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Title: South Plaza Buildings
Description: Photograph, looking south along Baltimore Avenue, of South Plaza apartment and office buildings in the late 1980s. The Casa Loma East and West and Biarritz apartment buildings can be seen to the south of Ward Parkway, with the Sulgrave apartment building to their south. East of Baltimore, the One Ward Parkway, Board of Trade, and 4900 Main office buildings are pictured, from north to south.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ward Parkway Apartment Buildings
Description: Photograph of apartment and condominium buildings along Ward Parkway during the 1980s. The buildings, on the south side of Brush Creek, stand between Wornall Road and Main Street. Halls department store, at the intersection of Wyandotte and Ward Parkway, is also pictured. The Sulgrave and Regency high rise buildings, at the rear of the image, were built in the early 1960s. The brick apartment buildings lining Ward Parkway, including the Locarno and Casa Loma Apartments, were built between 1923 and 1929.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph, Cityscapes

Title: Plaza Tennis Courts
Description: Photograph of tennis courts at the Plaza Tennis Center, between 47th Street and Ward Parkway on the north and south, and Brookside Boulevard and Baltimore Avenue on the east and west, during the 1980s. The tennis complex was built in 1928. Looking southwest over the courts, numerous Ward Parkway apartment buildings can be seen, including the Casa Loma Apartments and Locarno Plaza Apartments.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Plaza Tennis Courts & Residential Buildings
Description: Photograph of the east side of the Plaza in the 1980s. Brookside Boulevard, and just beyond it, the Plaza Tennis Center courts occupy the foreground at the bottom of the image. Residential buildings, including the Casa Loma, Hemingway, and Locarno apartment buildings, and the Alameda Plaza Hotel line Ward Parkway.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph, Cityscapes

Title: Plaza Aerial View
Description: Aerial photograph looking west along 47th Street in the 1980s, with the intersection of 47th and Main Streets near the center of the image. The Nelson-Atkins Museum's grounds can be seen in the lower right, with Westwood, Kansas, at the top edge. Brush Creek is visible at the left of the image, with Plaza-area commercial and residential buildings filling the bulk of the image.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph, Cityscapes

Title: Plaza Aerial View
Description: Aerial photograph looking west through the Plaza in the 1980s, with 47th Street running along the right edge of the image and Brush Creek running through the middle. The image spans from roughly McGee Street west to State Line Road. Plaza-area commercial and residential buildings filling the bulk of the image.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph, Cityscapes

Title: 47th and Main Intersection
Description: Photograph, looking south from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), toward the intersection of 47th and Main Streets circa 1987. 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. The Plaza Tennis Center courts are visible in the center of the image. Main Street and Brookside Boulevard were later realigned as part of a Brush Creek beautification and flood control project in the 1990s.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 47th and Main Intersection
Description: Photograph, looking south from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), toward the intersection of 47th and Main Streets. 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. The Plaza Tennis Center courts are visible in the center of the image. Main Street and Brookside Boulevard were later realigned as part of a Brush Creek beautification and flood control project in the 1990s.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 6, 1917-1945, Page p798
Description: A portion of western Kansas City from W. 47th Street south to W. 50th Street and from Wyandotte Street east to Oak Street, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1917/1945
Object Type: Map

Title: Main Street and J. C. Nichols Parkway at 47th Street
Description: Photograph, looking south from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), toward the intersection of 47th Street with J. C. Nichols Parkway (at right) and Main Street (at left). Streetcar tracks can be seen running behind commercial buildings in the foreground, southeast diagonally across Main Street. Nichols Fountain, in Mill Creek Park, is visible at the center of the image. Main Street and Brookside Boulevard were later realigned as part of a Brush Creek beautification and flood control project in the 1990s. South Plaza apartment and office buildings are visible in the background of the image, with Country Club Plaza commercial and residential buildings in the foreground right.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 47th and Main Intersection
Description: Photograph, looking south from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), toward the intersection of 47th and Main Streets. 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. The Plaza Tennis Center courts are visible in the center of the image. Main Street and Brookside Boulevard were later realigned as part of a Brush Creek beautification and flood control project in the 1990s.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Santa Claus Statue at the Country Club Plaza
Description: An autochrome photograph of a Santa Claus Chirstmas decoration at the corner of Alameda Road (now Nichols Road) and Central Street in the Country Club Plaza.
Date: 1932-12-13
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Plaza Apartment Hotels
Description: An autochrome photograph of Broadway/Wornall Bridge across Brush Creek and the apartments near the Country Club Plaza, including the Locarno, the Riviera, and the Casa Loma. This vantage point faces east from just west of the bridge.
Object Type: Photograph

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