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Title: Ward Parkway Apartment Buildings
Description: Photograph of apartment and condominium buildings along Ward Parkway during the 1980s. The buildings, on the south side of Brush Creek, stand between Wornall Road and Main Street. Halls department store, at the intersection of Wyandotte and Ward Parkway, is also pictured. The Sulgrave and Regency high rise buildings, at the rear of the image, were built in the early 1960s. The brick apartment buildings lining Ward Parkway, including the Locarno and Casa Loma Apartments, were built between 1923 and 1929.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph, Cityscapes

Title: Elevated view of the Country Club Plaza
Description: Elevated view looking south of the Country Club Plaza district taken from above the intersection of Broadway Boulevard and 47th Street. Several Plaza buildings, houses and automobile service stations are in view. The Raphael Hotel and the Locarno Apartments buildings can be seen.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Plaza Aerial View
Description: 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.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph, Cityscapes

Title: Stan Kenton Concert at Brush Creek
Description: Photograph of Stan Kenton and his band in concert in Brush Creek in 1976. Concertgoers sit on grassy areas sloping up from the concrete creek bed. A portion of the Locarno Apartments building, on the south side of Brush Creek, is visible in the background of the image.
Date: 1976-06-27
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 6, 1917-1945, Page p797
Description: A portion of western Kansas City from W. 47th Street south to W. 50th Street and from Jefferson Avenue east to Wyandotte Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1917/1945
Object Type: Map

Title: Fountain on Central Street at 47th Street
Description: An autochrome photograph of a fountain in the Country Club Plaza at the intersection of Central Street and 47th Street. This vantage point faces south with the Locarno Apartments in the left background. The fountain has since been moved to the northwest corner of Central Street and Nichols Road.
Date: 1932-09-30
Object Type: Photograph

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