Central West End, St. Louis

Central West End
Neighborhood of St. Louis
Skyline of the Central West end as seen from Forest Park. The building on the far left is an apartment building and the buildings in center are part of the Barnes-Jewish Hospital complex.

Location of the Central West End within St. Louis
Country United States
State Missouri
City St. Louis
Wards 17, 18, 28
Area
 • Total 1.89 sq mi (4.9 km2)
Population (2010)
 • Total 14,473
 • Density 7,700/sq mi (3,000/km2)
ZIP code(s) Parts of 63108 63110
Area code(s) 314
Website stlouis-mo.gov

The Central West End is a neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri, stretching from Midtown's western edge to Union Boulevard and bordering on Forest Park with its outstanding array of free cultural institutions. It includes the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis (the New Cathedral) on Lindell Boulevard at Newstead Avenue, which houses the largest collection of mosaics in the world. The Central West End is represented by three aldermen as it sits partially in the 17th, 18th, and 28th Wards.[1]

Notable people

Playwright Tennessee Williams grew up in the neighborhood, and the house of the renowned poet T. S. Eliot is located in the Central West End. Beat writer William S. Burroughs's childhood home sits on Pershing Avenue (formerly Berlin Avenue) in the neighborhood. And though, often mistaken as the location of Sally Benson's home, the setting of the stories which were adapted into the movie Meet Me in St. Louis, 5135 Kensington Avenue was actually located in the Academy neighborhood just across Delmar Boulevard to the north.

George Julian Zolnay (Gyula Zsolnay) (July 4, 1863 – May 1, 1949) the Hungarian and American sculptor known as the "Sculptor of the Confederacy" lived in the Central West End in the early 1900s at 4384 Maryland Avenue.[2]

Geography

Lindell Boulevard in the neighborhood of King's Highway, Lake Avenue and the main entrance to Forest Park, as sketched by Marguerite Martyn for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 22, 1905

The neighborhood's boundaries are Union Boulevard and the eastern portion of Forest Park on the west, I-64/US 40 on the south, Delmar Boulevard on the north, and Vandeventer Ave[3] on the east.

The Central West End's commercial district is mainly along Euclid Avenue and stretches from Forest Park Parkway on the south to Delmar Boulevard on the north. Restaurants are primarily clustered in the Euclid/McPherson area, the Euclid/Laclede area and in Maryland Plaza. Unusual, elaborate turn of the 20th century lamp posts and cobblestone streets add to the atmosphere of this neighborhood, which first grew in popularity with the coming of the 1904 World's Fair which was held in adjacent Forest Park. Some residential areas of the Central West End are included in the National Register of Historic Places. One example is Fullerton's Westminster Place, whose large, architect-designed homes, most of which were built in the period 1890–1910, were described in the NRHP nomination as one of the finest turn of the 20th century streetscapes in the United States. Another is the private place called Washington Terrace, laid out in 1892.

Public facilities

Neighborhood organizations

CWE Business Community Improvement District (CWEScene.com)

  • Cathedral Square
  • Fullerton's Westminster Place
  • Washington Terrace
  • 4200 Washington POA
  • Maryland-Boyle
  • Laclede Place Neighborhood Association

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
2000 14,144—    
2010 14,471+2.3%

In 2010 the neighborhood's population was 58.0% White, 28.0% Black, 0.2% Native American, 11.1% Asian, 2.2% Two or More Races, and 0.5% Some Other Race. 2.7% of the population was of Hispanic or Latino origin.[4]

Racial composition2000[5]2010[6]
White55.5%58.0%
Black or African American36.4%28.0%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)2.0%2.7%
Asian5.4%11.1%
Two or More Races1.8%2.2%

References

  1. ↑ City of St Louis Board of Aldermen: Aldermen Serving Central West End
  2. ↑ Central West End address of George Julian Zolnay
  3. ↑ https://stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/planning/documents/upload/38-CentralWestEnd_9-30-2011.pdf
  4. ↑ http://dynamic.stlouis-mo.gov/census/neigh_comp.cfm
  5. ↑ "The City of St. Louis Missouri". City of St. Louis.
  6. ↑ "The City of St. Louis Missouri". City of St. Louis.

See also

Coordinates: 38°38′25″N 90°15′17″W / 38.6403°N 90.2548°W / 38.6403; -90.2548

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