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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.
Broadway: Introduction to the Bluffs; Few bright spots on long stretch
Road and business signs...welcome eastbound visitors to Council Bluffs. Wedged in between the Second Avenue sign and the noise ordinance sign is a notice that this site will someday hold a "municipal recognition sculpture." Putting up a sign for…
Broadway: Introduction to the Bluffs; Few bright spots on long stretch
Less than optimistic in appearance...lots up for sale seem to be havens for weeds.
Some Broadway improvements have been made
Future plans...look bright for the Wickham-Beno buildings in the 500 block of West Broadway, but for many months now, windows have simply been papered over.
Some Broadway improvements have been made
Flowers and landscaping...like this at Burger King, 3209 W. Broadway, have made several restaurants, banks and other kinds of businesses notable exceptions on a drive through Council Bluffs via Broadway.
Some Broadway improvements have been made
Though it's the nature of the business...a scrap metal operation isn't a very pretty panorama picture as travelers pass over the Broadway viaduct between 15 and 8th Streets.
Some Broadway improvements have been made
Bill Hargis...(left) and Terry Gilliland have been working on a graphic design for Diamond Vogel Paint Store, 2320 W. Broadway. A few coats of paint could make a big difference for some of the businesses in the area.
Some Broadway improvements have been made
Overgrown weeds...mar the view of buildings and streets along much of Broadway.
Unearth Fire Well at Main and Broadway; Creates Traffic Problem
Old Fire Well...at Main Street and Broadway is being uncovered by power shovel before it is filled in with sand and covered up permanently. Not the spectators at left. Traffic in background is being routed off Broadway at Fourth Street.
Broadway Past and Present
Broadway, looking west from Fourth street, in 1936
Beno-bank wall stands in the way of C.B. demolition
The common wall joining the First National Bank and the Beno building on West Broadway has become a $13,000 stumbling block in proposed demolition of the long-vacant Beno, Wickham, and Kresge buildings. Mayor Tom Hanafan said he would veto a…