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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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1903: The Lafayette Park Photo Collection
Today’s feature is a recently discovered group of about 45 images of Lafayette Park, taken sometime after the great tornado of 1896. Note the small trees reestablishing the park canopy. Although the cyclone took out…
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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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1875 – The Lafayette Square Hotel
Sometimes a three story hotel on a conspicuous corner will simply disappear. Here’s the story of one in Lafayette Square.
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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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