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Title
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Intersection of Ward Parkway and 48th Street
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Description
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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.
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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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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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Raphael Hotel
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Description
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Photograph of the Raphael Hotel, at 325 Ward Parkway, looking south across Brush Creek, in the 1980s. Originally built in 1928 as the Villa Serena Apartment Hotel, it was renovated and opened as a hotel in 1975.
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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 Aerial View
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Description
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Aerial photograph looking west through the Plaza in the 1980s, with 47th Street running along the right edge of the image and Brush Creek running through the middle. The image spans from roughly McGee Street west to State Line Road. Plaza-area commercial and residential buildings filling the bulk of the image.
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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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J. C. Nichols Parkway and Main Street through Midtown
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Description
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Photograph looking north from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower) along J. C. Nichols Parkway/Broadway Boulevard (at left) and Main Street (at right) circa 1987. The Embassy Suites hotel, at at 220 West 43rd Street, is at left, with the streetcar 43rd Street viaduct cross over the intersection of 43rd Street and J. C. Nichols Parkway. Commercial and residential buildings, including the H&R Block headquarters in the lower right corner, line both streets. The downtown skyline can be seen in the background 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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Title
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Southmoreland and Plaza Buildings
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Description
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Photograph, looking southeast from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), across 47th Street toward the UMKC campus circa 1987. The Hilton Plaza Inn, at 1 West 45th, occupies the bottom left corner of the image, and numerous residential buildings are pictured lining 47th Street. Streetcar tracks can be seen running behind commercial buildings in the foreground, south diagonally across Main Street, before running alongside Brookside Boulevard south of Brush Creek. Main Street and Brookside Boulevard were later realigned as part of a Brush Creek beautification and flood control project in the 1990s.
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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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J. C. Nichols Parkway and Main Street through Midtown
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Description
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Photograph looking northwest from the top of the Fountain View building (later American Century north tower) along J. C. Nichols Parkway/Broadway Boulevard from roughly 44th Street circa 1987. Buildings on the St. Luke's Hospital campus can be seen at the left edge of the image, and an Embassy Suites Hotel at 220 West 43rd Street at the center of the photo. Buildings in Westport, along Armour Boulevard, and Downtown can be seen in the background of the image. Baltimore Avenue runs north/south at the right edge 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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Title
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South View from City Hall Roof
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Description
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Photograph, looking northwest from the roof of City Hall, of the Downtown, Crossroads, and Crown Center areas circa 1986. Oak Street runs north/south at the left of the image, and McGee Street runs through the middle of the photograph. The Hyatt Regency Hotel, at 2345 McGee, is among the buildings visible in the background of the image. The Sprint Center area was built on the blocks in the foreground, north of I-670, between 2005-2007.
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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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H&R Block Headquarters
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Description
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Photograph, taken from the top of the Marriott Hotel at 45th and Main, looking northwest circa 1987. The H&R Block headquarters building is seen at the center of the image, on the west side of Main, with the Embassy Suites Hotel visible to the northwest. Broadway Boulevard can be seen bending west through Westport in the background. The One Main Plaza office building can be seen at the right edge 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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Title
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Broadway Boulevard through the Plaza
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Description
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Photograph of the west side of Broadway Boulevard, looking south, through the Country Club Plaza area circa 1987. The Broadway Building stands is pictured in the foreground at right, with the Plaza Time building to its south. The Alameda Plaza Hotel, at 401 Ward Parkway, stands in the background 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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Title
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Plaza Aerial View
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Description
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Aerial photograph looking east through the Plaza along Brush Creek and Ward Parkway in the 1980s. Plaza-area commercial and residential buildings filling the bulk of the image, from roughly Roanoke Parkway on the west to McGee at the east.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph, Cityscapes