Throwback Thursday: 1904 World’s Fair | St. Louis
In April 1904, St. Louis opened its doors to the world for what was officially called the Louisiana Purchase Exposition,…
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The Concept of Ladies’ Day Baseball Games Originated in St. Louis
“Women vote, smoke, drink and vie with men for jobs today. But although we have ‘Ladies Days’ at baseball parks,…
Throwback Thursday: Why does St. Louis have such good water?
This wasn’t always the case. St. Louis made up for its terrible water with “inex- haustible quantities of the best…
Throwback Thursday: St. Louis’ Oldest Restaurants that are Still Open
The St. Louis food scene has been getting a lot of buzz lately. Food & Wine called it “seriously good…
Throwback Thursday: The Forgotten Foods of the St. Louis World’s Fair
We St. Louisans always call it the World’s Fair, as though there were no other. But not many of us…
Throwback Thursdays: Awnings
The end of the summer is here and it is interesting to see the use of awnings on these historic…
8 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Gateway Arch
1. Forty blocks of St. Louis were demolished to build the arch and its surrounding park. In what St. Louis…
Throwback Thursday: The Hamptons for the Beer Barons of St. Louis
The few square miles now making up Sunset Hills was once the playground of the rich and famous beer brewer…
The Blizzard of 1982 | January 31, 1982
“Students at the former Lafayette School, 815 Ann Avenue in Soulard, play on the piles of shoveled snow on Tuesday,…
Throwback Thursday | The Brothel of Ladue | 6 Town and Country Drive
Starting in the early 1920s, Madam Mae Traynor ran a profitable brothel in a substantial neighborhood in the Village of…