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Title: Raphael Hotel
Description: View looking southeast of the entrance to the Raphael Hotel on Ward Parkway in the Country Club Plaza. Cars parked outside of the building can be seen.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Alameda Plaza Hotel
Description: View looking south along Wornall Road from its bridge over Brush Creek showing the Alameda Plaza Hotel at 401 Ward Parkway in the Country Club Plaza.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Alameda Plaza Hotel
Description: Photograph of the north side of the Alameda Plaza Hotel, looking southeast from a parking lot between the Thomas Carlyle and Robert Louis Stevenson apartment buildings, circa 1988.
Date: 1988~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3825-3849 Main Street
Description: Photograph of the 3800 block of Main Street, including the Normandy Building at 3825-37 Main, the Monarch Storage Warehouse at 3829 Main, and the Netherlands Hotel and apartment building at 3835 Main, circa 1982. The Monarch Building was designed in 1921 by architect C. B. Sloan, and the metal facade on the lower two levels was added in 1963. The building housed the American White Goods Company at the time of the photograph.The 3835 Main building opened as the Tocama Apartments in 1928 and designed by architect Robert F. Gornall, and was in 1931 was renamed the Netherlands Hotel, continuing to serve as an apartment building and hotel. It was vacant at the time of this photograph after the city deemed it a dangerous building. Shortly thereafter, it was renovated and renamed the Hawthorne Plaza Apartments. A section of the boarded-up Hyde Park Building is also visible at the right edge of the photograph.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Normandy Apartments and Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Description: View looking southeast along 11th Street from just west of its intersection with Washington Street. The Normandy Apartments Building is in view on the right hand side of the image. The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception can be seen on the left. A sign for the La Homa Hotel can be seen. City Center Square can be seen in the background.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 12th and Pennsylvania Buildings
Description: View looking south along Pennsylvania Avenue from just north of its intersection with 12th Street. Cars along Pennsylvania Avenue can be seen. The Surrey Courts Apartment Building at 520 W. 12th Street is in view. South of the Surrey Courts Building, the Hotel Cordova Building can be seen.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ambassador Apartments
Description: Photograph of the front porch of Ambassador Apartments at 441 Knickerbocker Place, circa 1981. The building, called Ambassador B, and its twin neighbor to the east, Ambassador A, were designed by local architect Nelle Peters and were built by the Ambassador Hotel to serve as overflow guest rooms in 1927 and were later used as apartments. Both buildings were razed in 2012.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Hotel Muehlebach
Description: View looking southwest of the Hotel Muehlebach at the corner of 12th Street and Baltimore Avenue. Cars and pedestrians on 12th Street can be seen. Storefronts that once stood west of the building on 12th Street are in view on the right hand side of the image.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Walnut Street from 19th Street
Description: View looking south along Walnut Street from its intersection with 19th Street. Cars parked and traveling along Walnut can be seen. Signs for Machinery & Supplies Company, Valomilk, and Joe Stevens Liquor are in view. The rear side of the Midwest Hotel at 1925 Main Street can be seen on the right hand side of the image.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 12th Street from Main Street
Description: View looking west along 12th Street from its intersection with Main Street. A street maintenance project can be seen. Several pedestrians and cars parked along the street are in view. Signs for Lerner's Vogue, Arctic Ice Cream, the Senator Hotel, the Dixon Hotel, the State Hotel, and the Hotel Phillips can be seen.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 12th Street from Main Street
Description: View looking west along 12th Street from its intersection with Main Street. A street maintenance project can be seen. Several pedestrians and cars parked along the street are in view. Signs for Lerner's Vogue, Arctic Ice Cream, the Senator Hotel, and the Dixon Hotel can be seen.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Hotel Parkview - Jockey Club Entrance
Description: View looking west of the entrance to the Jockey Club in the Hotel Parkview at 1000-1006 Paseo Boulevard. A sign in view reads: Freddy Finch's Orchestra - 8:30 Till Closing - Matinee Every Saturday - 3 Till 6 PM.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ambassador Apartments
Description: Photograph of architectural detailing on the upper levels of the Ambassador Apartments at 435 Knickerbocker Place, circa 1981. The building, called Ambassador A, and its twin neighbor to the west, Ambassador B, were designed by local architect Nelle Peters and were built by the Ambassador Hotel to serve as overflow guest rooms in 1927 and were later used as apartments. Both buildings were razed in 2012.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ambassador Apartments
Description: Photograph of the Ambassador Apartments at 441 Knickerbocker Place, circa 1981. The building, called Ambassador B, and its twin neighbor to the east, Ambassador A, were designed by local architect Nelle Peters and were built by the Ambassador Hotel to serve as overflow guest rooms in 1927 and were later used as apartments. Both buildings were razed in 2012.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Alameda Plaza Hotel
Description: Photograph of the Alameda Plaza Hotel, looking southwest, at 401 Ward Parkway circa 1980.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Radisson Hotel
Description: Photograph, circa early 1990s, of the Hotel Phillips building at 106 W. 12th Street. Built in 1929, the building started out as Hotel Phillips and changed hands several times, only to come around to being the Hotel Phillips again in the early 2000s. The Hotel Phillips was listed on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1978 and the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. At the time of the photo, it was operating as the Radisson Suite Hotel Kansas City.
Date: 1990~/1999~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Crown Center
Description: Photograph of the Westin Crown Center Hotel and the Crown Center Complex, from the east side of Grand Boulevard, in the early 1980s. The glass atrium of the Crystal Pavillion restaurant can be seen at the left.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Baltimore Avenue through the Plaza
Description: 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.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Intersection of Ward Parkway and 48th Street
Description: Photograph of the intersection of 48th Street and Ward Parkway, looking southeast along 48th Street, in the early 1980s. The Raphael Hotel, formerly the Villa Serena Apartments, at 321 Ward Parkway, is pictured at right. The Regency House Apartments occupy the center of the image, and the Locaro Apartments building, at 235 Ward Parkway, is pictured at left.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Cordova Hotel
Description: Photograph from late 1980s of the Cordova Hotel at 523 W 12th Street. The building was nominated for the National Register of Historic Places and placed on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1986. Built in 1889, the Cordova Hotel's architect was Frank Resch. This five-story brick and cut-stone building has been converted into apartments. The ABC Store in the foreground has been torn down and replaced by a parking lot for the apartment residents.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

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