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Title
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The Junction
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Description
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Distant view, looking north, of Westgate hotel at The Junction of Main and Delaware streets with 9th Street, with Shipwreck Kelly perched on flagpole. Also shows portion of New York Life Building.
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Date
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1927
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Petticoat Lane
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Description
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View looking west along 11th from Grand. The second Bryant Building under construction can be seen.
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Date
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1930
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Grand Avenue
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Description
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Looking north along Grand from just south of 13th Street. The second Bryant Building under construction can also be seen.
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Date
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1930
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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48th Street Apartments
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Description
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Photograph of apartment buildings on the south side of 48th Street, looking west to Belleview Avenue, circa 1988. The buildings were later demolished for a highrise office development.
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Date
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1988~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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400 Block of Nichols Road
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Description
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Photograph of Nichols Road between Pennsylvania and Broadway, looking east, in 1977. Embassy movie theater is pictured, advertising the movie "Julia" on the marquee. The theater closed in 1981. The Plaza Bowl bowling alley, at the left edge of the image, opened in 1940 and closed in 1978. The buildings were partially demolished for the construction of a Saks department store, which opened in 1982.
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Date
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1977
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Halls Department Store on Nichols Road
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Description
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Photograph of the Halls department store Plaza location, looking west down Nichols Road from Wyandotte Street, circa 1980. Other Plaza stores and buildings are visible in the background of the image.
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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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700 Block of West 47th Street
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Description
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Photograph looking east down 47th Street from Summit Street in the 1980s. The Unity Temple bell tower is visible on the south side of the street. The Plaza Court (formerly Haven Hill) Apartments building, at 700-08 West 47th, is visible on the left. Haven Hill was demolished in 1989 for the construction of an office tower.
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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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South Plaza Buildings
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Description
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Photograph, looking south along Baltimore Avenue, of South Plaza apartment and office buildings in the late 1980s. The Casa Loma East and West and Biarritz apartment buildings can be seen to the south of Ward Parkway, with the Sulgrave apartment building to their south. East of Baltimore, the One Ward Parkway, Board of Trade, and 4900 Main office buildings are pictured, from north to south.
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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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Baltimore Avenue through the Plaza
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Description
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Photograph looking north on Baltimore Avenue, just north of Ward Parkway, circa 1987. The Fountain View building (later American Century Investments north tower) is visible in the center of the image, with the One Main Plaza office building and Marriott Hotel, on Main Street, visible at 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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Intersection of 47th Street & Wornall Road
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Description
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Photograph of the intersection of 47th Street and Wornall Road, looking northeast down Wornall, circa 1980. Adler's, a clothing store, is pictured at 308 West 47th Street, on the northwest side of the intersection. Adler's opened a store in this location from August 1976 to January 1983.
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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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700 Block of West 47th Street
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Description
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Photograph of the north side of the 700 block of West 47th Street, looking northeast from Summit Street, in the 1980s. The Plaza Court (formerly Haven Hill) Apartments building, at 700-08 West 47th, is visible at the center of the image. The Summit House apartment building is pictured at left. Both buildings demolished in 1989 for the construction of an office tower and hotel.
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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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44th and Belleview Intersection
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Description
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Photograph at the intersection of 44th Street and Belleview Avenue, looking south on Belleview, circa 1986. A sign for Country Club Bank stands on the northeast corner of the intersection, and The Point bar on the southeast corner. Houses line the west side of the street.
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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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Looking West from Y.M.C.A. Building
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Description
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Postcard view of Downtown Kansas City, looking West from the roof of the Y.M.C.A. Building at 10th and Oak Street
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Date
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1911~
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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4400 Block of Belleview Avenue
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Description
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Photograph of the 4400 block of Belleview Avenue, looking north toward 44th Street, circa 1986. A house at 4418 Belleview is visible at the left edge of the image, and building housing The Point bar can be seen at right, on the southeast corner of 44th and Belleview.
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Date
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1986~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Embassy Suites and Westport
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Description
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Photograph, looking northwest from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), toward Westport circa 1987. The Embassy Suites hotel, at at 220 West 43rd Street, occupies the center of the image, with commercial buildings in Westport occupying the background of the image. J. C. Nichols Parkway curves through the upper right, and a building on the St. Luke's Hospital campus occupies the lower left.
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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 Belleview
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Description
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Photograph of the intersection of 45th Street and Belleview Avenue, looking north along Belleview, circa 1987. Houses, stores, and office buildings line both sides of Belleview, including Jack Rees Interiors at 4501 Belleview.
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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 Belleview
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Description
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Photograph of the intersection of 45th Street and Belleview Avenue, looking east along 45th Street circa 1987. Houses and other buildings line both sides of Belleview, including Jack Rees Interiors at 4501 Belleview.
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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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Neptune Apartments
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Description
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Photograph of the Neptune Apartments building, looking north east from Broadway Boulevard, at 333 West 46th Terrace circa 1987. The Neptune was built and opened in 1987. The commercial Balcony Building stands to its south on 47th Street, with additional Plaza retail buildings and parking lots photographed on the 4700 block of Broadway. The Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower) office building and Marriott Hotel can be seen in the background at right.
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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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Main Street, South Plaza
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Description
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Photograph looking north on Main Street through the South Plaza circa 1987. Country Club Bank is pictured at left, at 1 Ward Parkway. Fountain View (later the American Century Investments north tower) is pictured in the background, at 45th and Main. The Plaza Branch of the Kansas City Public Library is pictured at right.
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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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Board of Trade and 4900 Main Buildings
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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 49th and Main Streets circa 1987. The Board of Trade and 4900 Main Street buildings are visible in the center 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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