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Author: Patrick J. Kleaver Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781986241854 Category : Languages : en Pages : 186
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Join life-time St. Louisan Patrick J. Kleaver in this UPDATED AND EXPANDED version of his book GROWING UP IN OLD NORTH ST. LOUIS. He reminisces about the good and the bad in the first nineteen years of his life when he lived in that historic St. Louis neighborhood from its heyday in the mid-1950s to its decline in the 1970s. From a detailed description of his house to the neighborhood shopping district originally known as the "Great White Way" (with stops at various neighbors and churches along the way), you'll feel like you're entering his life and walking with him on a personally guided tour! In this SECOND EDITION, he includes MORE anecdotes, a MORE detailed history of Old North St. Louis and its historic Catholic churches, MORE photographs (including rarely seen historic ones of streetscapes and church interiors), a MORE DETAILED quick side trip to two other neighborhoods bordering his, and UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION about the status of the various people and buildings mentioned. DEAR READERS: Please BEWARE of websites claiming to offer an electronic version of this book. The "hard copy" (i.e., printed) paperback version is the ONLY authorized format in which this book is offered by the author and sole copyright holder. ANY ELECTRONIC VERSION IS A PIRATED COPY FOR WHICH THE AUTHOR RECEIVES NO ROYALTIES. Please buy your copy ONLY from www.amazon.com (or for libraries and schools, only from recognized institutional distributors).
Author: Patrick J. Kleaver Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781986241854 Category : Languages : en Pages : 186
Book Description
Join life-time St. Louisan Patrick J. Kleaver in this UPDATED AND EXPANDED version of his book GROWING UP IN OLD NORTH ST. LOUIS. He reminisces about the good and the bad in the first nineteen years of his life when he lived in that historic St. Louis neighborhood from its heyday in the mid-1950s to its decline in the 1970s. From a detailed description of his house to the neighborhood shopping district originally known as the "Great White Way" (with stops at various neighbors and churches along the way), you'll feel like you're entering his life and walking with him on a personally guided tour! In this SECOND EDITION, he includes MORE anecdotes, a MORE detailed history of Old North St. Louis and its historic Catholic churches, MORE photographs (including rarely seen historic ones of streetscapes and church interiors), a MORE DETAILED quick side trip to two other neighborhoods bordering his, and UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION about the status of the various people and buildings mentioned. DEAR READERS: Please BEWARE of websites claiming to offer an electronic version of this book. The "hard copy" (i.e., printed) paperback version is the ONLY authorized format in which this book is offered by the author and sole copyright holder. ANY ELECTRONIC VERSION IS A PIRATED COPY FOR WHICH THE AUTHOR RECEIVES NO ROYALTIES. Please buy your copy ONLY from www.amazon.com (or for libraries and schools, only from recognized institutional distributors).
Author: Albert Montesi Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 9780738523194 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 132
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During the early 19th century, the Mississippi River valley north of St. Louis attracted many settlers eager to farm its fertile land. Proximity to the river and downtown markets helped the area grow. Immigrants arrived from Germany and other European countries, and after the Civil War, blacks migrated from the South. Today, the Hyde Park, Bissell-College Hill, and Old North St. Louis neighborhoods are home to diverse communities with a rich and shared history. The neighborhoods are dotted with St. Louis landmarks such as Bissell Mansion, the world-famous Water Towers, Crown Candy, and hundreds of other architectural gems that have withstood the years. This visual history preserves the area's vibrant past and points to a bright future.
Author: Patrick J. Kleaver Publisher: ISBN: Category : Saint Louis (Mo.) Languages : en Pages : 232
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Join life-time St. Louisan Patrick John Kleaver as he continues his life's story in this UPDATED AND EXPANDED version of his book CITY DWELLER: A LIFETIME LIVING AND WORKING IN ST. LOUIS. Beginning where his book GROWING UP IN OLD NORTH ST. LOUIS: UPDATED AND EXPANDED SECOND EDITION left off, he shares what it was like working in the private sector; for city government; and in the Federal civil service, with details about his beloved parents in their later years. Exploring St. Louis neighborhoods that no longer exist (such as Mill Creek Valley) or have drastically changed through the years (such as Columbus Square), you will learn about their architecture and history, including their rise, decline and rebirth. He discusses closed and still functioning Catholic churches, such as the Alverne Chapel, St. Bridget of Erin, St. Charles Borromeo, St. Elizabeth, St. John The Apostle and Evangelist, St. Nicholas, the Old Cathedral and the Resurrection of Our Lord, with historic and rarely seen photographs of many. Also recounted is the history of long-forgotten cemeteries that had been in or near downtown St. Louis, the near south side of downtown, and the city's Central West End. In this totally revamped and rewritten SECOND EDITION of his book originally published in 2013 he brings you totally UP-TO-DATE with the many changes that have occurred in the neighborhoods he discusses. DEAR READERS: This book is available legitimately only in a printed paperback format. ELECTRONIC VERSIONS ARE PIRATED COPIES FOR WHICH THE AUTHOR RECEIVES NO ROYALTIES AND MAY CONTAIN CONTENT NOT AUTHORED BY HIM. Please buy your copy ONLY as a paperback from Amazon or other reputable online booksellers (or for libraries and schools, only from recognized institutional distributors). THANK YOU!
Author: Aphrodite Matsakis Ph.D. Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 1439613419 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 134
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Since the beginning of the 20th century, St. Louis' Greek-American community has been a vibrant part of the city's fabric. Through a series of vivid personal accounts of growing up in two worlds during the post-WWII era, Growing Up Greek in St. Louis explores the challenges faced by Greek-Americans as they sought to preserve a rich cultural heritage while assimilating to American ways. From a detailed account of her Grandmothers' struggles during the occupation of Greece during WWII and the Asia Minor Holocaust to the first hand experiences faced by Greek-American children in Greek school, the celebration of name days, and the ever-present "evil eye," the book captures the sense of tradition, history, hospitality (philotimo), and community so vital to the Greek experience.
Author: Bonnie Stepenoff Publisher: University of Missouri Press ISBN: 0826272142 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 194
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Joe Garagiola remembers playing baseball with stolen balls and bats while growing up on the Hill. Chuck Berry had run-ins with police before channeling his energy into rock and roll. But not all the boys growing up on the rough streets of St. Louis had loving families or managed to find success. This book reviews a century of history to tell the story of the “lost” boys who struggled to survive on the city’s streets as it evolved from a booming late-nineteenth-century industrial center to a troubled mid-twentieth-century metropolis. To the eyes of impressionable boys without parents to shield them, St. Louis presented an ever-changing spectacle of violence. Small, loosely organized bands from the tenement districts wandered the city looking for trouble, and they often found it. The geology of St. Louis also provided for unique accommodations—sometimes gangs of boys found shelter in the extensive system of interconnected caves underneath the city. Boys could hide in these secret lairs for weeks or even months at a stretch. Bonnie Stepenoff gives voice to the harrowing experiences of destitute and homeless boys and young men who struggled to grow up, with little or no adult supervision, on streets filled with excitement but also teeming with sharpsters ready to teach these youngsters things they would never learn in school. Well-intentioned efforts of private philanthropists and public officials sometimes went cruelly astray, and sometimes were ineffective, but sometimes had positive effects on young lives. Stepenoff traces the history of several efforts aimed at assisting the city’s homeless boys. She discusses the prison-like St. Louis House of Refuge, where more than 80 percent of the resident children were boys, and Father Dunne's News Boys' Home and Protectorate, which stressed education and training for more than a century after its founding. She charts the growth of Skid Row and details how historical events such as industrialization, economic depression, and wars affected this vulnerable urban population. Most of these boys grew up and lived decent, unheralded lives, but that doesn’t mean that their childhood experiences left them unscathed. Their lives offer a compelling glimpse into old St. Louis while reinforcing the idea that society has an obligation to create cities that will nurture and not endanger the young.
Author: Jennifer Hamer Publisher: Univ of California Press ISBN: 0520950178 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 281
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Urban poverty, along with all of its poignant manifestations, is moving from city centers to working-class and industrial suburbs in contemporary America. Nowhere is this more evident than in East St. Louis, Illinois. Once a thriving manufacturing and transportation center, East St. Louis is now known for its unemployment, crime, and collapsing infrastructure. Abandoned in the Heartland takes us into the lives of East St. Louis’s predominantly African American residents to find out what has happened since industry abandoned the city, and jobs, quality schools, and city services disappeared, leaving people isolated and imperiled. Jennifer Hamer introduces men who search for meaning and opportunity in dead-end jobs, women who often take on caretaking responsibilities until well into old age, and parents who have the impossible task of protecting their children in this dangerous, and literally toxic, environment. Illustrated with historical and contemporary photographs showing how the city has changed over time, this book, full of stories of courage and fortitude, offers a powerful vision of the transformed circumstances of life in one American suburb.
Author: Patrick J. Kleaver
Author: Patrick J. Kleaver
Author: Albert Montesi
Author: Patrick J. Kleaver
Author: Aphrodite Matsakis Ph.D.
Author: Miranda Rabus Rectenwald
Author: Norbury L. Wayman
Author: Bonnie Stepenoff
Author: Jennifer Hamer
Author: Ross William Boehning
Author: Ida Schoenthaler Loeffel