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Title: Exit Of A Building
Date: 1978-02-21, 1978-02-21
Description: The steps leaving from the exit of the building can be seen covered with snow.

Title: Torching Of A Vacant Residential Building Ahead Of Its Scheduled Renovation
Date: 1981-07-02, 1981-07-02
Description: The building at 1213 N. Market St. that was damaged by fire during the weekend. It have been scheduled for renovation. (This image filed under Merchants Bridge.)

Title: Demolition
Date: 1986-02-25, 1986-02-25
Description: This building at the 4100 block of Martin Luther King (Sarah and MLK) that was undergoing demolition when a worker was injured. (This image filed under Merchants Bridge.)

Title: Deserted Building
Date: 1986-02-11, 1986-02-11
Description: This deserted building stands behind Carr School, at the corner of Carr and 15th Streets, just north of downtown. (This image filed under Merchants Bridge.)

Title: The Singer Building
Date: 1966-10-02, 1966-10-02
Description: The ornate Singer Building, Broadway and Locust, was downtown's pride during the Rutherford B. Hayes administration.

Title: Revolving Globe of 3000 Electric Light Bulbs
Date: 1962-02-18, 1962-02-18
Description: One of the features of the streets illuminations in 1892, called the Columbian year, was this globe, Broadway between Olive and Locust, outlining the continents of the world with the then new electric lights.

Title: Old Landmark of North Saint Louis
Date: 1963-02-24, 1963-02-24
Description: This old landmark of North St. Louis at 3900 Natural Bridge avenue, once a saloon which did a flourishing business when the Cardinals played at the old Robinson Field, soon is to be torn down, a wrecking permit having been Anheuser-Busch, Inc., owners of the building, to raze it.

Title: Bohemian Savings & Loan Association-Expanding Service
Date: 1985-02-09, 1985-02-09
Description: Four new drive-up lanes are open at Bohemian Savings and Loan Association's Fenton branch, 558 Gravois Plaza.

Title: Ice On A.D. Brown Building
Date: 1985-02-01, 1985-02-01
Description: Firefighters chopped icicles from the fire escape of the A.D. Brown Building, Washington Avenue and Tucker Boulevard, to remove the threat of falling chunks of ice.

Title: Museum Exhibit on the Barry-Wehmiller Co. of St. Louis
Date: 1977-12-02, 1977-12-02
Description: An electronic bottle inspection unit, the Questron, has been introduced by Barry-Wehmiller Co. of St. Louis and the first five have been ordered by the Carlsberg Brewery of Denmark.

Title: Beacon Paper Company
Date: 1936-02-23, 1936-02-23
Description: The Beacon Paper Company, 301 North Second street last week leased the street and Clark avenue, from Washington University, owner of the site, building and another adjoining it on the west is marked by the fire escape.

Title: Buder Building-Buder Angels
Date: 1984-08-02, 1984-08-02
Description: Dennis Fitzwilliam and David Felling members of the St. Louis Architectural Art Co. remove part of the terracotta art from the Market Street entrance to the Buder Building.

Title: Board of Education Members Watch As Redeemed School Boards Are Burned
Date: 1938-02-08, 1938-02-08
Description: Members of the Board of Education stood by yesterday while Edward A. Ferrenbach burned $321,000 of redeemed school bonds.

Title: Busy Bee Candy Company's 37th Anniversary Reunion
Date: 1952-06-02, 1952-06-02
Description: Fifty-five former Busy Bee Candy Company employees gathered at Hotel Saum, 1919 South Grand bl., yesterday for their thirty-seventh reunion.

Title: Board of Education Building-Audio-Visual Demonstration
Date: 1951-02-06, 1951-02-06
Description: The latest in audio-visual education was demonstrated yesterday during a special audio-visual conference held in University City by the St. Louis County, District of Missouri, State Teachers Association.

Title: City Grounds Huge Canopy After Wings Grow Too Big
Date: 1960-02-05, 1960-02-05
Description: Because a concrete canopy grew wings, the whole canopy must come down. Above is the disputed campony on the new Chippewa building.

Title: Rats Make's a Hell of A Roommate
Date: 1967-02-20, 1967-02-20
Description: In this poster, which was made by tenants who were picketing the buildings landlord, tenants show their concern about the rats in the building.

Title: Building Strike
Date: 1967-02-20, 1967-02-20
Description: Protesters strike against building owner's and landlords for paying for services that they do not receive.

Title: Gateway Tower Building Construction
Date: 1986-02-4, 1986-02-13
Description: "Construction continues on Gateway One at Market and 8th streets. Gateway One will be the first office building to open in the Gateway Mall development." The building at this point was primarily simply a structure without as much substance, and an empty patch beneath it.

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