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Downtown (10)
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1999 (6)
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 Image: Title: Date: Description:
1. Boley Building Profile Boley Building Profile 1999
2. Grand Avenue Temple Profile Grand Avenue Temple Profile 2003
3. New York Life Building Profile New York Life Building Profile 2003
4. Scarritt Building Profile Scarritt Building Profile 1999
5. Commerce Bank Building Profile Commerce Bank Building Profile 1999
6. Board of Trade Building (Second) Profile Board of Trade Building (Second) Profile 2003
7. Aerial View of Downtown Kansas City Aerial View of Downtown Kansas City 1958-09 Aerial view of downtown Kansas City looking east. At the right side of the image is the Kansas City Power & Light Building, with Municipal Auditorium immediately to the west. To its left, in the bottom...
8. Birth of the Skyscraper Birth of the Skyscraper May-June//1984 Article about the early skyscrapers, or very tall buildings, in Kansas City, describing their architecture and architects, such as Louis Curtiss's Boley Building.
9. My American Journal My American Journal 1950 First chapter or part of the book about the stay of French author Andre Maurois in Kansas City in 1945-1946 as a guest lecturer at the University of Kansas City, residing at the Epperson House. Descriptions...
10. Downtown Skyline Downtown Skyline May 2002 Panoramic view of skyline taken from City Hall observation deck looking west.
11. Enough, Already Enough, Already January/27/1986 Photo and biographical article about Frank Morgan, "59, a reclusive banker and developer" of Kansas City. Description of his transformation of the Downtown skyline with construction of several skyscrapers...
12. Edwin M. Price Is Dead: Former Architect Here Dies in Kansas City Edwin M. Price Is Dead: Former Architect Here Dies in Kansas City January/11/1957 Photo and obituary for Edwin Price, "an architect whose talents in design are reflected in Kansas City's present skyline." Native of Arkansas (dying at the age of 72) becoming "a partner in the prominent...
13. A Young City Will Greet You A Young City Will Greet You February//1939 Photos and article about tourist sites in Kansas City for the "1939 Biennial Convention of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs in Kansas City. Description and history of...
14. Cindy Snodgrass Cindy Snodgrass Photos and information on Cindy Snodgrass, a Kansas City Art Institute graduate exhibiting her sculptures and tapestries in the 1970s from the top of Chicago skyscrapers, overhanging Lake Michigan.
15. 10th Street, East from Baltimore 10th Street, East from Baltimore Postcard of 10th Street, East from Baltimore
16. Downtown Kansas City, North from Gillham Road Downtown Kansas City, North from Gillham Road Postcard of Downtown Kansas City, North from Gillham Road
17. Grand Avenue, South from 8th Street Grand Avenue, South from 8th Street Postcard of Grand Avenue, South from 8th Street
18. Grand Avenue, South from 8th Street Grand Avenue, South from 8th Street Postcard of Grand Avenue, South from 8th Street
19. Main Street, North from 12th Street Main Street, North from 12th Street Postcard of Main Street, North from 12th Street
20. Commerce Bank Commerce Bank Postcard of the Commerce Bank Building at 10th and Walnut Streets