ABOUT ST. LOUIS: "MUST SEE" ATTRACTIONS
8 Area Attractions
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Carpenter Branch Library. A beautiful, recently expanded and renovated Carnegie branch library on South Grand.
http://www.slpl.lib.mo.us/using/location.htm#CARPENTER
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Cherokee Street Hispanic District. In recent years, Cherokee Street from Jefferson to Iowa, once known as "downtown South St. Louis" because of its concentration of retail stores big and small, has become a concentration of Hispanic-owned businesses. An annual festival is typically held on Cinco de Mayo. There is also a small-business incubator located here, under the sponsorship of SSDN.
http://stlouis.missouri.org/ssdn/incubator_faq.html
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Compton Heights. An upscale area of winding streets, breaking away from the traditional grid of the area. The main streets are called Longfellow and Hawthorne Blvds.
http://stlouis.missouri.org/comptonheights/
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Compton Hill Reservoir Park. The park includes the historic Compton Heights Water Tower, one of three in St. Louis, and the Reservoir, which is still in use by the Water Division. Also here is an historic statute, "The Naked Truth," which when installed in the
early 20th Century was considered quite scandalous.
http://stlouis.missouri.org/citygov/parks/parks_div/compton.html
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Flora Place. This six-block private street in the Shaw neighborhood is lined with big homes,
and was meant as the triumphant boulevard leading from Grand Avenue to the original Botanical Garden entrance on
Tower Grove Avenue.
http://www.floraplace.org/
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Gibson Heights Presbyterian Church. An anchor for the Forest Park Southeast neighborhood.
http://stlouis.missouri.org/forestparksoutheast/churches/index.htm#ghpres
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Grand South Grand Business District. This extremely vibrant business district, extending along South Grand from Arsenal to Utah, is impossible to miss in a visit to South St. Louis. It is full of great restaurants, particularly those with Asian food, Jay International Foods grocery store, and several interesting shops.
http://www.southgrand.org/
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Holy Cross Lutheran Church. An important historic church in the Gravois Park neighborhood, where the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod had its beginnings.
http://www.geocities.com/hcstlou/
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Missouri Botanical Garden. Known to St. Louisans as Shaw's Garden, this South Side institution is world-renowed for its botanical research. A new research building, the Monsanto Center, opened in 1998 just down the street from the main garden on Shaw Blvd. Inside the Garden are Tower Grove House, the country home of Henry Shaw, the Climatron, a Buckminster Fuller-designed geodesic dome greenhouse, Henry Shaw's townhouse (relocated from downtown St. Louis), and various specialized gardens like the Japanese Garden and the St. Louis Strassenfest Garden. The National Council of
State Garden Clubs has its headquarters at the rear of the campus, on Magnolia Avenue,
in an architecturally interesting building.
http://www.mobot.org/
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Tower Grove House. Inside the Garden are Tower Grove House, the country home of Henry Shaw, the Climatron, a Buckminster Fuller-designed geodesic dome greenhouse, Henry Shaw's
townhouse (relocated from downtown St. Louis), and various specialized gardens like
the Japanese Garden and the St. Louis Strassenfest Garden. The National Council of
State Garden Clubs has its headquarters at the rear of the campus, on Magnolia Avenue,
in an architecturally interesting building.
http://stlouis.missouri.org/501c/house-museum/#shaw
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Roosevelt High School. This large high school is reminiscent of an English castle in its
design.
http://www.acumen-corp.com/rhs/
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Shaw Place. Developed by Henry Shaw like Flora Place, this small private street near I-44 at Grand includes a false
bricked-in window in each of 10 English Tudor style houses.
http://stlcin.missouri.org/history/structdetail.cfm?Master_ID=1377
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South Side National Bank building. A landmark art deco office tower at Grand & Gravois, currently being renovated as condominiums.
http://www.urbanstlouis.com/southsidenatl.html
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SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital. St. Louis's Roman Catholic-operated hospital for children.
http://www.cardinalglennon.com/
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St. Ambrose Catholic Church. The heart of The Hill is St. Ambrose. "The Italian Immigrants," a popular statue by local sculptor Rudy Torrini, is located in front of St. Ambrose.
http://www.archstl.org/parishes/131.shtml
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St. Cronan Catholic Church. This church on Boyle Ave. is active in social justice ministries, and houses the Midtown branch of Catholic Family Services.
http://www.stcronan.org/
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St. Louis State Hospital. The historic state hospital on Arsenal has been preserved and retained as state office space, with newer additions removed so the main building with its landmark cupola dome can be seen in all its glory.
http://www.mimh.edu/library/about.htm
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St. Louis University Hospital. The copper-roofed Firmin Desloge building is a landmark of the South Grand area.
http://www.sluhospital.com/
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St. Margaret of Scotland Catholic Church. St. Margaret's is the Catholic church of the Shaw neighborhood, long active in neighborhood revitalization efforts.
http://www.stmargaretstl.org
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St. Pius V Catholic Church. This white marble church has been an important center for immigrants to St. Louis in the South Grand area in recent years.
http://www.stpiusv.org/
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St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church. This Oregon Avenue church was the second Bohemian community church established, after St. John Nepomuk.
http://www.catholic-forum.com/churches/091stwenceslaus/
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The Hill. The Hill's Italian restaurants and shotgun houses are renowned throughout the
region. It is one of the few districts in the city that has retained its historic ethnic identity.
Many fire hydrants on The Hill are painted the colors of the Italian flag, Red, White and Green. Baseball greats Joe Garagiola and Yogi Berra are natives of Elizabeth Avenue (honorarily titled Hall of Fame Place) on The Hill, and many of St. Louis's best-known restaurants are located on The Hill. There are too many restaurants to list here, and they come in different price ranges.
http://stlouis.missouri.org/thehill/
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Tower Grove Park. The other creation of Garden founder Henry Shaw, Tower Grove Park is a Victorian jewel, with false ruins and many decorative pavilions. The Piper Palm House and the Stupp Center are popular locations for formal events like weddings.
http://stlouis.missouri.org/parks/tower-grove/
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Utah Place. This Tower Grove South street is full of very large, expensive homes for its
two-block length. Just off Grand, next to Carpenter Branch Library.