"Guests of the St. Louis de Ville Motor Hotel, 4483 Lindell bl., relax at the sunken swimming plaza. The $5,000,000 motor hotel opened for business Monday. The de Ville is owned by Melvin and Harold Dubinsky, St. Louis real estate investors, and Paul Kapelow, a New Orleans investor and construction magnate.
"Several languages come in handy as Joseph Balderacchi of Italy (right) explains table arrangements to Pedro Fonseca (center) in Spanish and then translates into French for benefit of Andre Bigot."
"Another Strauss total rehabilitation contract is the old Fairmont Hotel, No. 7 Maryland Plaza, where 99 hotel rooms will be converted into 63 modern apartments at the cost of $1 million. Rents will average $164 a moth for studio apartments and $206 for one-bedrooms. Owner is Alfonso J. Cervantes, former mayor of St. Louis who has undertaken redevelopment of a combination residential-commercial area in central St. Louis."
"Nearing completion on Lindell boulevard at Taylor avenue are two projects. Building in the foreground is the St. Louis de Ville luxury motel hotel, which is being built east of Taylor. Beyond the motel is the new Lindell Terrace Apartments, west of Taylor."
