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Title: New South St. Louis Apartment
Date: 1930-03-30, 1930-03-30
Description: "Twelve-family apartment just completed at Delor street and Alaska avenue by the Art-Build Construction Company, 5417 South Grand boulevard. Patented Stevens sanitary finish is used in the new building. C. E. Stevens, Architect."

Title: Neighborhood Gardens Apartments - Exterior cut
Date: 1935-07-21, 1935-07-21
Description: Where Housing Costs Are Low: There are 252 apartments in the Neighborhood Gardens, occupying the block bounded by Seventh, Eighth, Biddle and O'Fallon streets, which will be operated under the supervision of the Neighborhood Association, of which J. A. Wolfe, who concieved the idea of the Gardens, is the secretary. This photo shows one of several wings of the building.

Title: Neighborhood Gardens Apartments - Main entrance, exterior
Date: 1935-07-21, 1935-07-21
Description: One of the Main Entrances: The Neighborhood Gardens is a $740,000 project, of which $638,000 was furnished by the Housing Division of the PWA on a first mortgage and $100,000 was supplied by 10 directors of the Neighborhood Association, a local concern, on a second Mortgage. The PWA loan will mature over a 35-year period.

Title: Neighborhood Gardens Apartments - Stairwell
Date: 1935-07-21, 1935-07-21
Description: Plenty of Air: First preference in renting the apartments is given to persons who have resided within 10 blocks of the Garden, providing a comfortable home at a moderate price

Title: Neighborhood Gardens Apartments - Bathroom
Date: 1935-07-21, 1935-07-21
Description: "A Corner of the Bathroom: As seen in other rooms of the apartment, compactness is observed here, with a view to providing as much light and air as possible."

Title: Neighborhood Gardens Apartments - Balconies, exterior
Description: From A Balcony: Each apartment has its own balcony with an outlook on street or court. In the latter a swimming pool is being constructed for the children.

Title: Neighborhood Gardens Apartments - Under construction
Description: Exterior of Neighborhood Gardens Apartments. Construction is nearing completion.

Title: Neighborhood Gardens Apartments - Window view
Date: 1935-07-21, 1935-07-21
Description: Through The Windows: The various apartments will be heated from a central supply system, will have hot and cold running water, gas or electricity for cooking, bath, and each tenant will be assigned space in the basement for laundry purposes.

Title: Neighborhood Gardens Apartments - Hallway
Date: 1935-07-21, 1935-07-21
Description: An Interior View: The photographer set up his camera in the hall, and the picture was taken through the front door of an apartment looking into to living room, off of which, as the open door indicates, is the kitchen.

Title: Neighborhood Gardens Apartments - Interior view
Date: 1935-07-21, 1935-07-21
Description: Compact But Comfortable: The efficiency apartment idea has been carried out, with rooms small but furnishings complete. There is ample closet space and the architects were not sparing with the windows.

Title: Neighborhood Gardens Apartments - Street view
Description: The 252-family Neighborhood Gardens development is nearing completion in the block between Sevent, Eighth, Biddle, and O'Fallon streets. The Public Works Administration is lending $640,000 of the total of $742,000. Rents will range between $19.50 to $33 a month. The project is being built by Hoener, Baum, & Froese, architects.

Title: Neighborhood Gardens Apartments - Kitchen
Date: 1935-07-21, 1935-07-21
Description: Caption on back: "In The Kitchen: The housewife will literally have everything at her finger tips, with sink, cupboards, electrical gadgets and stove all within almost arm's reach."

Title: Neighborhood Gardens Apartments - Private playground
Date: 1936-05-16, 1936-05-16
Description: Typical scene at the private playground at Neighborhood Gardens, St. Louis' low-cost housing project at Eighth and Biddle Streets.

Title: Daniel Boone Apartments
Date: 1935-01-20, 1935-01-20
Description: Lindell Tower (left) and Daniel Boone Apartments, 3733-45 Lindell Boulevard, management of which has been taken away from insolvent Central States Life Insurance Company by apartment bondholders.

Title: Hoover Court Apartments
Date: 1932-03-22, 1932-03-22
Description: Debris of portion of roof and roof superstructure of the central portion of the Hoover Court Apartments at 7319 Hoover avenue, Richmond Heights, where the wind caused several thousand dollars damage at 3 o'clock yesterday. No one was injured.

Title: Donaldson Court Apartment After Remodeling
Date: 1937-07-11, 1937-07-11
Description: Before an extensive modernization program the Donaldson Court Apartment, on the northwest corner of Westgate avenue and Delmar boulevard, University City, suffered a loss of income because of its outmoded appearance and divided shops.

Title: Donaldson Court Apartment Shops
Date: 1937-07-11, 1937-07-11
Description: After its cement facade had been removed and a modern structural glass front installed, surmounted with ornamental brick and Terra-cotta, the Donaldson Court Apartments readily attracted tenants for its shops.

Title: Donaldson Court Apartments
Date: 1935/11, 1935/11
Description: A street view of the Donaldson Court Apartments at Delmar and Westgate, where the courtyard can be seen.

Title: Netherby Hall Apartments - Exterior
Date: 1933-07-09, 1933-07-09
Description: Netherby Hall Apartments, 4540 Lindell boulevard, aquired by the Missouri State Life Insurance Company in a trade in which the insurance company company conveyed five small properties to Samuel Ginstine, real estate speculator. The Nehterby Hall has eight apartments of nine rooms and three baths. The Henry R. Weisels Company was the agent in the transaction.

Title: Neighborhood Gardens Apartments - Architectural drawing
Description: Architectural drawing of Neighborhood Gardens Apartments by Hoener, Baum, and Froese, Architects & Engineers.

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