1955:
100 block of North Broadway. The
above left photo was taken looking south down Broadway from
a point roughly halfway between Douglas and First. Note
the scar running down the middle of the brick street; this
is where the trolley line once ran. Many of the same buildings
are still in evidence today, though the Buck's store has
been replaced with the Bank IV (now Bank of America/Westar)
building and the Allis Hotel (rearmost building on the left
in the vintage photo) was razed in 1996.
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