How the Planetarium got its Holiday Bow
At 12:45 a.m. on December 16, 1966, St. Louis police answered a call alerting them that someone had put a six-inch Christmas ribbon around the…
St. Louis History
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, but was widely known as…
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, there are no ‘Gentleman’s Days,’”…
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 beer in the world,” Walt…
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 right now,” while Travel +…
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 really grasp just how big…
Throwback Thursdays: Awnings
The end of the summer is here and it is interesting to see the use of awnings on these historic homes and buildings. When I…
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 city engineer W. C. Bernard…
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 barons. Overlooking the Meramec River,…
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, Feb. 16, 1982, the first…