Today...the southwest corner of Thirteenth Ave. and Main St. is occupied by a new cafe and salvage automobile lot. The Union Transfer and Peru Plow buildings burned to the ground about 50 years ago.
Today...the scene has undergone many changes. There are new buildings, new businesses and a new street--minus the old streetcar tracks. The Strand Theater stands where the Revere Hotel did. And a cafe occupies the Bracket [sic] store site. Thereā¦
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Only five years ago Broadway, west from Ninth St., looked like this, with business buildings, brick paving and lots of railroad tracks to cross. In the foreground are the rails of the street car company.