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Title
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United Way Building
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Description
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View of the Heart of America United Way Building at 11th and Washington streets. The building was previously the Old Virginia Hotel.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Street Hotel
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Description
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Postcard showing the Street Hotel, once located at 1508-1512 E. 18th Street. The reverse side of the postcard reads: 18th St. at Paseo. This hotel has 60 guest rooms with private bath and telephone service. Conveniently located on the first floor are: a Haberdasher, a Tailor, Post Office, and the famous Blue Room Cocktail Lounge and Restaurant.
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Date
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1940~
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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St. Regis Hotel
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Description
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Postcard of the St. Regis Hotel at Linwood Boulevard and The Paseo.
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Radisson Hotel
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Description
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Photograph, circa early 1990s, of the Hotel Phillips building at 106 W. 12th Street. Built in 1929, the building started out as Hotel Phillips and changed hands several times, only to come around to being the Hotel Phillips again in the early 2000s. The Hotel Phillips was listed on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1978 and the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. At the time of the photo, it was operating as the Radisson Suite Hotel Kansas City.
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Date
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1990~/1999~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Ambassador Hotel
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Description
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Postcard of The Ambassador Hotel at 36th Street and Broadway Boulevard.
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Aladdin Hotel
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Description
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Promotional postcard for the Aladdin Hotel at 1215 Wyandotte Street.
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Date
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1932
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Ambassador Apartments
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Description
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Photograph of architectural detailing on the upper levels of the Ambassador Apartments at 435 Knickerbocker Place, circa 1981. The building, called Ambassador A, and its twin neighbor to the west, Ambassador B, were designed by local architect Nelle Peters and were built by the Ambassador Hotel to serve as overflow guest rooms in 1927 and were later used as apartments. Both buildings were razed in 2012.
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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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Alameda Plaza Hotel
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Description
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Photograph of the north side of the Alameda Plaza Hotel, looking southeast from a parking lot between the Thomas Carlyle and Robert Louis Stevenson apartment buildings, circa 1988.
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Date
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1988~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Ambassador Apartments
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Description
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Photograph of the Ambassador Apartments at 441 Knickerbocker Place, circa 1981. The building, called Ambassador B, and its twin neighbor to the east, Ambassador A, were designed by local architect Nelle Peters and were built by the Ambassador Hotel to serve as overflow guest rooms in 1927 and were later used as apartments. Both buildings were razed in 2012.
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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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Alameda Plaza Hotel
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Description
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Photograph of the Alameda Plaza Hotel, looking southwest, at 401 Ward Parkway circa 1980.
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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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Ambassador Apartments
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Description
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Photograph of the Ambassador Apartments at 435 and 441 Knickerbocker Place, circa 1981. The two buildings, called Ambassador A and B, were designed by local architect Nelle Peters and were built by the Ambassador Hotel to serve as overflow guest rooms in 1927 and were later used as apartments. Both buildings were razed in 2012.
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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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Plaza Aerial View
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Description
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Aerial photograph looking west through the Plaza in the 1980s, with 47th Street running along the right edge of the image and Brush Creek running through the middle. The image spans from roughly McGee Street west to State Line Road. Plaza-area commercial and residential buildings filling the bulk of the image.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph, Cityscapes
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Title
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Union Bus Terminal and Pickwick Hotel
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Description
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Postcard 71: - Union Bus Terminal and Pickwick Hotel. 10th and McGee Street. Kansas City, Mo. Numbered 44027
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Elms Hotel, Fire-Proof, Excelsior Springs, Mo.
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Description
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Postcard of the Elms Hotel, Fire-Proof, Excelsior Springs, MO Jackson & McIlvain, Architects Copyrighted by Jackson & McIlvain , Kansas City, Mo. Swenson Construction Co., General Contractors
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Date
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1912~
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Crown Center
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Description
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Photograph of the Westin Crown Center Hotel and the Crown Center Complex, from the east side of Grand Boulevard, in the early 1980s. The glass atrium of the Crystal Pavillion restaurant can be seen at the left.
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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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Baltimore Avenue through the Plaza
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Description
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Photograph looking north on Baltimore Avenue, just north of Ward Parkway, circa 1987. The Fountain View building (later American Century Investments north tower) is visible in the center of the image, with the One Main Plaza office building and Marriott Hotel, on Main Street, visible at right.
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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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Raphael Hotel
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Description
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Photograph circa 1980s, facing south, of a building at 325 Ward Parkway, home to The Raphael Hotel. Originally built in 1928 as the Villa Serena Apartment Hotel, it was renovated and opened as a hotel in 1975. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. Located in the South Plaza 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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