photo by Shelly Cendroski A relatively young neighborhood, Princeton Heights owes much of its earliest development to Gravois, otherwise known as the “Road to Fenton”. Today, the neighborhood is a quaint little brother to St. Louis Hills, with a very similar stable character. photo by Michelle Bates
photo by James Palmour Founded in 1906, University City was little more than farm land and a trolley turn-around before publisher, Edward Lewis purchased 85 acres for his planned community. Though the era of publishing has ended for U City (mostly), the area has morphed into one of St....
photo by Sharon Keeler The Festival of Nations, sponsored by the International Institute of St. Louis, is an annual two-day event geared toward celebrating the diversity of the city and beyond. Held in Tower Grove Park, the Festival draws more than 125,000 to song and dance performances, cultural demonstrations,...
photo by Susan Bennet For our return to the Midtown neighborhood (first visit is here), PFSTL will focus on the half that was not covered previously. This portion of Midtown has a much different history, being further removed from Saint Louis University, and includes the central area of the...
photo by Dan Henrichs The Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum system is a very interesting model designed to best promote a very unique collection. Founded in 1983 by a California real estate duo, the Library is now housed in twelve historic buildings throughout the country (to make the collection more...
photograph by Lina Walz-Salvador Photo Flood 48 marks the first time that the PFSTL has explored more than one neighborhood. And what great neighborhoods to set the bar! Wydown Skinker and Hi-Pointe, though right next door to one another, are very different in almost every way. One features row...
photograph by Libby Kimutis In 1851, Thornton Grimsley, a prominent saddlemaker and civic icon, successfully campaigned to establish the first, public park in St. Louis (and the first public park west of the Mississippi). The 30-acre green space was thereafter named Lafayette Park after a hero of both the...
photograph by Sasi Suruliraj A National Historic District, Compton Heights is one of St. Louis’ first planned residential developments, and includes some of the city’s most lavish and palatial dwellings. photograph by James Palmour
photograph by Jason Gray CityArchRiver and Great Rivers Greenway celebrated the partial opening of the redesigned Arch Grounds with an all-day event including a 2016-foot long picnic table, fireworks, live music and more. Photo Flood Saint Louis was invited to cover this event. photograph by Ryan Archer
photograph by Sue Rakers Columbus Square emerged in the early 19th Century to accomodate the waves of European immigrants washing over St. Louis at the time. By mid-century, the neighborhood was a tight cluster of tenements notable for its rough conditions. Before “The Hill”, Columbus Square was the original...
Photo Flood Saint Louis has an enormous amount of pride for St. Louis. We are very interested in improving the perception of STL, which we do by emphasizing what makes each neighborhood that we photograph, and every organization that we partner with, special. The opportunity to share what we love about the city is what brings us together each month, when we invade parts of town to record it in a surge of imagery.
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