"The 80-year-old Frisco Building will receive a facelift and major renovations. A bath is planned for lions (below) that decorate the top of the building."
"Fullerton Building -- built in 1897 for Mr. Joseph Scott Fullerton, Gen. in the Civil War. It was one of the first steel and concrete constructed fire proof buildings. It was then and still is office building. The building of buff brick and terra cotte trimming has been improved greatly in the last two years and two of the fast most modern push button electric elevators in St. Louis have been
"Rapidly rising on the northeast corner of Sixth and Olive streets is the Executive Office Building. Steel superstructure for the first five of the building's 20 stories is already in place. The $9,000,000 building will be the largest erected in downtown St. Louis since 1932 and its steel, porcelain and structural glass facade will be unique in the city."
"'Topping Out' Exective Building: Ironworkers swing the last steel beam into place atop the Executive Office Building, new 20-story structure going up at Sixth and Olive streets. The beam carried an American flag and a Christmas tree for ceremonies Tuesday marking completion of the building's framework. The $9,000,000 project is the first major office building to go up in the downtown area in
"Same Site, Same Scene---64 Years Later: Under construction in these two views are office buildings at Sixth and Olive streets--the one at left being the Carlton Building, which was razed earlier this year to make way for the one at right--the new Executive Office Building. The earlier picture was taken in 1898, when rentals were being accepted for the 'elegant 10-story building' to be opened
"Office building sold -- The 19-story Executive Office Building, 515 Olive St., has been sold by First National Bank in St. Louis to Edward K. Love Realty Co. of St. Louis. Clarence C. Barksdale, chairman and chief executive officer of First National Bank in St. Louis, and Laurence A. Schiffer, president of Love Realty, announced the sale. Barksdale said the sale was part of First National's real
"Downtown building in St. Louis hands: Ownership of one of the major new buildings in downtown St. Louis was transferred entirely into St. Louis hands for the first time Thursday. In what is considered one of the biggest real estate transactions in the downtown area in recent years, First Union Inc., has agreed to buy the Executive Building at 515 Olive st., David R. Calhoun, chairman, and James P. Hickok, president, announced."
Picture of the Excelsior Leader Laundry Building. "Down in the shadow of St. Francis De Sales Church on the near South Side, it became public knowledge recently that two different businesses were taking over the mammoth old Excelsior Leader laundry plant at Texas Avenue and Sidney Street as the new site of their permanent quarters."