"Alderman John Roddy (left) chats with John T. Dickmann, general manager of the Plaza Square Apartments, during a preview of 16 furnished display apartments, which will be open to the public at noon Friday. They are seated in the living room of an apartment which includes a separate bedroom and kitchen. Mrs. Carole Poehner (below) of the Dolan Company, which is handling rentals, sits in the living room of a similar unit furnished in Early American style.
Elevated view of the Plaza Apartment buildings under construction. The project would become the first urban renewal project to be completed in St. Louis.
"#10 Plaza Square, of Plaza Square Apartments, viewed to west from Plaza area just west of Soldier's Memorial. Chestnut and Market Streets are at left, Pine Street at right."
Pulling up to the bank kiosk, located on the curb in front of the St. Louis Mercantile-Commerce Bank and Trust Co., customer places her bank book into a tray that will be carried to a teller under the sidewalk by a fast moving elevator.
Two original captions: "Plaza Square Patio Party: Enjoying a get-acquainted party are some of the more than 650 residents of Plaza Square, who attended a picnic dinner served in the two patio courts between the apartment buildings on either side of the Pine street between Fifteenth and Seventeenth streets. Also attending the patio party Tuesday night were officers of the Urban Redevelopment Corporation, which raised funds to creat the $15,000,000 development." "View of patio-court between #30 and #20 Plaza Square, looking east to #20, with Centenary Methodist Church (Pine St.) at left. Surface parking at either side of patio-court, which features lily pond in center and lattice-covered resting area."
"Alderman John Roddy (left) chats with John T. Dickmann, general manager of the Plaza Square Apartments, during a preview of 16 furnished display apartments, which will be open to the public at noon Friday. They are seated in the living room of an apartment which includes a separate bedroom and kitchen. Mrs. Carole Poehner (below) of the Dolan Company, which is handling rentals, sits in the living room of a similar unit furnished in Early American style.
Captioned on back: "Breakfast can be leisurely for Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Laskwitz, now that they live at 30 Plaza Square. Instead of a 17-mile drive from Florissant, he can now walk to work in five minutes."
City Bank, which moved into new quarters at 4981 West Pine recently will hold its official "Open House" for customers, neighbors and friends of the bank Wednesday, Thursday and Friday January 27-29.
Formal opening of the City Bankat I North Euclid was observed in a ceremony Monday at which Director of Public Saftey Joseph P. Sestric and President A. S. roth offciated.
A wall of the old Telegraphers' National Bank Building forms a pile of debris after its sudden collapse during wrecking operations at the Broadway and Pine street site yesterday.
The five story building on the corner was a gambling house half a century ago. Next door is shown a portion of a building where "Wilson's Minstrels" held forth. This spot eventually became the location of the Telegraphers National Bank.