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Title
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Museum, Neighbors at Odds Over Club
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Description
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Article examining the dispute between the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and the Rockhill Tennis Club. The museum owns the tennis club property and wants to relocate offices to the club and use the surrounding grounds to house part of its outdoor sculpture garden. "Residents of the surrounding Rockhill and Southmoreland neighborhoods are opposed to the office plan."
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Date
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2008-04-02
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Historic Building Spared From Demolition
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Description
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The apartment building at 43rd and Walnut streets has become the Southmoreland Condos building. The brick building was built in 1924 and was to be demolished at the end of 1999. Through the efforts of the Southmoreland neighborhood association, the building was donated to local developer Westside Housing Organization. Also involved was QuickTrip Co. who gave up tearing the building down to build a QuickTrip convenience store. Includes photograph of the building exterior.
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Date
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2007-08-17
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Robert Baker Interiors House at 4317 Main
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Description
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View looking east of a house that once stood at 4317 Main Street between its intersection with 43rd and 44th streets. A sign for Robert Bakers Interiors, Inc. can be seen in the front yard.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Meyer Building
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Description
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View looking east of the Meyer Building on Main Street between its intersections with 39th and 40th streets in Midtown. Signs for Pacific Finance and Liebstadter Real Estate & Insurance can be seen.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Southwell Building
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Description
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View looking east of the Southwell Building on Main Street at its intersection with Westport Road. Signs for JR's Discount, The Shape Shop, and Love Records can be seen.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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The Wish Bone
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Description
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Postcard showing the Wish Bone restaurant, once located at 4455 Main Street in the Southmoreland neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri. A caption on the front of the card reads: "Featuring Fried Chicken and Prime Rib Dinners." The reverse side of the card reads: The Wish Bone Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge - Private Dining Rooms - Catering to Lunch and Dinner Parties - Featuring Excellent Food and Service In an Air of Gracious Hospitality."
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Oak Hall
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Description
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View of Oak Hall, the residence of William Rockhill Nelson, once located at 45th and Oak streets on the grounds of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 4, 1909-1950, Page p527
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City from E. 39th Street south to E. 40th Street and from Walnut Street east to Locust Street, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1909/1950
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 4, 1909-1950, Page p526
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City from E. 39th Street south to E. 40th Street and from Baltimore Avenue east to Walnut Street, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1909/1950
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 4, 1909-1950, Page p529
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City from E. 40th Street south to E. 41st Street and from Main Street east to Oak Street, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1909/1950
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 4, 1909-1950, Page p528
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City from E. 40th Street south to E. 43rd Street and from Oak Street east to Gillham Road, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1909/1950
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 4, 1909-1950, Page p574
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City from E. 44th Street south to E. 47th Street and from Walnut Street east to Kenwood Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area. At top of map, "Add'l Sheet, Oct. 1916."
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Date
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1909/1950
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 4, 1909-1950, Page p530
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City from E. 41st Street south to E. 43rd Street and from Main Street east to Oak Street, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1909/1950
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 4, 1909-1950, Page p573
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City from W. 44th Street south to W. 47th Street and from Pennsyvlania Avenue east to Main Street, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area. At top of map, "Add'l Sheet, Oct. 1916."
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Date
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1909/1950
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 4, 1909-1950, Page p565
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City from E. 43rd Street south to E. 45th Street and from Main Street east to McGee, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1909/1950
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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39th and Main Streets
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1980~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Seville Plaza Apartments
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1981~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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301-21 East 43rd Street
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1981~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Clint's Comics
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1982~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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