Photograph of St. Louis from the top of the courthouse looking west. On the left, looking down Market, the Grand Opera House is visible. The opera house was built in 1885 on the site of a previous theater. The police department's Four Courts building is visible in the distance just above the opera house. In the center of the photograph at some distance are two tall buildings. The one on the left is the Missouri Pacific Building on Market, also called the Buder Building, which occupied the St. Louis skyline from 1902 to 1984. The one on the right is the Lincoln Trust Building which stood from 1897 to 1983. To the right of the Lincoln Trust Building, across Chestnut street is the Wainwright Building.
"An 11-story medical office buililding will be constructed at Euclid avenue and West Pine boulevard, according to plans announced yesterday by the newly formed Pine-West Corporation. The fire-proof, air-conditioned structure will contain about 40,000 square feet of office space."
Exterior view of the main building erected in 1877 of the group that house the German Protestant Orphan's Home. There is a large clock in the tower, and a historic German inscription on the tablet below.
"Always P. Kaufmann, president of the Chamber of COmmerce of Metropolitan St. Louis, presides at dedication ceremonies in the lobby of the New Federal Building at 1520 Market st. Cutting the ribbon at the ceremony are(from the left, with scissors in hand) Bernard L. Boutin, General Services Administration administrator; Senators Edward V. Long and Stuart Symington, Mr. Kaufamann and Citty Comptroller John Poelker, representing Mayor Tucker. At right, Senator Long is pictured as he spoke during the ceremonies and Mr. Boutin as he exchanged remarks with Senator Symington on the speakers platform."
"Protesting what they call unfair tax laws,members of the Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO, picket the office of the Internal Revenue Service at 1114 Market st. Monday."
"Aloys P. Kaufmann, president of the CHamber of Commerce of Metropolitan St. Louis, presides at dedication ceremonies in the lobby of the New Federal Building at 1520 Market st. C Cutting the ribbon at the ceremony are(from the left, with scissors in hand) Bernard L. BOutin, General Services Administration administrator; Senators Edward V. Long and Stuart Symington, Mr. Kaufmann and City Comptroller John Poelker, representing Mayor Tucker. At right, Senator Long is pictured as he spoke during the ceremonies and Mr. Boutin as he exchanged remarks with Senator Symington on the speakers platform."
"Erection of stone facing nears completion at the new federal building under construction at Fifteenth and Market streets. The building, which will be of contemporary design with facing of brick and cut limestone, is scheduled for completion next summer. Space in the $7, 733,000 building will be occupied by Agrriculture and Treasury deparment offices, the Civil Service Commission and the Veterans Administration. The view here looks west from Fifteenth and Market streets with the tower of Union Stationin the distance."
"Lights burning in the new Federal building, Fifteenth and Market street, at 8:15 p.m. Monday are reflected by the snow and indicate that the 'lights out' presidential order that is being put into practice in Washington, D.C., has not yet reached St. Louis."
"At flag raising at the new Federal Building at Fifteenth and Market streets, Friday, Chief Charles Olsen of the Coast Guard stands at attention with an honor guard. The flag pole at the new Federal Building, 110 feet high, with an additional 13 feet in the ground, is the largest one in Missouri."