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Mike Jones
1994 – The Street Names Of Lafayette Square
A tidy little compendium of how Lafayette Square streets got their names.
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2020: Lafayette Park Ferns – Of Fiddleheads and Rabbit Holes
2020: Lafayette Park Ferns – Of Fiddleheads and Rabbit Holes We live in a neighborhood steeped in its own history. The times change fast, but it’s comforting to consider the constants around us. Lafayette Park…
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1967 – Tales From Two Lafayette Square Pharmacies
Lafayette Square is conveniently located. You can reach three different interstate highways, headed to who-knows-where, within a couple of minutes. If you want to access I-44 West, about 200 feet from the on-ramp to I-55…
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1971: The Lafayette Square Restoration Plan
The New York Times of May 27, 2021 has a fascinating study into the long term social and economic costs of America’s drive to accommodate the automobile after World War II. It wasn’t just St.…
Read MoreA Random Walk Through The Lafayette Park Map
Why walk alone? Here’s a handy guided tour to eight sites well worth seeing on your next stroll through Lafayette Park.
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2020: The Big Dig In Lafayette Square
Out walking the dog this morning, I was stunned by a discovery at the dig site for the new apartments along Chouteau Avenue. Here’s what it was… Praxair is a compressed gases company, and once…
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1887 – The Horses and Manure of Lafayette Square
A recollection of the horses that worked Park Avenue, and what they left behind.
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1870 – The Steamboat Corner Of Lafayette Square
Two noteworthy riverboat captains not only shared a neighborhood, but the same corner here; one on the Lafayette side, one on the Mississippi side.
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1885 : The Dark And Mysterious Places Of St. Louis
Being around the house isn’t so bad…think of all the trouble you might be avoiding.
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1970 – The Birth Of The Lafayette Square Restoration Committee
From the St Louis Post Dispatch Sunday, April 19, 1970 Gerald J. Meyer of the P-D Staff Editor note: The following article is verbatim, with only the specific homeowner profiles summarized. The newspaper itself was…
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