Old North St. Louis Pt. I

St. Louis, MO - maybetoday - Monday, May 14th, 2007 : goo

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Old North St. Louis is one of my favorite neighborhoods in St. Louis (or anywhere) mainly because of the commitment that its community has to constantly making it a better place. ONSL suffered greatly to abandonment and decay. In the last few decades, people have been coming back to restore its buildings and its community. I went on the Old North St. Louis House and Community Tour on Saturday and got several pictures of the neighborhood.

When founded, the town of North St. Louis was founded to compete with St. Louis and possibly even become a larger port on the Mississippi River than St. Louis. North St. Louis became part of the City of St. Louis in 1841. The town became a haven for immigrants beginning with an influx of German and Irish immigrants, and later Italians, Polish, Russians, and free African-Americans.

Below is an excellent restoration from only two surviving walls.

The house on the left was used recently by New York Times as a symbol of St. Louis' depopulation. Looking a block north, you can see a couple excellent rehabs (a portion of one of them is pictured on the far right).



Crown Candy Kitchen has been a staple of ONSL since 1913.

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