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Title
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Ward Parkway Apartment Buildings
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Description
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Photograph of apartment and condominium buildings along Ward Parkway during the 1980s. The buildings, on the south side of Brush Creek, stand between Wornall Road and Main Street. Halls department store, at the intersection of Wyandotte and Ward Parkway, is also pictured. The Sulgrave and Regency high rise buildings, at the rear of the image, were built in the early 1960s. The brick apartment buildings lining Ward Parkway, including the Locarno and Casa Loma Apartments, were built between 1923 and 1929.
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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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Plaza Tennis Courts & Residential Buildings
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Description
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Photograph of the east side of the Plaza in the 1980s. Brookside Boulevard, and just beyond it, the Plaza Tennis Center courts occupy the foreground at the bottom of the image. Residential buildings, including the Casa Loma, Hemingway, and Locarno apartment buildings, and the Alameda Plaza Hotel line Ward Parkway.
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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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Main Street and J. C. Nichols Parkway at 47th Street
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Description
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Photograph, looking south from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), toward the intersection of 47th Street with J. C. Nichols Parkway (at right) and Main Street (at left). Streetcar tracks can be seen running behind commercial buildings in the foreground, southeast diagonally across Main Street. Nichols Fountain, in Mill Creek Park, is visible at the center of the image. Main Street and Brookside Boulevard were later realigned as part of a Brush Creek beautification and flood control project in the 1990s. South Plaza apartment and office buildings are visible in the background of the image, with Country Club Plaza commercial and residential buildings in the foreground right.
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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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Map of the Country Club Plaza
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Description
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Tour and store directory map for the Country Club Plaza shopping center. A note records that the illustration is based on an original 1947 map and revised of January 1967. Significant Plaza buildings, shops and amenities are shown. The reverse side provides a directory of retail and service shops with addresses and telephone exchange numbers. A text description of the Country Club Plaza is also included.
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Date
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1967
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Object Type
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Map
