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Title: Down on the Corner
Description: Paul and Carol Hilpman own a 17,000- square-foot building at 18th and Wyandotte which they lease out to artists, photographers a yoga studio, grocery store, snack, bar, skateboard shop and three clothing stores for $2 a square foot. Paul and David Ford, proprietor of Y.J.'s Snack Bar, perform all maintenance on the building which has become a center for the arts community.
Date: 2005-05-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Defining Downtown
Description: Portion of larger article about downtown. Includes a colored map of the 8 major districts downtown. Also included is a sequence of graphics detailing businesses and buildings of a 4-block area encompassing 9th St. to 11th St. and Main to Wyandotte St. in the 1920s, 1950s, 1980s and the 2000s. This includes 10th and Baltimore, the location of the First National Bank that will become the Central Branch of the Kansas City Public Library.
Date: 2002-09-22
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: One Hundred Years at 1516 Wyandotte: Old House Gives View of Progress
Description: Photos and article about the John Long house built in the 1870s at 1516 Wyandotte Street before being demolished in 1972. Description of early neighbors of the property in the early to late 1800s including Long, "a partner in the Long Brothers Grocery, at 811 Main" Street before dying in 1907.
Date: 1972-02-13
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: 16th and Wyandotte
Description: Full frontal view of residence at 16th and Wyandotte, in winter.
Date: 1915
Object Type: Photograph

Title: New England Building
Description: View facing northwest that shows the New England Building at 9th and Wyandotte streets shortly after its construction was completed. Pedestrians and horse-drawn carts on the street can be seen.
Date: 1887
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Trinity Lutheran Hospital
Description: View facing north of the south side of Trinity Lutheran Hospital, located 3001-3011 Wyandotte Street. Several parked automobiles and a portion of Wyandotte Street are in view.
Date: 1957-06-16
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Gibraltar Building
Description: View looking northwest of the Gibraltar Building that once stood at 816-820 Wyandotte Street. Cars parked along Wyandotte Can be seen. The southwest corner of the New England Building is in view.
Date: 1977
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Embassy On the Park - Aladdin Hotel
Description: View looking east of the entrance to the Embassy on the Park Hotel, also known as the Aladdin Hotel. at 1215 Wyandotte Street.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Doubletree Hotel Changes Franchises
Description: Article describes a switch from one hotel chain to another of the Doubletree Hotel at 1301 Wyandotte St. The hotel was set to begin operating under the Radisson Co. franchise in May, 2005.
Date: 2005-04-19
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Downtown KC Hotel Could Return as a Holiday Inn
Description: Article reporting a Memphis-based company's plans to renovate and reopen the Aladdin Hotel, located at 1215 Wyandotte Street, as the Aladdin Holiday Inn. Wright Investment Properties, Inc. has plans to restore the hotel to its "historically accurate roots," including the return of the Zebra Lounge as a downtown night spot.
Date: 2005-12-13
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: 9th Street
Description: Looking east along the south side of 9th from Wyandotte.
Date: 1925
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 9th Street
Description: Looking west along the south side of 9th from Wyandotte.
Date: 1935
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Residences on Wyandotte Street
Description: View of residences on the 5800 block of Wyandotte Street.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Wyandotte St. at 51st Street
Description: View of 51st and Wyandotte streets, including apartment complex to be condemned, proposed roadway expansions, and parked cars.
Date: 1926
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Street Scene
Description: Early view of Kansas City identified as from north 5th Street looking south at Wyandotte Street and Broadway Boulevard.
Date: 1870
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Wyandotte Street at 51st Street
Description: View looking south on Wyandotte Street from 51st Street. Pictured are apartments, homes, cars, and children. Includes proposed roadway expansion.
Date: 1926
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ravine and Houses
Description: View looking northeast of a ravine and dilapidated buildings between Main and Wyandotte streets, north of 51st Street.
Date: 1926
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Early Kansas City Scene
Description: Identified on photograph as looking southwest from 3rd and Wyandotte Streets.
Date: 1870
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Walnut Street
Description: Early view identified as Walnut Street just south of 2nd Street. Road grading of bluffs in view.
Date: 1869
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Wyandotte Street
Description: Early view identified as Wyandotte Street near 2nd Street looking north across the Missouri River.
Date: 1870
Object Type: Photograph

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