Fountains and pools at the sunken garden at left provide a restful setting in front of Clayton Tower Building at 7751 Carondelet ave. A shopper pauses for a moment to enjoy the sights and sounds before going on her way. At right is a small waterfall tumbling over lava rocks outside the Mainlander Restaurant at 7700 Bonhomme ave.
The Clayton Post Office, 20 North Bemiston Ave., wil be open to the public from 2 to 5 pm on Sunday, Jan. 14, for the Architects' Sunday tour sponsored by the St. Louis chapter of the American Institute of Architects. The tour is to commemorate the fourth year of A.I.A.'s public service.
The conversions of two more apartment buildings to condominiums were approved Tuesday by the Clayton Board of Aldermen. At left is a three-unit condominium at 6304 S. Rosebury Ave. At right is a two-unit condominium at 6456-56 San Bonita Ave.
Clayton executive plunges to his death - Ross W. Elliott, 54, a General Dynamics Corp. executive, leaped to his death from his 15th floor office window in the Pierre Laclede Center Wednesday, Clayton police reported. His death was ruled an apparent suicide by the St. Louis County Medical Examiner's Office. Investigators and Elliott's family could offer no explanation for the death leap.
Clayton's old municipal library will become city office space when its 75,000 volumes are moved to new headquarters a block away. The building is part of the new City Hall, Forsyth Boulevard and Bonhomme Avenue.
Clayton's new master plan now under study by the board of aldermen contans a proposal for a one-way street system in the future if determined necessary to facilitate traffic flow through the central business district.
Robert Johnson, left, and Marshal edwards of the Clayton Public Works Department put up one of the new metric speed signs that eventually will go up all over Clayton.
To most people, Santa Claus is a jolly man wearing a red suit and riding in a sleigh pulled by eight reindeer. But to about 1,000 persons who left their cars parked too long at Clayton parking meters, Santa Claus is a friendly man in a blue uniform riding a motorcycle. And that description of Jolly Old St. Nick has been true for about the last 20 years in Clayton. That is how long the Clayton Police Department has been playing Santa Claus by handing out green notices rather than parking tickets to drivers who let that little red violation tag pop up on their parking meter a day or two before Christmas.
Skyline photograph of downtown Clayton - The frequently photographed Clayton skyline contrasts sharply with a row of one-story shops on the fringe of the business district along Maryland Avenue. Clayton business was booming and becoming a center for regional and national headquarters of large corporations.
Aerial photograph of downtown Clayton, Missouri. A highway runs from the bottom left of the photo up into the middle ground. Several office buildings protrude from the middle and background, and there's a residential area in the lower righthand corner.
Proposed DeMun Neighborhood Park in Clayton that would include a walk-over, walk-through, shelter with an observation deck, as well as a tot lot playground for small children, a playground for older children and an adult recreation area. In the foreground is DeMun avenue, while on the left is Rosebury Park and DeMun Park bond issue on June 22.
Commercial property that has not been reassessed recently would face the largest increase under the proposed legislation. For instance, the Home Builders say, this building at 7730 Forsyth Blvd. in Clayton would be hit by a 618 percent increase. Taxes would jump from $1,250.11 a year to $9, 690.
The conversions of two more apartment buildings to condominiums were approved Tuesday by the Clayton Board of Aldermen. At left is a three-unit condominium at 6304 S. Rosebury Ave. At right is a two-unit condominium at 6456-56 San Bonita Ave.