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Aladdin Hotel
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Description
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Interior view of ballroom; located at 1215 Wyandotte.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Aladdin Hotel Comeback Set
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Description
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The Aladdin Hotel located at 1215 Wyandotte in downtown Kansas City is set to open again on May 4, 2007. "The event will mark the 193-room, 16-story tower's second go-round as a Holiday Inn franchise after two stints as Embassy on the Park, a stretch under the Days Inn flag, and most recently as the independent Citi Centre Plaza Hotel when it was last closed in February 2004." The hotel opened in 1925 and the exterior and lobby have been restored to that time period including its polished marble pillars, checkerboard marble floor and brass railings. The historic Zebra Room will be open and the hotel offers 3,000 square feet of top floor ballroom and meeting space.
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Date
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2007-04-27
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Old Aladdin Makes a Wish: TIF For Rehab
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Description
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The 80-year-old Aladdin Hotel located at 1215 Wyandotte is to be remodeled and opened in early 2007. The hotel known as the Citi Centre Plaza has been closed since February 2004. Wright Investment Properties Inc. is going before the TIF Commission at their Dec. 14, 2005, meeting to try and get a subsidy for $4.65 million or about one third of the $15 million cost. The hotel has 195 rooms and hopes to affiliate with Holiday Inn and be a "midservice, midscale" hotel, cheaper than the downtown Marriott and the Hilton.
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Date
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2005-12-09
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Downtown KC Hotel Could Return as a Holiday Inn
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Description
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Article reporting a Memphis-based company's plans to renovate and reopen the Aladdin Hotel, located at 1215 Wyandotte Street, as the Aladdin Holiday Inn. Wright Investment Properties, Inc. has plans to restore the hotel to its "historically accurate roots," including the return of the Zebra Lounge as a downtown night spot.
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Date
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2005-12-13
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Gayety Theater
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Description
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Full frontal and side view.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Aladdin's Needs a Genie
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Description
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Review of Aladdin's Restaurant.
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Date
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2000-04-27
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Gayety Theater
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Description
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Full frontal and side view.
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Date
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1945
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Gayety Theater
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Description
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Full frontal and side view.
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Date
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1930
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Gayety Theater
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Description
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Full frontal and side view; located on southeast corner of 12th and Wyandotte.
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Date
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1935
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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A New Stripe
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Description
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Review of the Zebra Room restaurant at the Aladdin Hotel, 1215 Wyandotte. The original Zebra Room dates back to the 1920s and was a popular nightspot. The refurbished Aladdin Hotel reopened in May 2007 after being closed the last three years. It was previously a Holiday Inn.
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Date
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2007-08-26
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Municipal Auditorium
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Description
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Distant partial frontal view, looking southeast. Also shows Muehlebach Hotel and Towers, Aladdin Hotel, Kansas City Power and Light Building, and Auditorium Plaza Garage.
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Date
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1956-07-22
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Barney Allis Plaza
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Description
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View of the Barney Allis Plaza park located on the top of the Municipal Auditorium Plaza Garage, looking toward the south/southeast. Photograph taken from near the intersection of 12th and Central streets. View shows left to right the Muehlebach Hotel, Aladdin Hotel, Power and Light Building, Municipal Auditorium, and entrance to the parking garage.
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Date
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1955~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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KC Preservation Prizes
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Description
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Historic Kansas City Foundation selected the newly reopened Aladdin Hotel and the former Blossom House & Girls Club for the annual renovation/rehabilitation awards. Also included were the Christian Church Hospital converted to residences at 2625 W. Paseo Blvd; the Longview Farm Elementary School from a former horse stable built in 1915, and other properties like the Old Fire Station No. 9 (1910) 2 S. 14th St., Kansas City, Kan.; TWA headquarters (1956) building at 1735 Main St. now the home of Barkley advertising.
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Date
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2007-06-02
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Obituaries: Phillip T. Drotts
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Description
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Designed mainly church units, including Nazarene Theological Seminary at 1700 Meyer Boulevard, the Nazarene Publishing House, Hotel Aladdin, and Hotel LaSalle.
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Date
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1960-05-17
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Celebrating Preservation: 2007 HKCF Preservation Awards
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Description
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Article on 2007 Preservation Awards includes information about the renovation of the following properties: Park Lane Apartments, Aladdin Hotel, Christian Church Hospital(Residences at West Paseo), Blossom House, Girls Club, Longview Farm Elementary School, Fire Station #9, President Hotel, and TWA Corporate Headquarters Building.
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Date
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2007
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Object Type
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Newsletter Article
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Title
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Union Station and Skyline
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Description
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View looking north from the grounds of the Liberty Memorial of Union Station with the Kansas City skyline in the background. Several cars in the stations lot can be seen.
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Date
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1945~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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P12 Henry D. Green Scrapbook Finding Aid
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Description
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This collection is composed of 69 black and white photographs of varying sizes and nine sketches and features business buildings compiled in scrapbook form by Henry D. Green in 1926-1928. Most of the pictures have a letterhead and logo of the company accompanying the picture. Besides office buildings, there are a few photographs of banks, hotels, and theaters.
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Date
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1926/1929
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC13-1 Missouri Valley Special Collections Postcard Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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This postcard collection includes a wide variety of subjects such as buildings, parks, streets, people, and festivals. Although the cards cover a wide geographical area, the two major portions of the collection are cards referring to Kansas City and St. Louis. Most are in color and originate from the early 20th century. Only one image has been digitized.
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC89 Jason Rogers Papers Finding Aid
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Description
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Jason Rogers was born in New York City in 1868. He dropped out of grammar school and worked his way up in the journalism trade to become an expert in newspaper publishing and advertising. He was the author of several books on newspaper building and, after leaving the "New York Globe" in 1923, started his own business in newspaper advising. Walter Dickey, publisher of the "Kansas City Journal-Post," hired him in 1926 to help build up the newspapers' position versus their rival the "Kansas City Star."
This small collection includes correspondence and supporting materials such as clippings, speeches, statistics, and advertisements which date from the period of Rogers' association with the "Kansas City Journal-Post." The collection provides valuable insights into the newspaper publishing industry in the 1920s, in particular the rivalry between the Journal-Post and Kansas City Star.
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Date
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1923/1929
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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