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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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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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Intersection of 45th and Main Streets
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Description
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Photograph of the intersection of 45th and Main Streets, looking south along Main, in the early 1980s. Spanish-style apartment buildings, at 4502 and 4506 Main Street, can be seen on the west side of the street, and were later demolished for the construction of the Fountain View (later American Century) office towers. The Hilton Plaza Inn hotel, at 1 East 45th, can be seen at left.
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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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Plaza Area Main Street Buildings
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Description
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Photograph looking north across Brush Creek and Ward Parkway of buildings along Main Street circa 1987. Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), at 4500 Main Street, One Main Plaza at 4435 Main, and the Marriott Hotel, at 4445 Main, are among the buildings pictured. The Plaza's Giralda Tower can be seen at the left side of the image.
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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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Plaza Area Plan Existing and Proposed Developments
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Description
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Map created by the Kansas City Landmarks Commission as part of a 1980s Plaza Plan presentation, encompassing an area from roughly 43rd Street south to 48th Street, and Wornall East to Oak Street. The map illustrates existing buildings, including Fountain View, One Main Plaza, and the Hilton Plaza Hotel; it also includes proposed projects such as Fountain View Two, a realignment of Main Street and Brookside Boulevard, and Brush Creek improvements. Area plans, dealing with transportation, development, and zoning, among other factors, were developed over time for a number of Kansas City areas and are intended to provide guidance for their growth and design.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Map
