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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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4500 Block of Main Street
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Description
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Photograph of the east side of the 4500 block of Main Street in the late 1970s. The Hilton Plaza Inn, at 45th & Main, stands at the left edge of the image. The Grandview Apartments, at 4535 Main, and the Alameda Vista Apartments, at 4537-41 Main, stand to the south. A portion of the Ponce De Leon Apartments, at 4555 Main, is visible at the right edge of the photograph. With the exception of the Sevilla Plaza building at 4545 Main, all the apartment buildings between the hotel and Ponce de Leon building were later demolished to create parking lots for adjacent hotels and apartments.
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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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Northeast Corner of 47th and Main
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Description
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Photograph of the northeast corner of 47th and Main Streets circa 1980. Seen from near the southeast corner of the intersection, the rear of the Community Christian Church can be seen across 47th Street and a Country Club Plaza employee parking lot. The Parkway Towers apartment building can be seen in the background at left, and the Ponce de Leon Apartments in the background at right.
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Date
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1980~
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Object Type
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Photograph
