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Castlewood State Park is a public recreation area and Missouri state park occupying 1,818 acres (736 ha) which straddles the Meramec River in St. Louis County, Missouri.The most visited section of the state park lies on the north side of the Meramec; the park acreage on the south side of the river is accessed from Lone Elk County Park and includes the World Bird Sanctuary.
Lackadaisy (also known as Lackadaisy Cats) is a webcomic created by American artist Tracy J. Butler. Set in a Prohibition-era St. Louis with a population of anthropomorphic cats, [1] the plot chronicles the fortunes of the Lackadaisy speakeasy after its founder is murdered.
Pinetop Sparks' grave went unmarked for nearly eight decades, before a fan club finally honored him. In 2014, 78 years after Sparks' death, thanks to the work of a non-profit organization, the Killer Blues Headstone Project, a headstone was laid at Father Dickson Cemetery in Crestwood, Missouri, a historically black cemetery in St Louis. A ...
When The Speak Easy opened in 2011, it was the first coworking building in the state. Since then, other coworking locations have popped up, but most run as for-profit companies, making The Speak ...
Washington Terrace, Kingsbury, and Waterman Places are examples of St. Louis' unique private places, streets that are owned by the residents and are lined with historic 19th-century houses. Union Boulevard has numerous old high-rise apartment buildings.
The Elms prospered as a speakeasy, and Al Capone was a frequent visitor. In 1922 the original owner, the Elms Realty Company, sold the hotel to Dr. A. S. McCleary, operator of a Kansas City sanitarium. McCleary sold the hotel in 1925 to the Roberts Hotel Company of Chicago.
Mary Institute, St. Louis Country Day School: School type: Private elementary, middle, and high school: Established: 1859 as Mary Institute 1917 as St. Louis Country Day School 1992 as Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School: Founder: William Greenleaf Eliot: Head of school: Jay Rainey: Faculty: 158 (on an FTE basis) [citation needed ...
St. Louis Language Immersion Schools (SLLIS) is a non-profit organization founded in 2007 to develop and operate a network of charter schools in St. Louis. On February 20, 2009, the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Board of Commissioners granted the schools a 5-year charter sponsored by the University of Missouri–St ...