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Title: Oak Ridge Manor
Description: Photograph circa 1980, interior of the home at 5410 Northeast Oak Ridge Drive, originally built around a log cabin in 1829 by James Compton. James's daughter, Emma Compton. lived in the home until 1954, when it was sold to Louise Sandstrom who converted it into a restaurant. Sandstrom kept the interior furnishings intact. The restaurant opened in 1983 as Stroud's North, Oak Ridge Manor Restaurant & Bar. The home was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 and the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1980 as the Dr. James Compton Residence.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3601-09 Block of Broadway Boulevard
Description: Photograph circa 1980s, looking northwest, of the 3600 block of Broadway Boulevard. Several restaurants, bars and jazz clubs have been residents of the building. Peking Chinese Restaurant appears in the right side of the photo, located at 3609 Broadway Boulevard. At the time of the photograph, 3601 Broadway Boulevard (furthest north, on the block, across from the Ambassador Hotel) was unoccupied but as of 2018, a restaurant, Krokstrom Klubb, resides there. Also shown in the photo is Nabil's Mediterranean Cuisine at 3605 Broadway and Hot Rocks Lounge at 3607 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: 1700 Block of 39th Street
Description: Photograph of the 1700 block of 39th Street, looking west from Genessee Street, circa 1990. Fric and Frac, at 1700 W. 39th, and Virgil's Cafe, at 1712 W. 39th, are pictured on the north side of the block along with other restaurants. Johnson Hardware can be seen in the background, on the northwest corner of 39th and Bell.
Date: 1990~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: LaMar's Donuts
Description: Photograph of LaMar's Donuts at 240 Linwood Boulevard, circa 1981. The building intially served as a garage and gas station, and in 1960 became the original location of the doughnut shop which grew to become a regional chain. LaMar's closed the location in 2003.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Clint's Comics
Description: Photograph of Clint's Comics, at 3943 Main, and neighboring businesses at the intersection of Main Street and westport Road, circa 1982. Signs for Harling's Upstairs bar and Love Records can be seen on the Southwell Building to the north, and Bell's Restaurant is in the adjacent building to the south. Clint's later moved to the Love Records space and operated there for several decades.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Sidney's Diner
Description: View looking northeast of Sidney's Diner and other storefronts near the intersection of Valentine Road and Broadway Boulevard. Cars traveling along Broadway Boulevard can be seen. Signs for Shoequet Shoes and the Peking Chinese Restaurant are in view. A small portion of the Hyde Park Hotel Building can be seen on the left hand side of the image.
Date: 1985~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Broadway Ford Car Dealership
Description: View looking northeast of the Broadway Ford car dealership at the intersection of 34th Street and Broadway Boulevard. Cars parked and traveling along Broadway Boulevard can be seen. Redemptorist Catholic Church can be seen on the left hand side of the image and T-bo's Broiler restaurant is visible on the right.
Date: 1985~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: T-bo's Broiler
Description: View looking northeast of T-bo's Broiler resturaunt at 3421 Broadway Boulevard. Cars parked along Broadway Boulevard can be seen. A portion of the Broadway Ford car dealership is in view on the right hand side of the image and a portion of the Armour Life Insurance Company Building can be seen on the right hand side. The KCPT Tower is in view in the background.
Date: 1985~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Storefronts on Broadway
Description: View looking northeast of a row of storefronts located at the intersection of 36th Street and Broadway Boulevard. Cars parked along Broadway Boulevard can be seen. Signs for Hot Rocks Lounge, Peking Chinese Restaurant, and Shoequet Shoes are in view. The Hyde Park Hotel Building can be seen on the left hand side of the image.
Date: 1985~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Storefronts on Broadway
Description: View looking northeast of a row of storefronts located at the intersection of 36th Street and Broadway Boulevard. Cars parked along Broadway Boulevard can be seen. Signs for Merit Drugs, Hot Rocks Lounge, Peking Chinese Restaurant, and Shoequet Shoes are in view. The Hyde Park Hotel Building can be seen on the left hand side of the image.
Date: 1985~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Gojo Japanese Steak House
Description: View looking north of the Gojo Japanese Steak House Building on Broadway Boulevard at its intersection with 41st Street in Westport. A car parked along 41st Street can be seen.
Date: 1985~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Marco Polo’s Trattoria and Marco Polo's Groceria
Description: View looking southwest of the rear side of Marco Polo’s Trattoria restaurant and Marco Polo's Groceria grocery store in a building that once stood at 7514 Wornall Road. The location once housed the original Jasper's Italian restaurant.
Date: 1997~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 42nd and Broadway Building
Description: View looking north of the building at 42nd Street and Broadway Boulevard in Westport. Pedestrians on Broadway Boulevard can be seen. A portion of the building to the north is in view. Signs for Westport Bank and Mitch's Little Angus can be seen.
Date: 1984~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kon Tiki Room
Description: Photograph of an alley on the south side of a building at 3251-3257 Main, on the southeast corner of Main Street and Warner Plaza, circa 1981. Signs advertise the House of Chun Chinese restaurant and the adjacent Kon Tiki Room tiki bar. The area, south of Linwood Boulevard to 34th Street, between Main and Gillham, was deemed blighted and ridden with crime in 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: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ace Caster and Equipment, Inc.
Description: Photograph of a building at 3240 Main circa 1981. The building was designed by Kansas City architect Louis Curtiss in 1906, and at the time of the photo housed Ace Caster & Equipment, Inc. Part of the ABC Storage & Van Company building can be seen at the left of the photo, at 3244 Main. Brown's Chicken, a national restaurant chain, is visible at the far right of the photograph at 3214 Main.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3251-57 Main Street
Description: Photograph of a building at 3251-3257 Main, on the southeast corner of Main Street and Warner Plaza, circa 1981. Signs advertize the House of Chun Chinese restaurant and the adjacent Kon Tiki Room tiki bar, and a section of the Warner Plaza apartments are visible at the left of the image. A twin building stood across Warner Plaza to the north. The area, south of Linwood Boulevard to 34th Street, between Main and Gillham, was deemed blighted and ridden with crime in 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: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3235-57 Main Street
Description: Photograph of a building at 3251-3257 Main, on the southeast corner of Main Street and Warner Plaza, circa 1990. Signs advertise the Cellblock bar and the adjacent Kon Tiki Room tiki bar. The area, south of Linwood Boulevard to 34th Street, between Main and Gillham, was deemed blighted and ridden with crime in 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. The adjacent apartments appear to have been demolished in this image.
Date: 1990~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1801 West 39th Street
Description: Photograph of buildings and storefronts from the southwest corner of 39th and Bell Streets circa 1990, including Don Pepe Cafe. The L-shape of commercial buildings at this corner of 39th and Bell were dubbed Jamestown Square in the late 1980s, and were subject to redevelopment plans for the buildings and surrounding streetscape and parking lots.
Date: 1990~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Crystal Pavillion at Crown Center
Description: Photograph of The Crystal Pavillion structure outside of Crown Center, at 2450 Grand Boulevard, circa 1983.
Date: 1983~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Southern Mansion Restaurant Interior
Description: Interior view of the Southern Mansion restaurant, once located at 1425 Baltimore Avenue.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Photograph

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