The City bank lobby is on the first floor of a remodeled building at Euclid and Laclede. Buildin's two upper floors are now a commercial parking garage where customers can park free or use drive-in banking facilities.
Caption: "Workmen sitting idle in the 1600 block of Pine because of strike of hoisting engineers of local 513 which has halted work on Plaza Apartments."
"For rent sign approved by the Municipal Art Commission has been placed on the Chestnut street side of one of the buildings in the Plaza Square apartment development between Fifteenth and Seventeenth streets. Three of the six buildings in the project have been completed and about a third of the 1090 apartments have been rented, officials reported."
"A Plaza Square apartment building was purchased Tuesday by the Bethesda General Hospital for a domiciliary home for persons aged 65 or over. Purchase price for the building at 60 Plaza Square was $2,185,000. Persons living in the home will pay a life residence fee ranging from about $3000 to $12,000 and a monthly charge of $150 to $200 for food, medical, nursing and maid services. Extensive remodeling is planned."
"A sign of spring is the Milles Fountain, which is again playing opposite Union Station. Enjoying the cool spray between trains are Donna, 10, and her 14-month-old brother, Kenneth, children of Sgt. And Mrs. Alfred Blackburne, who were en route from New York to Newburgh, Mo."
"One of the several completed Plaza Square apartment buildings skirting the downtown area of St. Louis. The view is toward the Northeast, showing in the background the Warwick Hotel at the left and the Central Public Library and the Shell office building at the right."
Scene of $16,000 robbery is the Southwest Bank at Kingshighway and Southwest avenue. At right, the teller's cage at which the holdup occurred is checked to determine the amount taken.
I. A. Long, left, president of Southwest Bank, and F. A. Giacoma, right, vice president of the bank, examine some of the more than 100 works of Southwest St. Louis artists now on display in the bank's lobby. The display is open to the public and will be there until June 30.
"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."
At First National Bank's annual 25-Year Club baquet in the Statler-Hilton hotel are (left to right) Excetive Vice President Edwin S. Jones; Harry Retking, a retiree who served the bank for 49 years; President John B. Mitchell; Ralph Hoeser of the discount department, who was honored for 50 years' service; Donald A. Erman, discount teller who has been with the bank 48 years, and George F. Engel senior vice president and a 42-year veteran. There are 154active members of the bank's25-Year Club and 89 retired members.
At Groundbreaking for Grand Towers are (from the left on the bulldozer) Charles Schott, vice president of the G.L. Tarlton Construction Company; Hari Van Hoeffen, architect; Sam Michelson, president of the St. Louis Redevelopment Corporation, and Robert C. Saunders, executive vice president of the corporation's executive committee; C. Earl Giraldin and F. B. Martin, vice president of the corporation.
At Ribbon Cutting, formally opening two Grand Towers Apartment buildings at 3530 Laclede ave., Wednesday, left to right are, Sam Michelson, president of St. Louis Redevelopment; Dr. Daniel O'Neill, a member of the faculty of St. Louis University, and first tenant in the new building, and Mayor Raymond R. Tucker.