Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Aloe Memorial Plaza Scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: A0024
Scope and Contents
Two volumes of scrapbooks titled "A History of Aloe Memorial Plaza, 1929-1940," containing typescript correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photographs relating to Aloe Memorial Plaza and the Milles Fountain in St. Louis.
Dates:
1929-1940
Gerard Connolly Collection
Collection
Identifier: P1069
Scope and Contents
The Gerard Connolly Collection contains photographs and negatives taken by Connolly to document the Shaw and McRee Town neighborhoods as they were prior to extensive demolition, rebuilding, and rehab in the early 2000s, resulting in what many considered to be gentrification of the area. Photographs show brick houses, apartment buildings, and four-family flats, as well as a few businesses and empty storefronts. Some buildings are dilapidated and run-down, with boarded up windows and doors,...
Dates:
ca. 1990-2005
Freedom Suits Memorial Statue Unveiling Ceremony Program
Collection
Identifier: A3274
Scope and Contents
The program is a folio brochure with a rough sketch of one portion of the statue on its cover, the order of service for the unveiling ceremony, a list of patrons, and a QR code for donations to the Freedom Suits Memorial Project through the St. Louis Bar Foundation on the website of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (www.bamsl.org).
Dates:
2022
St. Louis City Planning Agencies Collection
Collection
Identifier: P0197
Scope and Contents
The St. Louis City Planning Agencies Collection contains photographs, negatives, printed material, original drawings and other items documenting 20th century city planning efforts and the resulting transformation of St. Louis. Strategic visions for tackling the challenges of a modern city were presented in both the 1907 and 1947 comprehensive plans, and many of the urban changes documented in the collection can be traced back to proposals in these plans. Issues documented in the collection...
Dates:
ca. 1892-1985; Majority of material found within 1915-1970
St. Louis Redevelopment Projects Collection
Collection
Identifier: P0198
Scope and Contents
The St. Louis Redevelopment Projects Collection documents various urban renewal and redevelopment projects undertaken in the mid-20th century. The bulk of the collection focuses on post-war projects, including demolition of Mill Creek Valley; construction of the Plaza Square Apartments; construction of a downtown viaduct; and proposals for a River Center complex on the site of Laclede's Landing. Photographs also show buildings in public housing projects; buildings in various rehabilitation...
Dates:
1920-ca. 1966; Majority of material found within 1953-ca. 1966