The Casoloma Ballroom, located at 3453 Iowa Street, lays covered in ice, January 20, 1940. The Casoloma suffered a fire, and after firefighter's put out the blaze, the dripping water froze in the cold winter temperatures. Donated to the St. Louis Mercantile Library by Norbert Rechtien.
This two block area (dotted lines) is the site of a major new bank building and office complex which will be built as a joint venture by First National Bank in St. Louis, International Business Machines Corporation and the Equitable Life Assurances Society of the United States.
An Artist sketchof the proposed new $1,200,000 Armory for the One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Infantry, Missouri National Guard, as it would look if built under present tentative plans.