The building at 1213 N. Market St. that was damaged by fire during the weekend. It have been scheduled for renovation. (This image filed under Merchants Bridge.)
Demolition of this building at Tucker Boulevard and Lafayette Street is no helter-skelter affair. Neatness prevails throughout with masonry dismantled and bricks stacked. (This image filed under Merchants Bridge.)
Reflections on windows of a downtown St. Louis office building -- some recognizeable, some oddly warped -- form a strange mosaic behind the fluttering boldness of Old Glory. (This image filed under Merchants Bridge.)
This building at the 4100 block of Martin Luther King (Sarah and MLK) that was undergoing demolition when a worker was injured. (This image filed under Merchants Bridge.)
This deserted building stands behind Carr School, at the corner of Carr and 15th Streets, just north of downtown. (This image filed under Merchants Bridge.)
Businesses on the southeast corner of Seventh and Olive Streets, where the Famous-Barr store is now located, are shown in this photo dated 1859. In the image a grocery store and an apothecary can be seen.
Erected for the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America, this archway was illuminated by gas and electricity. In the background is the City Hall being built in old Washington Park.
Completed only a few years before the Southern states began breaking away from the Union, the Ten Buildings (there being that many stores in structure) ran from Locust to Vine on Fourth.
The old Four Courts Building at Twelfth street and Clark avenue, which housed Police Headquarters, the Morgue, City Jail and the criminal and police courts.