mikejones

  • 1994 – The Street Names Of Lafayette Square

    Below is a subset from a well-researched history of street names for the City of St Louis. Every name tells a story, and ours [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • 1971: The Lafayette Square Restoration Plan

    1971 Plan Commission cover The New York Times of May 27, 2021 has a fascinating study into the long term social and economic costs [...]

  • 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. Shovel [...]

  • 1870 – The Steamboat Corner Of Lafayette Square

    Here’s a story about a house…or two, once known as the siamese twin homes of Lafayette Square.   Photo WC Persons; Missouri Historical [...]

  • 1885 : The Dark And Mysterious Places Of St. Louis

    Among so many, there is a certain wonderful booklet from 1885 in the Mercantile Library, called “The Dark And Mysterious Places Of St Louis.” [...]

  • 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, [...]

  • 1995 – Ruth Weighs In On A Lafayette Square Milestone

    Ruth Kamphoefner With Some Timely Observations As The LSRC Turns 50 Back in 1995, first-wave restorationist and Lafayette Square MVP Ruth Kamphoefner wrote a [...]

  •

    1984 – Restorationist Holiday Cheer From Lafayette Square

    In the December issue of the 1984 Lafayette Square Marquis, Dorothy Strasser of  the Marquis staff (pictured here with husband John at the 1984 [...]