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Title: Southmoreland and Plaza Buildings
Description: 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.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Main Street Buildings and Southmoreland
Description: Photograph, looking east from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), circa 1987. One Main Plaza office building occupies the left side of the image, and the Marriott Hotel on the right. The Southmoreland neighborhood and Kansas City Art Institute campus are visible between the buildings.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Hilton Plaza Hotel and Southmoreland Neighborhood
Description: Photograph, looking east from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), of the Hilton Plaza Hotel at 1 East 45th Street circa 1987. To the east across Walnut Street, the All Souls Unitarian Church is pictured at the left edge of the image, and the Simpson House, at 4509 Walnut, and the Montreux apartments stand to the south. The Oak Hall and Sophian Plaza apartment buildings are also pictured at right, and the Nelson Art Gallery can be seen to the east.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Hilton Plaza Hotel and Southmoreland Neighborhood
Description: Photograph, looking east from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), of the Hilton Plaza Inn at 1 East 45th Street circa 1987. The Montreux apartments, at 4515 Walnut, are visible to the east The Oak Hall and Sophian Plaza apartment buildings are also pictured in the background of the image.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Hilton Plaza Hotel and Southmoreland Neighborhood
Description: Photograph, looking east from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), of the Hilton Plaza Inn at 1 East 45th Street circa 1987. The Montreux apartments to its south are to the hotel's east at 4515 Walnut. The Oak Hall and Sophian Plaza apartment buildings are also pictured in the background of the image, along with other apartment buildings lining 47th Street.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Vanderslice Hall
Description: Photograph looking east from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower) across the Kansas City Art Institute campus and Southmoreland neighborhood circa 1987. KCAI's Vanderslice Hall occupies the center of the image. A portion of the One Main Plaza office building occupies the lower left corner.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 301-21 East 43rd Street
Description: Photograph of a block of Kansas City sixplex colonnade apartments at 301-21 East 43rd Street, at the corner of 43rd and McGee, circa 1981. These apartments, in a variation on a style common in the city, were built in the early 1920s, and remain standing as of 2018.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Art Institute
Description: Photograph of Warwick Boulevard just south of its intersection with 45th Street, looking northwest adjacent to the Kansas City Art Institute, circa 1980. KCAI's Student Living Center can be seen at the right of the image, and a brick gateway entrance to the campus at the left edge of the image.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 4310 Warwick Boulevard Garage
Description: Photograph of the garage carriage house at the rear of the 4310 Warwick Boulevard property in the early 1980s. The building and driveway appear to be in a state of disrepair. The home was built in 1910 and became known as the Kersey Coates Reed Residence, for the Kansas City attorney and his bride, who were given the home in 1911 as a wedding gift by the bride's father, John G. Shedd, president of Chicago's Marshall Field & Co.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 4325 and 4331 Warwick Boulevard
Description: Photograph of houses at 4325 Warwick Boulevard, at left, and 4331 Warwick, at right, in the late 1970s. The house at 4325 Warwick has been known as the R. S. Lemon Residence, after the original owner, and was built in 1908-09. The house at 4331 Warwick has been known as the Dr. William G. Logan Residence, after the original owner, and was built in 1906.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Vanderslice Hall at Kansas City Art Institute
Description: Photograph of Vanderslice Hall at the Kansas City Art Institute, located at 4415 Warwick Boulevard, looking west from the entry drive off Warwick, circa 1980. The building was constructed as a home for August Meyer, first president of Kansas City's Board of Parks Commissioners, in 1895-6. Designed by Van Brunt and Howe, the family called the home "Marburg" and lived there until in 1927. It was then purchased by local businessman Howard Vanderslice for $140,000 and donated to the Kansas City Art Institute. It housed classrooms and studios initially, and later servedas an administrative building for the college. An auditorium addition was added in 1930, designed by local architecture firm Wight and Wight. A neighborhood homes tour was established in the early 1980s as a fundraiser to support refurbishing Vanderslice Hall and undoing mid-century modernizations. The building was added to the National Registry of Historic Places during the same time period.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Vanderslice Hall at Kansas City Art Institute
Description: Photograph of Vanderslice Hall at the Kansas City Art Institute, located at 4415 Warwick Boulevard, looking west from the entry drive off Warwick, circa 1980. The building was constructed as a home for August Meyer, first president of Kansas City's Board of Parks Commissioners, in 1895-6. Designed by Van Brunt and Howe, the family called the home "Marburg" and lived there until in 1927. It was then purchased by local businessman Howard Vanderslice for $140,000 and donated to the Kansas City Art Institute. It housed classrooms and studios initially, and later servedas an administrative building for the college. An auditorium addition was added in 1930, designed by local architecture firm Wight and Wight. A neighborhood homes tour was established in the early 1980s as a fundraiser to support refurbishing Vanderslice Hall and undoing mid-century modernizations. The building was added to the National Registry of Historic Places during the same time period.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 39th and Main Streets
Description: Photograph of the northeast corner of 39th and Main Streets, circa 1980, including the Hotel Netherlands apartment building. The Hyde Park building, at right, opened in 1916, and at the time of this photo, the ground floor was occupied by the Adult Literary Guild adult bookstore, which was evicted in 1982 as part of a neighborhood redevelopment effort lead by J. Nelson Happy.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Seville Plaza Apartments
Description: Photograph of the Seville Plaza Apartments, at 4545-47 Main Street, circa 1981. While most of the buildings on the block were razed to for parking lots or new hotels and other construction, this building remains as of 2018.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Clint's Comics
Description: Photograph of Clint's Comics, at 3943 Main, and neighboring businesses at the intersection of Main Street and westport Road, circa 1982. Signs for Harling's Upstairs bar and Love Records can be seen on the Southwell Building to the north, and Bell's Restaurant is in the adjacent building to the south. Clint's later moved to the Love Records space and operated there for several decades.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Mineral Hall
Description: Photograph of the home known as Mineral Hall, circa 1982. The building was designed in 1903 by Louis Curtiss, and was the residence of Roland Bruner, whose mining wealth inspired the Mineral Hall name. A small 1905 addition to the home was designed to house Bruner's collection of mineral specimens. It was donated to the Kansas City Art Institute in 1968, and at the time of the photo, housed various administrative offices for the school and studio space for faculty. The home was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 90 Minute Dry Cleaners and A1 Sewing Machine Company
Description: Photograph of 90 Minute Dry Cleaners at 3951 Main Street, and A1 Sewing Machine Company at 3957 Main, circa 1982. The original facade of the building was replaced after a major fire started in the dry cleaning business in 1976.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Meyer Building
Description: Photograph of the Meyer Building at 3923-25 Main Street, circa 1982, which was designed by architect Robert F. Gornall and built in 1916. Midwest Cyclery is the building's current ground-floor tenant. A Christian Science Reading Room, at 3921 Main, stands to its left, and a Salvation Army thrift store, in the former Warwick Theater, is to its right.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Meyer Building
Description: Photograph of the Meyer Building at 3923-25 Main Street, circa 1982, which was designed by architect Robert F. Gornall and built in 1916. A thrift shop is the building's ground-floor tenant at the time of the photo. A Christian Science Reading Room, at 3921 Main, stands to its left, and a Salvation Army thrift store, in the former Warwick Theater, is to its right.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Meyer Building
Description: Photograph of the Meyer Building at 3923-25 Main Street, circa 1982, which was designed by architect Robert F. Gornall and built in 1916. Midwest Cyclery is the building's current ground-floor tenant. A Christian Science Reading Room, at 3921 Main, stands to its left, and a Salvation Army thrift store, in the former Warwick Theater, is to its right.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

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