Today...there is a trimmer, cleaner look in contrast to the 53-year-old photo. A new building houses the Council Bluffs Savings Bank, and at right is the new State Savings Bank. Other new buildings behind them were rebuilt after the Grand Hotel…
Today...the same building, after considerable "face lifting" still stands on the corner of Pearl St. and First Ave. it now houses the Prescription Center on the first floor and the U.S. District Court Clerk's Office on the second floor.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This is how the building at 101 Pearl St., looked 72 years ago. It was occupied by J.W. & E.L. Squire title and abstract office, with Barke's photograph gallery on the second floor. This picture appears in the…