Today...Council Bluffs City Hall, built in 1940, now occupies the same site. Changed very little in the last 14 years, the building was built by the Works Progress Administration at a cost of slightly over $300,000.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--An artist looking north from the corner of Pear St. and Willow Ave. sketched this conception of Bayliss Park in 1888. Note the bandstand at the spot which now features a lighted fountain. The picture was first…
Today...from the same corner, the park still resembles the 1888 drawing. Note the similarity in the position of the trees--which were recently involved in a question to be settled by the City Council. The Chamber of Commerce proposed cutting some…