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Title: 3623 Broadway Boulevard
Description: Photograph circa 1980s, looking southeast, of 3609-3615 Broadway Boulevard. To the far left in the photo is Crazy's - possibly a bar - at 3611 Broadway Boulevard. Next to it is Shoequet Shoes store at 3915 Broadway Boulevard. Next to the shoe store is a barber shop and Sidney's Diner at 3623 Broadway Boulevard. This block of buildings was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 as part of the Ambassador Hotel Historic District and then, added to the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1984. Located in the Hanover Place neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bolton Hall
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of a building at 6416 E. Truman Road. At the top of the building is an engraving that reads "Bolton Hall 1912."
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 922 East 48th Street
Description: Photograph of buildings at the northwest corner of the intersection of 48th and Harrison in the early 1980s. The Art Research Center, an arts group dating to 1766, made the corner space at 922 East 48th Street its headquarters in 1973. The block is part of a large area, bound roughly by 47th Street, Brush Creek, Rockhill Road, and Troost Avenue, that was demolished and redeveloped into the Kauffman Foundation, its Kauffman Legacy Park, and the Anita Gorman Conservation Center.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Intersection of 45th and Belleview
Description: 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.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Intersection of 45th and Belleview
Description: 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.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Nichols Road
Description: Photograph, looking northeast from an elevated position at Nichols and Central, of Nichols Road storefronts and other buildings circa 1987. N. Valentino and Strauss-Peyton occupy storefronts on the north side of Nichols, and the Giralda Tower is visible at right. The Fountain View building (later American Century Investments north tower), One Main Plaza, Marriott Hotel, and Hilton Plaza Inn, all near the intersection of 45th and Main Streets, are visible in the background of the image.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Walnut Street Shops
Description: Photograph of the a light and terra cotta adornment on the Walnut Street Shops, outside 18 East 39th Street, circa 1980. The building, along with the neighboring Hyde Park Building, later underwent a major renovation in 1983-84.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Giralda Tower
Description: Photograph of the Giralda Tower, on the southwest corner of Baltimore Avenue and 47th Street circa 1987. The Giralda Tower was built by J. C. Nichols in a smaller imitation of La Giralda tower in Seville, Spain, and Swanson's clothing store is also photographed to the tower's west.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Intersection of 47th and Wyandotte Streets
Description: Photograph, looking northwest from Giralda Tower, of the intersection of 47th and Wyandotte Streets in 1987. A Commerce Bank branch, at 118 West 47th, is pictured, with additional businesses on surrounding corners. The Neptune Apartments building can be seen under construction in the center background, with additional residential and office buildings in view further to the west.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Werby Building
Description: Photograph of the Werby Building at the southeast corner of 39th and Main Streets in 1979. The building was designed by Greenebaum, Hardy and Schumacher, opened in 1924, and consisted of office spaces on the second floor and storefronts on the ground level. Efforts to save the building from demolition led to Mayor Richard Berkley named a week in April 1979 "Werby Week," but it was razed not long after. Signs on plywood boards across the storefronts advertise a "Take Back the Night" event, an anti-nuclear energy rally to take place in Burlington, Kansas, at the Wolf Creek Generating Station, and upcoming concerts. The Hyde Park Building, on the northeast corner of 39th and Main, can be seen at the left of the photo, with the Hotel Netherlands to its north.
Date: 1979
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 433 Westport Road
Description: Photograph of a the building at 433-35 Westport Road in the late 1970s. Ground floor tenants include Baber's Classic Cup at 433 Westport and Natural Wear, a clothing store, and Earth Shoe outlet, at 435 Westport. The Westport Square development united the buildings on the block bound by Westport Road, Archibald Street, Broadway, and Pennsylvania Avenue into a shopping and dining center with a central courtyard in 1973.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 6246 Brookside Plaza
Description: Photograph, looking west toward Brookside Boulevard, circa late 1970s of the building at 6246 Brookside Plaza in the Brookside shopping area. At the time of the photograph, it housed American Rental & Sales. Located in the Brookside neighborhood.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 433 Westport Road
Description: Photograph of a the building at 433-35 Westport Road in the late 1970s. Ground floor tenants include Baber's Classic Cup at 433 Westport, and an architecture firm's offices occupy the second floor. The Westport Square development united the buildings on the block bound by Westport Road, Archibald Street, Broadway, and Pennsylvania Avenue into a shopping and dining center with a central courtyard in 1973.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Balcony Building
Description: Photograph of the Balcony Building at the intersection of 47th Street and Wornall Road in the late 1970s. Steve's Brogue and Boot shoe store can be seen on the ground level of the Balcony Building at 318 West 47th Street, and other businesses line Wornall Road, looking to the northeast.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Brookside Fire Station
Description: Photograph, looking south, circa late 1970s of the parking lot behind the buildings at 22 West 63rd Street in the Brookside shopping area. At the time of the photograph, the building housed the Police & Kansas City Fire Station No. 23, which closed by 1979. Meiners Thriftway Grocery Store at 21 West 63rd Street is visible in the center of the photo.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 104 West 63rd Street
Description: Photograph, looking west toward Brookside Boulevard, circa late 1970s of the the row of shops on the north side of 63rd Street in the Brookside shopping area, starting with 104 West 63rd Street, in the far right of the photo. Located in the Brookside neighborhood.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1700 West 39th Street
Description: Photograph of the building at 1700-02 West 39th Street in the early 1980s. Fric & Frac restaurant occupies the corner space, at 1700 W. 39th.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 4428-4440 Saint John Avenue
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of a multi-use building - apartments on the second floor, businesses on the first floor - at 4428-4440 Saint John Avenue, built in the early 20th century.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 4500 Block of Main Street
Description: Photograph of the Whitton Manor building, from 4536 to 4558 Main Street, in the late 1970s. The building was home to assorted retail outlets, including a record store and sewing machine repair shop, as well as offices on the second floor. The Sarachon Hooley retail/office building stands to its north, at 4526-32 Main, and the Hillcrest Apartments building can be seen at 4520-24 Main. The latter two buildings were later demolished for the construction of the Fountain View (later American Century) office towers circa 1992.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 4118-4114 Broadway Boulevard
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of a building at 4118-4114 Broadway Boulevard, home to several businesses, including Audio Renaissance at 4118 Broadway and Le Mans Family Fun Center at 4116 Broadway. The Greek Islands restaurant, at 4114 Broadway, closed in 1992. At some point after 1992, the building at 4114 Broadway was demolished and a parking lot replaced that space. Located in the Westport neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

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