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Title: Unidentified West Plaza Apartment Building
Description: Photograph of an unidentified apartment building circa 1986. The Plaza West office building, at 4600 Madison Avenue, can be seen in in the upper left edge of the image.
Date: 1986~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Firestone Building
Description: Photograph of the Firestone Building at 2001 Grand Boulevard, the southwest corner of 20th and Grand, in the early 1980s. Built to serve as the Kansas City branch of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, the building was completed in 1916. At the time of the photograph, it still served as a Firestone outlet, with a retail operation on the first floor.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Stanford and Sons
Description: Photograph of the southwest side of Stanford and Sons restaurant and comedy club, at 504 Westport Road, circa 1980. Sanford and Sons' main building is known as the Bridger Building, one of the oldest buildings in Kansas City.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Public Library Plaza Branch
Description: Photograph of the Plaza Branch of the Kansas City Public Library at 4801 Main Street, looking northeast from Main, circa 1980.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Public Library Plaza Branch
Description: Photograph of the Plaza Branch of the Kansas City Public Library, southeast of the intersection of Ward Parkway and Main Street, circa 1980.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Board of Trade Building
Description: Photograph of the Board of Trade building, at 4800 Main Street, circa 1980. The Kansas City Board of trade moved to this building, notable for the sculpture of wheat and corn on its east facade, in 1966.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Union Station
Description: Photograph of a vacant Union Station and the Kansas City skyline in the late 1980s, looking north from Liberty Memorial.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph, Cityscapes

Title: Union Station
Description: Photograph of Union Station and the Kansas City skyline in the late 1980s, looking north from Liberty Memorial.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph, Cityscapes

Title: 1521 Wyandotte Street
Description: Photograph of buildings and a driveway at 1521 Wyandotte Street in the early 1980s. All structures on the block were later demolished and the area used for a parking lot.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Aladdin Hotel Construction
Description: View looking northeast of the construction of the Aladdin Hotel at 1215 Wyandotte Street. Cars parked along Wyandotte Street can be seen. Signs for parking lots and the Down-Town Garage are in view. a portion of the Down-Town Garage Building can be seen on the right hand side of the image.
Date: 1925~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Embassy Suites and Westport
Description: 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.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Public Library Plaza Branch
Description: 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.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Unidentified Parking Lot and Building
Description: Photograph of an unknown building and adjacent parking lot in the late 1970s. The site appears to be near Interstate 435.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Plaza Employee Parking Lot
Description: Photograph of a Country Club Plaza employee parking lot, near the northeast corner of 47th and Main Streets, in the late 1970s. The Oak Hall apartment building stands in the background of the image. Construction of the Gilbert Robinson Plaza office building began on the site in 1981.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Quality Hill
Description: Aeriel view photograph looking northeast over the block bound by 10th and 11th Streets on the north and south, Pennsylvania Avenue on the west, and Washington on the east. Neighboring blocks are also pictured. Pictured buildings include the Virginia Hotel building at 1080 Washington, the Jarboe Hotel building at 501 West 10th, and the Musicians Building at at 1021 (later 1051) Washington.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph, Cityscapes

Title: Black & Decker Parking Lot
Description: Photograph of a parking lot immediate south of a Black & Decker office building at 4324 Main Street, circa 1980.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Southmoreland and Plaza Buildings
Description: 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.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: South View from City Hall Roof
Description: Photograph, looking northwest from the roof of City Hall, of the Downtown, Crossroads, and Crown Center areas circa 1986. Oak Street runs north/south at the left of the image, and McGee Street runs through the middle of the photograph. The Hyatt Regency Hotel, at 2345 McGee, is among the buildings visible in the background of the image. The Sprint Center area was built on the blocks in the foreground, north of I-670, between 2005-2007.
Date: 1986~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Elevated View of Westport and St. Luke's Hospital
Description: Photograph looking northwest from the top of the Fountain View building (later American Century north tower) of the St. Luke's Hospital campus, and buildings in Westport beyond, circa 1987. Hospital buildings occupy the foreground of the image, with the Allen School building and the Westport House senior apartments visible in the background left.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Country Club Plaza Parking Lots and Buildings
Description: Photograph, looking northwest from an elevated position at Nichols and Central, of parking lots, commercial, residential, and office buildings in the Plaza area circa 1987. The Seville Square shopping center is visible at left, with Dillard's department store, on 47th Street, visible at right.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

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