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Title
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Ward Parkway Apartment Buildings
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph, Cityscapes
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Title
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Stan Kenton Concert at Brush Creek
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Description
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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 Halls department store building, on the north side of Brush Creek, is visible in the background of the image.
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Date
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1976-06-27
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Stan Kenton Concert at Brush Creek
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Description
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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 Halls department store building, on the north side of Brush Creek, is visible in the background of the image.
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Date
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1976-06-27
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Main Street and J. C. Nichols Parkway at 47th Street
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Description
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Photograph, looking south from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), toward the intersection of 47th Street with J. C. Nichols Parkway (at right) and Main Street (at left). Streetcar tracks can be seen running behind commercial buildings in the foreground, southeast diagonally across Main Street. Nichols Fountain, in Mill Creek Park, is visible at the center of the image. Main Street and Brookside Boulevard were later realigned as part of a Brush Creek beautification and flood control project in the 1990s. South Plaza apartment and office buildings are visible in the background of the image, with Country Club Plaza commercial and residential buildings in the foreground right.
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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 Art Fair
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Description
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Elevated view looking west of the 50th annual Plaza Art Fair on Nichols Road. Festival attendees and vendor booths can be seen. The Halls department store building can be seen on the left hand side of the image.
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Date
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1981-09
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Plaza Art Fair
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Description
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Elevated view looking west of the 50th annual Plaza Art Fair on Nichols Road. Festival attendees and vendor booths can be seen. The Halls department store building can be seen on the left hand side of the image.
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Date
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1981-09
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Plaza Art Fair
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Description
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Elevated view looking west of the 50th annual Plaza Art Fair on Nichols Road. Festival attendees and vendor booths can be seen. The Halls department store building can be seen on the left hand side of the image.
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Date
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1981-09
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Object Type
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Photograph
