The Karnopp Building at 43rd and Main in 1930. Today’s block includes residences and apartment buildings in the Southmoreland neighborhood, from 43rd Street south to 44th Street and Main Street east to Walnut Street. The Karnopp Building, at 43rd and Main, is pictured. The building still stands on the corner. In 1930, it housed Paul […]
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A reader named Natalia asked us about her 3500 block of Pennsylvania. Since that’s right down the street from Midtown KC Post headquarters, and we are currently working on a book on Valentine neighborhood history, we’re happy to oblige. Today’s slideshow photos feature 35th Street south to Valentine Road and Jefferson Street east to Pennsylvania
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Today’s slideshow features the 3400 block of Broadway and Central and the blocks of Armour Boulevard and 34th Streets between Broadway and Central. The Ellison Apartment Hotel at 300 West Armour in 1940. The area includes the historic Ellison Apartment Hotel at 300 West Armour and Warwick Cleaners at 3421 Broadway. In these 1940s photos,
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Armour Boulevard looking east from Campbell, 1905. Last week, Susan Hawks asked what we knew about the 3500 block of Campbell, and unfortunately, the answer is not very much. While the Kansas City Public Library has the 1940 photos of most blocks in Kansas City, this block is yet to be made available. So we’re
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