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Title: Firestone Building
Description: Photograph of the Firestone Building at 2001 Grand Boulevard, the southwest corner of 20th and Grand, in the early 1980s. Built to serve as the Kansas City branch of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, the building was completed in 1916. At the time of the photograph, it still served as a Firestone outlet, with a retail operation on the first floor.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: West Junior High School
Description: Photograph of the west side of the West Junior High building at 1936 Summit Street in the 1980s. Designed by architect Charles A. Smith, the junior high building and attached library opened in 1926 and were connected to the adjacent Switzer School by a bridge. The Switzer/West campus closed permanently in 2006 and was sold for redevelopment as a residential property in 2015.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Union Station
Description: Photograph of a vacant Union Station and the Kansas City skyline in the late 1980s, looking north from Liberty Memorial.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph, Cityscapes

Title: Union Station
Description: Photograph of Union Station and the Kansas City skyline in the late 1980s, looking north from Liberty Memorial.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph, Cityscapes

Title: 1521 Wyandotte Street
Description: Photograph of buildings and a driveway at 1521 Wyandotte Street in the early 1980s. All structures on the block were later demolished and the area used for a parking lot.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 712 Highland Avenue
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of a single family home at 712 Highland Avenue. It was demolished at some point after the photograph was taken and paved for a parking lot for the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences campus, sometime before 2011. Located in the Pendleton Heights neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Quality Hill
Description: Aeriel view photograph looking northeast over the block bound by 10th and 11th Streets on the north and south, Pennsylvania Avenue on the west, and Washington on the east. Neighboring blocks are also pictured. Pictured buildings include the Virginia Hotel building at 1080 Washington, the Jarboe Hotel building at 501 West 10th, and the Musicians Building at at 1021 (later 1051) Washington.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph, Cityscapes

Title: 1-7 East 34th Street
Description: Photograph of the rear of the apartment building spanning 1-7 East 34th Street, formerly known as the Rat Castle Apartments, in the early 1980s. This block of rowhouse apartments was constructed in 1888, prior to the area's annexation by Kansas City, and continues around the corner to an additional residence at 3401 Main Street. The building underwent a major renovation and rehabilitation in 1982-1983. The majority of buildings on the block were razed in the 1980s and 1990s for additional parking lots and to expand the Foreign Language Academy's campus.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 4700 Pennsylvania Avenue
Description: Photograph circa 1980s looking south of the parking lot and parking garage at 4700 Pennsylvania Avenue, on the southwest corner of Pennsylvania and 47th Street. At the time of photo, the lot was attached to Saks Fifth Avenue, that faced Nichols Road. As of 2017. Located in the Plaza neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Elevated View of Westport and St. Luke's Hospital
Description: Photograph looking northwest from the top of the Fountain View building (later American Century north tower) of the St. Luke's Hospital campus, and buildings in Westport beyond, circa 1987. Hospital buildings occupy the foreground of the image, with the Allen School building and the Westport House senior apartments visible in the background left.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Country Club Plaza Parking Lots and Buildings
Description: Photograph, looking northwest from an elevated position at Nichols and Central, of parking lots, commercial, residential, and office buildings in the Plaza area circa 1987. The Seville Square shopping center is visible at left, with Dillard's department store, on 47th Street, visible at right.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 8-10 East 32nd Terrace
Description: Photograph of apartment buildings at 8-12 E. 32nd Terrace looking southwest from a rear parking lot in the early 1980s. The area, south of Linwood Boulevard to 34th Street, between Main and Gillham, was deemed blighted and ridden with crime and drugs in the late 1980s, and these buildings, as well as other homes, apartments, and commercial buildings, were demolished in the early and mid-'90s as part of the so-called "Glover Plan" to be replaced by the Midtown Marketplace development, a large commercial development anchored by big box retailers Home Depot and Costco.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

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