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Title: 1-7 East 34th Street
Description: Photograph of the rear of the apartment building spanning 1-7 East 34th Street, formerly known as the Rat Castle Apartments, in the early 1980s. This block of rowhouse apartments was constructed in 1888, prior to the area's annexation by Kansas City, and continues around the corner to an additional residence at 3401 Main Street. The building underwent a major renovation and rehabilitation in 1982-1983. The majority of buildings on the block were razed in the 1980s and 1990s for additional parking lots and to expand the Foreign Language Academy's campus.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

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: 4700 Pennsylvania Avenue
Description: Photograph circa 1980s looking south of the parking lot and parking garage at 4700 Pennsylvania Avenue, on the southwest corner of Pennsylvania and 47th Street. At the time of photo, the lot was attached to Saks Fifth Avenue, that faced Nichols Road. As of 2017. Located in the Plaza neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 50th and Main Intersection
Description: 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.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 712 Highland Avenue
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of a single family home at 712 Highland Avenue. It was demolished at some point after the photograph was taken and paved for a parking lot for the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences campus, sometime before 2011. Located in the Pendleton Heights neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 8-10 East 32nd Terrace
Description: Photograph of apartment buildings at 8-12 E. 32nd Terrace looking southwest from a rear parking lot in the early 1980s. The area, south of Linwood Boulevard to 34th Street, between Main and Gillham, was deemed blighted and ridden with crime and drugs in the late 1980s, and these buildings, as well as other homes, apartments, and commercial buildings, were demolished in the early and mid-'90s as part of the so-called "Glover Plan" to be replaced by the Midtown Marketplace development, a large commercial development anchored by big box retailers Home Depot and Costco.
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: Alameda Plaza Hotel
Description: Photograph of the north side of the Alameda Plaza Hotel, looking southeast from a parking lot between the Thomas Carlyle and Robert Louis Stevenson apartment buildings, circa 1988.
Date: 1988~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Allen School
Description: Photograph of a parking lot at the Allen School at 706 West 42nd Street circa 1980. Founded in 1853, the school was the first public school in Westport and Kansas City, and pictured building was built in 1912. Renovations to turn the building into a community center focused on senior citizens began in 1980, and the space also provided offices for the ballet and several other organizations.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

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: 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: 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

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: 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: Empire - Main Street Theater
Description: View looking southwest of the Empire Theater, also known as the Main Street Theater, at 1400 Main Street. The theater's doors and windows were boarded up when this photograph was captured. Cars traveling and parked along Main Street can be seen. A sign for Allright Parking is in view.
Date: 1995~
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: H&R Block Parking Lot
Description: Photograph of a parking lot at the rear of the H&R Block headquarters, at 4410 Main Street, circa 1980. A portion of a St. Luke's Hospital building can be seen at background left, and the Embassy Suites at 43rd and J. C. Nichols Parkway is visible at background right.
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: 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

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