The Queen of Lace: The Story of the Continental-Life Building
- ISBN-10
- 1891442244
- ISBN-13
- 9781891442247
- Category
- Travel
- Pages
- 242
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Virginia Publishing
- Author
- Stephen L. Trampe
Description
The story of the landmark St. Louis skyscraper, the Continental-Life, built in classic art-deco style in the 1920s. The story of the building's birth, by an Arkansas business tycoon, the million-dollar bank robbery within its walls and the building's deterioration and eventual rebirth.
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