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Title: 1801 West 39th Street
Description: Photograph of buildings and storefronts from the southwest corner of 39th and Bell Streets to 39th and State Line Road, circa 1990, including Don Pepe Cafe and Cafe Allegro. A University of Kansas Medical Center building stands in the background, across State Line.
Date: 1990~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 2202 Lexington Avenue
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of a commercial building on the northwest corner of Lexington Avenue and Brooklyn Avenue at 2202 Lexington Avenue. Built in 1920, it has housed several different kinds of businesses, including a market, a furniture store and a restaurant.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 2202 Lexington Avenue
Description: Photograph circa 1980s looking north, capturing several single family homes and a commercial building at the far right on the 200 block of Brooklyn Avenue. The building's address is 2202 Lexington Avenue; it was built in 1920, and has housed several different kinds of businesses, including a market and restaurant. Next to it, to the north, is 225 Brooklyn Ave, a multiple family home that was built in 1900. Located in the Pendleton Heights neighborhood.
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: The New Stanley
Description: Photograph of The New Stanley bar and restaurant at 501 Westport Road circa 1980, as well as a view of Pennsylvania Avenue looking southeast from Westport Road. The restaurant and bar opened in 1975 in the building that was the former Doerschuk pharmacy. An establishment called the Old Stanley opened in 1987 under new ownership in the space after the New Stanley closed in 1985.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3611 Broadway Boulevard
Description: Photograph circa 1980, looking southeast, of 3609-3615 Broadway Boulevard. Peking Chinese Restaurant appears in the left side of the photo, located at 3609 Broadway Boulevard. Also shown in the photo, in the center, is Crazy's at 3611 Broadway Boulevard. And further south, in the right side of the photo, is Shoequet Shoes store at 3915 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 added to the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1984.
Date: 1980~
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: City Center Square
Description: Aerial photograph of the City Center Square building at 1100 Main Street in downtown Kansas City. It was built in 1977 by the firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. It occupies the entire block of 11th Street to 12th Street, and from Main Street to Baltimore Street.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3607-3915 Broadway Boulevard
Description: Photograph circa 1980s, looking northwest, of 3607-3615 Broadway Boulevard. Hot Rocks Lounge at 3607 Broadway Boulevard appears in the left side of the photo. Next to it is Peking Chinese Restaurant, located at 3609 Broadway Boulevard. The Betsy Ross Building at 3611 Broadway Boulevard, unoccupied at the time of the photo. Further south, in the right side of the photo, is Ms. Ade's Beauty Salon at 3915 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.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

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: 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: Southwell Building
Description: Photograph of the Southwell Building at the intersection of Main Street and Westport Road, in the late 1970s. The building was designed by architects McKecknie and Trask and opened in 1929. A real estate sign hangs in the window of the storefront at 3935 Main, which was recently occupied by Howard E. Thruman Institutional Church. The Shape Shop and Love Records & Tapes are other ground-floor tenants, with Harling's Upstairs Bar and Grill occupying the second floor. Moten's Shoe Repair occupies the neighboring building to the north. Signs for Clint's Books and Bell Restaurant can be seen on the building to the south.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Hickory Inn Restaurant
Description: Photograph circa late 1970s looking north from 63rd Street and the corner of Brookside Plaza of the restaurant at 128 West 63rd Street, called Hickory Inn Restaurant. Located in the Brookside neighborhood.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: LaBelle Building
Description: Photograph of the La Belle Building at 1718-26 West 39th Street in the late 1980s. Virgil's Cafe, which opened in 1944, World Spirits liquor store, and Loma's Jewelry occupy the ground-level storefronts. The building was destroyed by fire on November 7, 1990, and was replaced by a one-story commercial strip and parking lot.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3611-3623 Broadway Boulevard
Description: Photograph circa 1980s, looking southeast, of 3611-3623 Broadway Boulevard. To the far left in the photo is Crazy's - possibly a bar - at 3611 Broadway Boulevard. And further south, is Shoequet Shoes 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

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