St. Louis's Delmar Loop / M.M. Costantin ; foreword by Joe Edwards.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Costantin, M. M., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

University City (Mo.)--History--Pictorial works.

University City (Mo.).

University City (Mo.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2013]

Summary:

In 1902, magazine publisher Edward Gardner Lewis needed greater space for his thriving business, then based in downtown St. Louis. He headed west, out Delmar Boulevard a mile past the city line, and bought five acres of open land adjacent to the loop in the trolley tracks that sent the 10D streetcar back downtown. By 1903, Lewis was building a complex that included the Woman's Magazine Building, a five-story octagonal tower with an eight-ton searchlight in its dome. In 1906, University City was incorporated, and Lewis became its first mayor, serving three terms. In 1913, Lewis went west again, this time to found the utopian colony of Atascadero, California. His octagonal dazzler is now University City's City Hall. In 2007, in its first such list, the American Planning Association named the Delmar Loop one of the country's "Great Streets"--it's a long story.

Contents:

The gates of opportunity

Modern times

Uptown convenience

Growing a great street

If you build it, they will come.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 126).

OCLC:

885210176