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.
Dr. John Whitney, president of the Heritage House Board of Directors and W. Palmer Oliver, a resident, look over the property at 2800 Olive st. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver are among those outside the teaching profession who make Heritage House their home.
Resembling a huge billboard is steel framework of Heritage House, a 19-story retirement community under construction on Leffingwell between Olive and Pine streets. This view is west on Pine from Jefferson avenue.
Col I. A. Long, chairman of the Land Clearance Authority's Board of Commissioners, and Eric M. Hohn, of the Heritage House Redevelopment Corporation, look at a sketch of Heritage House this morning at a Press Conference.
Photo shows section of the village along Delmar Blvd. Two top Civic Progress achievements. Upper left: A section of Lucas Heights Village, a 192-unit non subsidized inner city apartment complex surrounding Washington Metropolitan A.M.E Zion Church at 613 N.
Max Starkloff, director of Paraquad at the new Boulevard Apartments, 4545 Forest Park…Max is shown in the swimming pool area…with some apartments around him..
Clifford James and Miss Edna White have some coffee and doughnuts Sunday at the Cardinal Ritter Institute Senior Center. They are residents of the Blumeyer housing project, one of the places where the storm caused power failure.
The condominium at 10 N. Kingshighway Blvd. where Circuit Court Judge Anna C. Forder, Edward A. Ruesing and his fiancee, Linda Mead, were robbed last week.
Cutting the ribbon at the dedication of the Alpha Garden Apartments, a middle income housing development at Hodiamont and Etzel avenues sponsored by Alpha Phi Alpha, one of the oldest negro fraternities in the country, is Rudolph Walker (right center), president of the local Alpha unit, Epsilon Lambda Chapter. Also present were: (from left) Rev. John Doggett of Union Memorial Church; Ronald Williams, and his family; and attorney Morris M. Hatchett, chairman of the board of the Alpha House of St. Louis Inc.
West Condominiums Project to open soon. The project includes converting what was known as the ABCD apartments at 4 through 20 N. Kingshighway Bl. Into two- and three-bedroom condominiums, each with a view of Forest Park.
NEW APARTMENTS IN URBAN RENEWAL AREA Alpha Garden Apartments at Hodiamont and Etzel avenues, the first completed residential redevelopment project in the West End Urban Renewal Area, was dedicated Sunday.