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Title
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Embassy Suites and Westport
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Description
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Photograph, looking northwest from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), toward Westport circa 1987. The Embassy Suites hotel, at at 220 West 43rd Street, occupies the center of the image, with commercial buildings in Westport occupying the background of the image. J. C. Nichols Parkway curves through the upper right, and a building on the St. Luke's Hospital campus occupies the lower left.
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Date
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1987~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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South Plaza Parking Lot
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Description
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Photograph of a parking lot in the 4900 block of Main Street, looking south along Main, circa 1987. A small United Missouri Bank building can be seen at the right edge of the building.
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Date
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1987~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kansas City Public Library Plaza Branch
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Description
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Rear view of the Plaza Branch of the Kansas City Public Library at 4801 Main Street circa 1987. Apartment buildings along Ward Parkway can be seen in the background.
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Date
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1987~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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50th and Main Intersection
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Description
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Photograph at the intersection of 50th and Main Streets circa 1987. A portion of the Milgram grocery store is visible at left, and the rears of houses and apartment buildings lining Walnut Street are visible in the background.
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Date
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1987~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Southmoreland and Plaza Buildings
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Description
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Photograph, looking southeast from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), across 47th Street toward the UMKC campus circa 1987. The Hilton Plaza Inn, at 1 West 45th, occupies the bottom left corner of the image, and numerous residential buildings are pictured lining 47th Street. Streetcar tracks can be seen running behind commercial buildings in the foreground, south diagonally across Main Street, before running alongside Brookside Boulevard south of Brush Creek. Main Street and Brookside Boulevard were later realigned as part of a Brush Creek beautification and flood control project in the 1990s.
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Date
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1987~
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Object Type
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Photograph
