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Title: Nichols Road Statue
Description: Photograph of a sculpture and flower bed in a Nichols Road median, looking west from Wyandotte Street, in the 1980s. The building on the north side of Nichols was home to a movie theater and numerous stores and offices.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 546 Olive Street
Description: Photograph circa 1980s looking north toward Elma Street, capturing the block of stores and homes on the west side of the street. On the left is 546 Olive Street, a building which has housed several businesses, including a beauty shop. It is also an apartment home, with a bedroom and garage. Next to that building is 540 - 538 Olive Street, a two-story duplex. To the north of that is a single family home at 536 Olive Street, built in 1890. Next to that is a two-story duplex which was demolished sometime after the photo was taken. The next visible home, to the north, is 526 Olive Street, built in 1890. Located in the Pendleton Heights neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 2202 Lexington Avenue
Description: Photograph circa 1980s looking north, capturing several single family homes and a commercial building at the far right on the 200 block of Brooklyn Avenue. The building's address is 2202 Lexington Avenue; it was built in 1920, and has housed several different kinds of businesses, including a market and restaurant. Next to it, to the north, is 225 Brooklyn Ave, a multiple family home that was built in 1900. Located in the Pendleton Heights neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 4118-4114 Broadway Boulevard
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of a building at 4118-4114 Broadway Boulevard, home to several businesses, including Audio Renaissance at 4118 Broadway and Le Mans Family Fun Center at 4116 Broadway. The Greek Islands restaurant, at 4114 Broadway, closed in 1992. At some point after 1992, the building at 4114 Broadway was demolished and a parking lot replaced that space. Located in the Westport neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 433 Westport Road
Description: Photograph of a the building at 433-35 Westport Road in the late 1970s. Ground floor tenants include Baber's Classic Cup at 433 Westport and Natural Wear, a clothing store, and Earth Shoe outlet, at 435 Westport. The Westport Square development united the buildings on the block bound by Westport Road, Archibald Street, Broadway, and Pennsylvania Avenue into a shopping and dining center with a central courtyard in 1973.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 433 Westport Road
Description: Photograph of a the building at 433-35 Westport Road in the late 1970s. Ground floor tenants include Baber's Classic Cup at 433 Westport, and an architecture firm's offices occupy the second floor. The Westport Square development united the buildings on the block bound by Westport Road, Archibald Street, Broadway, and Pennsylvania Avenue into a shopping and dining center with a central courtyard in 1973.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 507 Walnut Street
Description: Photograph of a building at 507 Walnut Street in the 1980s. The building, constructed circa 1879, was originally Horton's Oyster and Chop House. At the time of the photograph, it was home to JP's Antiques and Gifts. Planter's Seed Company sits to the building's south in the Swope Building at 509-513 Walnut.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1006 Linwood Boulevard
Description: Photograph of a building and storefront at the corner of Linwood and Harrison circa 1981. The location was a Safeway grocery store in the '30s, then housed a Western Auto store from the 1940s until August, 1979, and later became home to the Paul Mesner Puppet Theater. The building was vacant at the time of the photograph.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Preservation, Inc.
Description: Photograph of the Preservation, Inc., an historic home renovation business, at 3826-28 Main Street, circa 1982. The building was constructed in the early 1920s, and served as a storefront and restaurant for decades before becoming offices for the neighboring Unicorn Theater Company. The Belman Garage is also visible in the photo, to the north of Preservation, Inc.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 4500 Block of Main Street
Description: Photograph of the Whitton Manor building, from 4536 to 4558 Main Street, in the late 1970s. The building was home to assorted retail outlets, including a record store and sewing machine repair shop, as well as offices on the second floor. The Sarachon Hooley retail/office building stands to its north, at 4526-32 Main, and the Hillcrest Apartments building can be seen at 4520-24 Main. The latter two buildings were later demolished for the construction of the Fountain View (later American Century) office towers circa 1992.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3245-49 Main Street
Description: Photograph of a building at 3245-3249 Main, on the northeast corner of Main Street and Warner Plaza, circa 1981. A sign reading "The Right Drink at the Right Price" hangs on Milton's Tap Room jazz club at 3241 Main and can be seen on the adjacent building at the left of the image, and a section of the Warner Plaza apartments are visible at the right. A twin building stood across Warner Plaza to the south. 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.
Date: 1981~
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: View Looking Northwest of Shops at E. 67th Street Terrace and Prospect Avenue
Description: View facing northwest of the shops located at the corner of E. 67th Street Terrace and Prospect Avenue. A sign for National Construction Home Remodeling can be seen.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1801 West 39th Street
Description: Photograph of buildings and storefronts from the southwest corner of 39th and Bell Streets to 39th and State Line Road, circa 1990, including Don Pepe Cafe and Cafe Allegro. A University of Kansas Medical Center building stands in the background, across State Line.
Date: 1990~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Boley Building
Description: Photograph, circa 1980s, of the Boley Building at 1130 Walnut St. It is named the Boley Building for the Boley Clothing Company that was its first occupant. Later, a Katz Drug Store and Three Sisters Clothing Store were housed there. The six-story building was designed by Kansas City architect Louis Curtiss in 1909 and is one of the first buildings in the world to utilize a glass curtain wall system. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 48th Street Apartments
Description: Photograph of apartment buildings on the south side of 48th Street, looking west to Belleview Avenue, circa 1988. The buildings were later demolished for a highrise office development.
Date: 1988~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Manor Hall
Description: Photograph of the Manor Hall building at 3848 Troost Avenue circa 1979. National Bedding Mart is in the ground-level storefront.
Date: 1979~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Pomona Court and Woolf Brothers
Description: Photograph of a fountain in the Pomona Courtyard at the northeast corner of Broadway Boulevard and Ward Parkway, circa 1987.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Balcony and Neptune Buildings
Description: Photograph of the commercial Balcony Building at Broadway and Wornall, and the Neptune Apartments building at 46th Terrace and Broadway, circa 1987. The Neptune building is pictured while still under construction.
Date: 1987~
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

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