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The construction of the Old St. Louis County Courthouse in the late 1820s encouraged other growth, with an addition of western lots to Ninth Street and a new city hall adjacent to the river in 1833. [40] Between 1833 and 1845, another 31 additions were made to the city, extending the western edge to 14th Street.
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In the early 1870s, new industries began to grow in St. Louis, such as cotton compressing, a process in which raw cotton is compressed for easier shipment. [5] By 1880, St. Louis was the third-largest raw cotton market in the United States, with an overwhelming majority of it transported to the city by railroad. [6]
Austin formerly operated its City Hall at 124 West 8th Street. [3] In the 1980s, the City of Austin proposed a 60-acre urban renewal project for Austin's Warehouse District, [4] which would have included a new city hall complex designed by urban planner Denise Scott Brown, along with a new location for the Laguna Gloria art museum, designed by architect Robert Venturi. [5]
By 1824 and 1825, however, St. Louis businesses began to recover, largely due to the introduction of the steamboat; the first to arrive in St. Louis, the Zebulon M. Pike, docked on August 2, 1817. [ 61 ] [ 62 ] Rapids north of the city made St. Louis the northernmost navigable port for many large riverboats, and the Pike and other ships soon ...
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1883 – St. Louis Exposition and Music Hall opens. [10] 1884 – St. Louis Maroons baseball team active. 1886 May 1: Labour strike. [35] St. Louis Watchmaking School [19] and Congregation Temple Israel founded. 1888 – City hosts 1888 Democratic National Convention. 1889 Missouri Botanical Garden established. [19] Tower Grove Park established ...
The Washington Avenue Historic District is located in Downtown West, St. Louis, Missouri along Washington Avenue, and bounded by Delmar Boulevard to the north, Locust Street to the south, 8th Street on the east, and 18th Street on the west. The buildings date from the late 19th century to the early 1920s.