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49th and Main Intersection
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Description
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Photograph of the intersection of 49th and Main Streets, looking south on Main, circa 1987. An office building at 4901 Main is pictured at left, and the 4900 Main Building, with United Missouri Bank as a tenant, is pictured at right.
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Date
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1987~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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47th and Belleview Intersection
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Description
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Photograph from just south of the intersection of 47th and Belleview, looking north, circa 1988. The Plaza West office is visible in the background, at 4600 Madison Avenue. The Belletower office building at foreground left is located at 4700 Belleview, and the building at right is located at 919 West 47th Street.
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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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47th Street West
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Description
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Photograph looking west on 47th Street from Belleview Avenue circa 1987. The Belletower office building, at 4700 Belleview, is pictured at the top of the hill.
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Date
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1987~
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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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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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South Plaza Buildings
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Description
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Photograph, looking south along Baltimore Avenue, of South Plaza apartment and office buildings in the late 1980s. The Casa Loma East and West and Biarritz apartment buildings can be seen to the south of Ward Parkway, with the Sulgrave apartment building to their south. East of Baltimore, the One Ward Parkway, Board of Trade, and 4900 Main office buildings are pictured, from north to south.
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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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Neptune Apartments
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Description
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Photograph of the Neptune Apartments building, looking north east from Broadway Boulevard, at 333 West 46th Terrace circa 1987. The Neptune was built and opened in 1987. The commercial Balcony Building stands to its south on 47th Street, with additional Plaza retail buildings and parking lots photographed on the 4700 block of Broadway. The Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower) office building and Marriott Hotel can be seen in the background at right.
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Date
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1987~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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49th Street Pedestrian Bridge
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Description
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Photograph from the intersection of 49th and Main Streets, looking west down 49th Street, circa 1987. The 4900 Main Building is pictured at left, connected via pedestrian bridge to the Board of Trade building. The Sulgrave Apartments building stands to the west, at 121 West 48th Street.
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Date
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1987~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Main Street, South Plaza
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Description
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Photograph looking north on Main Street through the South Plaza circa 1987. Country Club Bank is pictured at left, at 1 Ward Parkway. Fountain View (later the American Century Investments north tower) is pictured in the background, at 45th and Main. The Plaza Branch of the Kansas City Public Library is pictured at right.
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Date
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1987~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Board of Trade and 4900 Main Buildings
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Description
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Photograph, looking south from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), toward the intersection of 49th and Main Streets circa 1987. The Board of Trade and 4900 Main Street buildings are visible in the center of the image.
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Date
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1987~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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47th Street, Roanoke Parkway, and Madison Avenue Intersection
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Description
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Photograph of the intersection of 47th Street, Roanoke Parkway, and Madison Avenue, looking northwest, circa 1987. The Junior League clubhouse, in the foreground, is located at 4615 Roanoke Parkway. It was demolished in 1992. The Plaza West office tower, at 4600 Madison, is stands to the north.
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Date
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1987~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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4600 Block of Madison Avenue
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Description
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Photograph of buildings lining Madison Avenue, north of 47th Street, circa 1987. The Plaza West office building, at 4600 Madison, stands at the left side of the image, with a portion of the Junior League clubhouse to its south. Apartments on the west side of Madison were demolished in 1987 to create a parking lot for adjacent office buildings.
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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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Park Plaza Building Grounds
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Description
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Photograph of the lawn adjacent to the Park Plaza office building at 801 West 47th Street, looking south down Roanoke Parkway, circa 1987. The Winston Churchill and Mark Twain apartment buildings, on 48th Street, are visible in the background.
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Date
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1987~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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J. C. Nichols Parkway and Main Street through Midtown
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Description
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Photograph looking north from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower) along J. C. Nichols Parkway/Broadway Boulevard (at left) and Main Street (at right) circa 1987. The Embassy Suites hotel, at at 220 West 43rd Street, is at left, with the streetcar 43rd Street viaduct cross over the intersection of 43rd Street and J. C. Nichols Parkway. Commercial and residential buildings, including the H&R Block headquarters in the lower right corner, line both streets. The downtown skyline can be seen in the background of the image.
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Date
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1987~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Intersection of 47th, Roanoke, and Madison
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Description
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Photograph of the intersection of 47th Street, Roanoke Parkway, and Madison Avenue, looking northwest, in the late 1970s. The Plaza Center (formerly John Hancock) office building can be seen at right. The building opened in 1961 and was designed by architecture firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. John Hancock Life Insurance Company was an original tenant.
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Date
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1970~/1979~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Southmoreland and Plaza Buildings
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Description
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Photograph, looking southeast from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), across 47th Street toward the UMKC campus circa 1987. The Hilton Plaza Inn, at 1 West 45th, occupies the bottom left corner of the image, and numerous residential buildings are pictured lining 47th Street. Streetcar tracks can be seen running behind commercial buildings in the foreground, south diagonally across Main Street, before running alongside Brookside Boulevard south of Brush Creek. Main Street and Brookside Boulevard were later realigned as part of a Brush Creek beautification and flood control project in the 1990s.
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Date
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1987~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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44th and Main Intersection
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Description
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Photograph of the intersection of 44th and Main Streets, looking south on Main, circa 1987. The Fountain View building (later American Century Investments north tower) is pictured at 4500 Main, with the H&R Block headquarters to its north. The apartments at right were later demolished to allow for expansion of the H&R Block building.
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Date
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1987~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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4400 Block of Main Street
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Description
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Photograph of buildings on the 4600 block of Main Street circa 1987. The photograh is taken adjacent to a QuikTrip gas station/convenience store at 4327 Main Street, looking south. The One Main Plaza office building occupies the left side of the image, and the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower) stands at the right side of the image, with the H;amp;R Block headquarters and several apartment buildings to its north. The apartment buildings were later demolished to expand the H;amp;R Block facility.
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Date
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1987~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Main Street and J. C. Nichols Parkway at 47th Street
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Description
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Photograph, looking south from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), toward the intersection of 47th Street with J. C. Nichols Parkway (at right) and Main Street (at left). Streetcar tracks can be seen running behind commercial buildings in the foreground, southeast diagonally across Main Street. Nichols Fountain, in Mill Creek Park, is visible at the center of the image. Main Street and Brookside Boulevard were later realigned as part of a Brush Creek beautification and flood control project in the 1990s. South Plaza apartment and office buildings are visible in the background of the image, with Country Club Plaza commercial and residential buildings in the foreground 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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H&R Block Headquarters
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Description
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Photograph, taken from the top of the Marriott Hotel at 45th and Main, looking northwest circa 1987. The H&R Block headquarters building is seen at the center of the image, on the west side of Main, with the Embassy Suites Hotel visible to the northwest. Broadway Boulevard can be seen bending west through Westport in the background. The One Main Plaza office building can be seen at the right edge of the image.
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Date
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1987~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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