Kansas City Landmarks Slide Collection

Title: H&R Block Headquarters
Description: Photograph of the H&R Block headquarters on Main Street south of 44th Street circa 1980. The tile-roofed building to its south, at 4422 Main, was later demolished to create a parking lot to accomodate growth at H&R Block. St. Luke's Hospital building can be seen in the background of the image.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: J. C. Nichols Parkway Apartments
Description: Photograph looking west from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower) of apartments and other buildings along and west of J. C. Nichols Parkway, circa 1987. Three of the six foreground apartment buildings were later demolished for a new townhome project. The Parkway Towers apartment building can be seen at the left edge of the image, and parking garages for the St. Luke's Hospital campus are visible at the right edge of the image.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Saint Luke's Hospital
Description: Photograph of St. Luke's Hospital, looking southwest from J. C. Nichols Parkway south of 43rd Street, during the 1980s. Mill Creek Park is in the foreground of the image. St. Luke's relocated to the site in 1923, and the building pictured was constructed in the 1960s.
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: St. Luke's Hospital
Description: Photograph looking west from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower) St. Luke's Hospital buildings along J. C. Nichols Parkway, circa 1987.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: St. Luke's and West Plaza
Description: Photograph looking west from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower) across the St. Luke's Hospital campus along J. C. Nichols Parkway, circa 1987. The Plaza West office building, at 4600 Madison, is visible in the background.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: St. Luke's Hospital and Westport
Description: Photograph looking northwest from the top of the Fountain View building (later American Century north tower) along J. C. Nichols Parkway/Broadway Boulevard from roughly 44th Street circa 1987. Buildings on the St. Luke's Hospital campus can be seen at the left edge of the image, and an Embassy Suites Hotel at 220 West 43rd Street at the center of the photo. Buildings in Westport, along Armour Boulevard, and Downtown can be seen in the background of the image. Baltimore Avenue runs north/south at the right edge of the image.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: J. C. Nichols Parkway and Main Street through Midtown
Description: Photograph looking north from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower) along J. C. Nichols Parkway/Broadway Boulevard (at left) and Main Street (at right) circa 1987. The Embassy Suites hotel, at at 220 West 43rd Street, is at left, with the streetcar 43rd Street viaduct cross over the intersection of 43rd Street and J. C. Nichols Parkway. Commercial and residential buildings, including the H&R Block headquarters in the lower right corner, line both streets. The downtown skyline can be seen in the background of the image.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: J. C. Nichols Parkway and Main Street through Midtown
Description: Photograph looking northwest from the top of the Fountain View building (later American Century north tower) along J. C. Nichols Parkway/Broadway Boulevard from roughly 44th Street circa 1987. Buildings on the St. Luke's Hospital campus can be seen at the left edge of the image, and an Embassy Suites Hotel at 220 West 43rd Street at the center of the photo. Buildings in Westport, along Armour Boulevard, and Downtown can be seen in the background of the image. Baltimore Avenue runs north/south at the right edge of the image.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Plaza Residential and Commercial Buildings
Description: Photograph looking west from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower) of apartments, houses, other buildings west of J. C. Nichols Parkway, circa 1987. The Plaza West office tower, at 4600 Madison, can be seen in the background of the image. St. Luke's Hospital parking garages are visible at right, and Plaza-area residential and commercial buildings fill the majority of the image.
Date: 1987~
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: 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

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