Vintage Photos of KC
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Awesome pictures. Thanks for posting.
Not sure about the mystery picture - could it be looking north towards a dead-end at Armour in midtown?
Not sure about the mystery picture - could it be looking north towards a dead-end at Armour in midtown?
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Holy crap, that arch! When did it disappear?
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It looks like it was on Grand - and then moved to Union Station? Or vice versa? Regardless, it was a temporary WWI deal. Would be cool if they had moved it up to Penn Park and had it as part of the Liberty Memorial.grovester wrote:Holy crap, that arch! When did it disappear?
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Yeah, I read that the arch was just a temporary wooden structure.
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probably like a movie set. painted plaster over a wooden frameEon Blue wrote:Yeah, I read that the arch was just a temporary wooden structure.
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All of these photos went away over the weekend. Any chance they will be back?
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Just saw this interesting photo. The Hotel Continental and Hotel Kansas Citian buildings are gone, aren't they?
Also, interesting that 909 Walnut used to have a doppler radar on top.
Also, interesting that 909 Walnut used to have a doppler radar on top.
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"Tough luck, old people walking to/in the Westside! Have you seen our shiny new highways though?"
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The Continental is the Mark Twain building. Everything in front of the Continental in that first photo is gone, though. The school in the foreground of number 3 is gone, as is the building north of the Aladdin. The school is the loading dock for the convention center now, and the building next to the Aladdin is part of the Marriott complex.
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Link to the whole set. Very cool photos. Wonder if one of those kids is KC Kev?
http://tomclarkblog.blogspot.com/2015/0 ... ref=fb&m=1
http://tomclarkblog.blogspot.com/2015/0 ... ref=fb&m=1
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The Macy's on the Kaw pix that follow are cool too. I remember the cutting through the bluff.
Very sad.
Very sad.
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