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Title: Manor Bakery
Description: Photograph of a Colonial Bakery truck at the loading docks on the southeast side of the Manor Bakery building at 4020-50 Pennsylvania Avenue in the early 1980s. The buildings served as the bakery and distribution center for Manor Bakery beginning in 1925. Multiple mergers resulted in the Manor label becoming part of Colonial Bakery, which continued to operate in the space through 1986, when the buildings were included in a major mixed-use redevelopment project that included the construction of the Manor Square building on the southwest corner of the block.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Manor Bakery
Description: Photograph of the Manor Bakery complex at 4020-50 Pennsylvania Avenue in the early 1980s, looking northwest down Pennsylvania. The buildings served as the bakery and distribution center for Manor Bakery beginning in 1925. Multiple mergers resulted in the Manor label becoming part of Colonial Bakery, which continued to operate in the space through 1986, when the buildings were included in a major mixed-use redevelopment project that included the construction of the Manor Square building on the southwest corner of the block.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church
Description: Photograph of Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church at 3932 Washington Street in the early 1980s, with its rectory building in the foreground. The cornerstone of the church was laid in 1906, and the rectory was built in 1924.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3910 Main Street
Description: Photograph of a vacant building at 3910 Main Street, circa 1983. The building was originally a Denny's restaurant that closed in 1982. Rosie's Bakery and Deli opened in the building in 1983. Foolkiller Theater, on the northwest corner of 39th and Main, can be seen in the background of the image. The restaurant building and gas station to the north were demolished in 1998.
Date: 1983~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Manor Bakery
Description: Photograph of Colonial Bakery store at the northwest end of the Manor Bakery complex at 4020-50 Pennsylvania Avenue in the early 1980s. Delivery trucks and gas pumps can be seen at the rear of the store. The buildings served as the bakery and distribution center for Manor Bakery beginning in 1925. Multiple mergers resulted in the Manor label becoming part of Colonial Bakery, which continued to operate in the space through 1986, when the buildings were included in a major mixed-use redevelopment project that included the construction of the Manor Square building on the southwest corner of the block.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Manor Bakery
Description: Photograph of the Manor Bakery complex at 4020-50 Pennsylvania Avenue in the early 1980s, looking northwest down Pennsylvania to the Colonial Bakery Store. The buildings served as the bakery and distribution center for Manor Bakery beginning in 1925. Multiple mergers resulted in the Manor label becoming part of Colonial Bakery, which continued to operate in the space through 1986, when the buildings were included in a major mixed-use redevelopment project that included the construction of the Manor Square building on the southwest corner of the block.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bencourt Apartments
Description: Photograph of the Bencourt Apartments on the southeast corner of 39th and Main Streets in the early 1980s. The building was demolished in 1995 and the site is now used as a parking lot for surrounding businesses.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Government Employees Hospital Association
Description: Photograph of an office building at 2 West 40th Street in the early 1980s. Originally built for Standard Oil Company, at the time of the photograph the building was occupied by the Government Employees Hospital Association. A decorative archway leading to the parking lot of the Skaggs (former Katz) Drugstore to the south can also be seen in the image.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Plaza and Midtown Satellite View
Description: Satellite image of the Plaza and surrounding areas in the 1980s. The photo spans from roughly 42nd Street on the north to 48th Street on the south, and Genessee Street on the west to McGee Street on the east. Neighborhoods including the Plaza and Southmoreland are pictured, as are parks including Mill Creek Park and Southmoreland Park.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: St. Luke's Hospital
Description: Photograph looking west from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower) St. Luke's Hospital buildings along J. C. Nichols Parkway, circa 1987.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Black & Decker Parking Lot
Description: Photograph of a parking lot immediate south of a Black & Decker office building at 4324 Main Street, circa 1980.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: J. C. Nichols Parkway and Main Street through Midtown
Description: 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.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3900 Block of Main Street
Description: Photograph of buildings on the west side of the intersection of 39th and Main Streets in the early 1980s. Muehlebach Flowers, at 3934 Main Street, is picture, as is a free-standing restaurant building that had been vacated by a Denny's restaurant in 1982. Calvary Baptist Church, at 3921 Baltimore, can be seen in the background on the opposite side of the block. The Price Candy Company Building, occupied by the Foolkiller Theater company, can be seen on the northwest corner of the intersection.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 44th and Main Intersection
Description: 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.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: H&R Block Parking Lot
Description: Photograph of a parking lot at the rear of the H&R Block headquarters, at 4410 Main Street, circa 1980. A portion of a St. Luke's Hospital building can be seen at background left, and the Embassy Suites at 43rd and J. C. Nichols Parkway is visible at background right.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Plaza and Midtown Satellite View
Description: Satellite image of the Plaza and surrounding areas in the 1980s. The photo spans from roughly 42nd Street on the north to 49th Street on the south, and Jefferson Street on the west to Tracy Avenue on the east. Neighborhoods including the Plaza and Southmoreland are pictured, as are parks including Mill Creek Park, Southmoreland Park, and Gillham Park.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Brush Creek Project Pedestrians Open Space Connections in the Northeast Quadrant
Description: Map created by the Kansas City Landmarks Commission as part of a 1980s Brush Creek redesign presentation. The map illustrates parks and street connections between 43rd and 50th Streets on the north and south, and Broadway Boulevard and The Paseo on the west and east. Through the 1980s and early 1990s, the city undertook a major redesign of Brush Creek and adjacent areas aimed at beautification and improved flood control.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Map

Title: Brush Creek Project Residential Actions
Description: Map created by the Kansas City Landmarks Commission as part of a 1980s Brush Creek redesign presentation, encompassing an area from State Line Road east to The Paseo, and from 43rd Street south to 55th Street. The map denotes smaller areas with numbers 1-4, but does not include a key. Through the 1980s and early 1990s, the city undertook a major redesign of Brush Creek and adjacent areas aimed at beautification and improved flood control.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Map

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