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 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 second-largest collection of mosaics in the world. The Central West End sits entirely within the 9th Ward.
17-662: Bel Air Motel , also known as Bel Air West , was a historic building and motel in the Central West End neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.. It is listed as one of the National Register of Historic Places since 2009. This building is now known as a Holiday Inn Express after a remodel in 2014. The Bel Air Motel was built in 1957, and is located east of the intersection of Euclid, facing north onto Lindell Boulevard, and north of Forest Park . Lindell Boulevard
34-402: Is a three-story building that is a U-shaped structure, with the interior of the U creating the courtyard that originally had a patio and swimming pool for guests. The interior of the hotel is divided into a series of guest rooms flanking a central hallway that runs along the base of the U and rear leg of the U on the first floor as well as down the center of the two upper floors of the front leg of
51-526: Is considered an arterial snow route. Its right-of-way has carried various railroad lines throughout much of its history. The corridor began life in the 19th century as a heavy rail line used by the Rock Island and Wabash railroads along with local streetcars. The segment between the Terminal Railroad's Central Belt Subdivision (near present day Interstate 170) and Forsyth Junction (now
68-501: Is primarily a commercial street with a mixture of large, multistoried, office and apartment buildings, but it is also known for its concentration of historic hotels. The buildings are a mixture of those completed in the years associated with the historic development of the Central West End (primarily from the late 1890s through the 1920s), but one of the unique features of this section of Lindell is, that unlike other sections of
85-517: Is the setting of her 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. It is no longer standing, having been torn down in 1994 after years of neglect. George Julian Zolnay (Gyula Zsolnay) (July 4, 1863 – May 1, 1949) the Hungarian and American sculptor known as the "Sculptor of
102-554: The National Park Service . Central West End, St. Louis 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. It is often mistaken as the location of Sally Benson 's home, 5135 Kensington Avenue, which
119-506: The Bel Air Motel was first completed in 1958 with 150 guest rooms. A third story was added across the front in 1959, bringing the total number of guest rooms to 198. The addition continued the basic design of the original two stories and was designed by architectural firm, Russell, Mullgardt, Schwartz, and Van Hoefen (made up of Ernest John Russell , William Oscar Mullgardt , Bernard Schwartz, and Hari Van Hoefen ). The Bel Air Hotel
136-472: The Confederacy" lived in the Central West End in the early 1900s at 4384 Maryland Avenue. 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 on the east. The Central West End's main commercial district runs along Euclid Avenue and stretches from Forest Park Parkway on
153-579: The Kirkwood line ended in 1950 with service on the University-Clayton line ending in 1963. The Wabash Railroad continued to operate freight service east and north of Forsyth Junction until 1988. Millbrook Boulevard was built in a portion of the abandoned Rock Island right-of-way and in 1959, construction began on Forest Park Parkway, an urban renewal project which saw Millbrook renamed and extended from Skinker Boulevard to Kingshighway. Here,
170-550: The Parkway meets Forest Park Avenue which runs east to its present terminus at Market Street and Compton Avenue at Interstate 64 in Midtown St. Louis . In 2017, the city of St. Louis and BJC Healthcare opened a reconstructed at-grade intersection between Forest Park Avenue and Kingshighway Boulevard. Previously, Forest Park Avenue dipped below-grade and passed beneath Kingshighway as it became Forest Park Parkway. Currently,
187-569: The U. The motel was renamed Bel Air West after the Bel Air East was constructed in 1963 in downtown St. Louis (at Fourth Street and Washington Street). Bel Air East building was taller, and at the time of opening, featured a Trader Vic's restaurant and tiki bar. While the buildings kept the names of Bel Air West and Bel Air East, the company changed its name in 1968 to Bel Air Luxury Motor Inns. [REDACTED] This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of
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#1732784049054204-422: The city, there was a resurgence of construction after World War II and there is also a concentration of distinctive mid-century modern designs, both in apartment and office buildings, with at least 20 in this 8 block stretch. The Bel Air Motel was founded by St. Louis hotelier, Norman K. Probstein. Constructed by Westlake Construction Company according to the designs of architect Wilburn C. McComick (1918–2008),
221-485: The intersection with Grand Boulevard still has this underpass feature as motorists enter and exit I-64. In 1993, MetroLink 's initial route opened between St. Louis Lambert International Airport and East St. Louis, Illinois . Roughly 7.8 miles (12.6 km) of the abandoned Wabash right-of-way between Normandy in North St. Louis County and Grand Boulevard in St. Louis were reused. The Forest Park-DeBaliviere station
238-508: The junction of MetroLink's Red and Blue lines) was abandoned by the Rock Island in 1931. Prior to its abandonment, the railroad operated a passenger depot at Clayton, near the spot of today's MetroLink station . In the 1940s, before the suspension of streetcar service in the St. Louis area, the portion of this corridor between Pershing and DeBaliviere avenues carried the #1 Kirkwood and the #14 University-Clayton streetcar lines. Service on
255-622: The neighborhood's population was 56.9% White, 21.0% Black, 0.1% Native American, 13.7% Asian, 6.4% Two or More Races, and 1.9% Some Other Race. 4.7% of the population was of Hispanic or Latino origin. 38°38′25″N 90°15′17″W / 38.6403°N 90.2548°W / 38.6403; -90.2548 Forest Park Parkway (St. Louis) Forest Park Parkway is a parkway in Clayton , Missouri and St. Louis that runs from Interstate 170 , becomes Forest Park Avenue at Kingshighway Boulevard, and ends at Market Street and Interstate 64 . It
272-626: The south to Delmar Boulevard on the north. The neighborhood grew in popularity during the 1904 World's Fair , held in the 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 1890–1910. Another is the private place called Washington Terrace , laid out in 1892. Modern residential buildings in Central West End include Park East Tower and One Hundred . CWE Business Community Improvement District (CWEScene.com) In 2020
289-677: Was built at the former Forsyth Junction, where the Rock Island and Wabash railroads once met. In June 1999, the East-West Gateway Council of Governments released conceptual designs for the Cross County MetroLink extension including at-grade, below-grade and elevated portions. Initially, trains were to run at-grade in the median of Forest Park Parkway with stations between Forest Park and Clayton. After considering feedback from local residents, Metro opted to move this segment into cuts and subway tunnels along
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