading to its demolition.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 432-34 West 47th Street
Description: Photograph of an apartment building at 432-34 West 47th Street in the early 1980s. The buildings, along with all other buildings on the block bound by 47th Street, 46th Terrace, Pennsylvania Avenue, and Broadway, were demolished to make way for the Valencia Place office building project, the groundbreaking for which took place in November 1997.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Chandler Court
Description: Photograph of the Chandler Courtyard, at the southeast corner of 47th and Wyandotte Streets, circa 1980. The courtyard features a large fountain, alternately known as the Pan or Bacchus Fountain. The building adjacent to the courtyard was home to clothing store Swanson's.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Stanford and Sons
Description: 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.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Plaza Laundry Company
Description: Photograph of the Plaza Laundry Company building at the corner of 42nd Street and Pennsylvania Avenue circa 1980. The building was constructed as a laundry in 1925, and in 1982, a new owner began a renovation process to turn the structure into an office building dubbed 100 Westport Square.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1320 West 12th Street
Description: Photograph of 12th Street, looking west from 1320 West 12th Street to Liberty Street, in the early 1980s. The Kansas City Bolt, Nut & Screw Company spans a large segment of the block east of Hickory Street. Buildings to its east were demolished after being destroyed by a 1983 fire.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: City Bank and Trust Company
Description: Photograph of City Bank, at 1800 Grand Boulevard, circa 1980. The building opened as Grand Avenue Bank in 1976, and was designed by the Kivett & Myer architecture firm. The firm changed its name to City Bank and Trust Company in 1978. The Power and Light and Davidson buildings can also be seen in the background of the image, to the northwest.
Date: 1980~
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: The New Stanley
Description: 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.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Allen School
Description: Photograph of the Allen School at 706 West 42nd Street circa 1980. Founded in 1853, the school was the first public school in Westport and Kansas City, and pictured building was built in 1912. Renovations to turn the building into a community center focused on senior citizens began in 1980, and the space also provided offices for the ballet and several other organizations.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Knickerbocker North Apartments
Description: Photograph of 500 Knickerbocker Place, part of the Knickerbocker Apartments on the north side of Knickerbocker Place, circa 1981. The block of apartments were razed in 1982 for a Kansas City Life Insurance Company expansion project. The twin building on the south side of the street was still standing as of 2018. Both were built circa 1910 and designed by architect Leon Grant Middaugh.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

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