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Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Back in 1888, a look east on Broadway from Scott St; would reveal this scene. The large tower in the background is one of five 150-foot carbon arc street lighting towers in the city. The St. Peter's Church spire is…
Today...
Today...Broadway has smooth concrete surfacing along this stretch. The paving was done with modern equipment in a fraction of the time it took to surface streets in the early 1900s. This picture was taken from the Thirty-first St. corner, looking…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This scraper is pulled by both a steam tractor and a pair of mules as original Broadway surfacing is torn up 50 years ago. The surface was replaced by paving bricks. Rigs such as this made slow methodical work out of…
Today...
Today...most of the building at right, formerly World Radio Laboratories, has been burned out. The corner drugstore is being remodeled to make room for the Broadway Viaduct, which will begin at Eighth St. Far down Broadway all buildings have been…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This is the scene in the spring of 1921 looking west along Broadway from Seventh St. The dilapidated building at left is a barber shop with a sign in front reading: "Shines...Haircuts...Ur Next." Note the early model…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Citizens in derby hats and high button shoes stood stiffly in front of the old First National Bank in this 1887 picture. The Kimball and Champ Building stood at the corner of Main St. and Broadway. The First National was one of the earliest city…
Upper Broadway
Photograph of Upper Broadway. East from approximately Fourth Street.
Pearl Street From Broadway
Photograph of Pearl Street from Broadway. West side. New State Savings Bank building built on this corner in 1946.
Ogden Hotel
Photograph of the Ogden Hotel. Southeast corner of Park Avenue and Broadway. Built in 1876.
New Government Building and Post Office
Photograph of new government building and post office. Southwest corner of Sixth Street and Broadway. Dedicated in 1888. Enlarged twice. Torn down in 1950.
Middle Broadway
Photograph of middle Broadway. North side of Broadway from Fourth Street toward Bryant Street. Area now included in shopping center.
Masonic Temple
Photograph of the Masonic Temple. East side of Fourth Street at Broadway Intersection. State Bank and Trust Drive in entry on this site.
Dohany's Opera House and Broadway
Photograph of Dohany's Opera House and Broadway. Northeast corner Sixth Street and Broadway. Later the Strand Movie Theater. Burned December 11, 1974.
"Now" Is Any Autumn Afternoon
"Now" Is Any Autumn Afternoon...looking east on Broadway toward the Fourth Street intersection citizens see the spot where parades have marched in tribute to local heroes for 55 years.
Broadway Viaduct
Looking west from north side of Broadway and the viaduct, at about 8th or 9th Street. Land is cleared, with small mounds of dirt dotting the strip of land.
Broadway Viaduct
Broadway Viaduct...has already carried thousands of vehicles over the railroad tracks.
[looking west from 8th Street]
[looking west from 8th Street]
Broadway Viaduct
Photo from street level, beside (below) the Broadway viaduct from next to Nav's Tavern at 1013 West Broadway.
Broadway: Introduction to the Bluffs
Cracked cement and for sale signs...spell a gloomy picture on vacant buildings like this one at Pearl Street and Broadway. The handsome building has been vacant for years.
Broadway: Introduction to the Bluffs; Few bright spots on a long stretch
Scattered weeds...peak[sic] through the sidewalks near 28th Street and Broadway as well as other spots along the strip. Weeds are not unique to any one spot along the strip.