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St. Louis Gateway Mall
The Gateway Mall in St. Louis, Missouri is an open green space running linearly, one block wide, from the Gateway Arch at Memorial Drive to St. Louis Union Station, Union Station at 20th Street. Located in the city's downtown, it runs between Market Street (St. Louis), Market Street and Chestnut Street (St. Louis), Chestnut Street. In the early 21st century, there are plans to remodel areas of the mall for additional uses and to make it more attractive to visitors. City planners hope to incorporate the many downtown locations into one mall area. History Early history The Mall began as part of the ''Comprehensive Plan'' of 1907, which embraced City Beautiful principles held by members of the City Plan Commission. That plan originally called for the removal of buildings between 13th Street (St. Louis), 13th and 14th Street (St. Louis), 14th streets from Clark Street (St. Louis), Clark north to Olive Street (St. Louis), Olive streets to form a new park mall. This did not take plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civic Center
A civic center or civic centre is a prominent land area within a community that is constructed to be its focal point or center. It usually contains of one or more dominant public buildings, which may also include a government building. Recently, the term "civic center" has been used in reference to an entire central business district of a community or a major shopping center in the middle of a community. In this type of civic center, special attention is paid to the way public structures are grouped and landscaped. In some American cities, a multi-purpose arena is named "Civic Center", for example Columbus Civic Center. Such "civic centers" combine venues for sporting events, theaters, concerts and similar events. In Australia, a civic centre can refer to a civic precinct, a show or meeting venue, or can also be used as a brand of Shopping Centre. Notable civic centers India * MCD Civic Centre, Delhi Civic Centre North America * Berkeley Historic Civic Center District * Civ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
13th Street (St
13th Street may refer to: Television * 13th Street (TV channel), a European and Australian television channel featuring action and suspense programming. ** 13th Street (Australian TV channel), former Australian version of 13th Street ** 13th Street (German TV channel), German version of 13th Street ** 13ème Rue, French version of 13th Street ** Calle 13 (TV channel), Spanish version of 13th Street Places in the United States * 13th Street (Manhattan), a street in Manhattan, New York City * 13th Street (Omaha), a street in Omaha, Nebraska * 13th Street (St. Louis), a street in St. Louis, Missouri * 13th Street (Sacramento RT), a Sacramento RT light rail station in Sacramento, California * 13th Street (SEPTA station), a SEPTA rapid transit station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania See also * 13th Avenue (other) {{road disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Milles
Carl Milles (; 23 June 1875 – 19 September 1955) was a Swedes, Swedish sculpture, sculptor. He was married to artist Olga Milles (née Granner) and brother to Ruth Milles and half-brother to the architect Evert Milles. Carl Milles sculpted the Gustaf Vasa statue at the Stockholm Nordic Museum, the Poseidon statue in Gothenburg, the Orpheus group outside the Stockholm Concert Hall, and the Fountain of Faith in Falls Church, Virginia. His home near Stockholm, Millesgården, became his resting place and is now a museum. Biography He was born as Carl Wilhelm Emil Andersson, son of lieutenant August Emil Sebastian "Mille" Andersson (1843–1910) and his wife Walborg Alfhild Maria Tisell (1846–1879), at Knivsta Municipality, Lagga outside Uppsala in 1875. In 1897 he made what he thought would be a temporary stop in Paris on his way to Chile, where he was due to manage a school of gymnastics. However, he remained in Paris, where he studied art, working in Auguste Rodin's studio a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4th Street (St
4th Street is a street in Lower Manhattan, New York City. It starts at Avenue D as East 4th Street and continues to Broadway, where it becomes West 4th Street. It continues west until the Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue), where West 4th Street turns north and confusingly intersects with West 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th Streets in Greenwich Village. Most of the street has the same width between curbstones as others in the prevailing street grid, striped as two curbside lanes and one traffic lane, with one-way traffic eastbound. The portion from Seventh to Eighth Avenues is westbound (northbound geographically) and is approximately wide, a legacy of the original Greenwich Village street grid. The section of four short blocks from MacDougal Street to University Place which forms the southern border of Washington Square Park is called Washington Square South. The north/south portion (from Sixth Avenue to 13th Street) was formerly called Asylum Street, after the Orphan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3rd Street (St
3rd Street or Third Street may refer to: * 3rd Street, Los Angeles * 3rd Street (Manhattan) * Third Street (Hong Kong) * Third Street (San Francisco) ** T Third Street, Muni Metro line in San Francisco * N3RD Street (Philadelphia) * Third Street, Singapore, a road in Siglap See also * 3rd Street station (other), train stations of the name * Third Avenue (other) {{Road disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe global economic downturn from 1929 to 1939. The period was characterized by high rates of unemployment and poverty, drastic reductions in industrial production and international trade, and widespread bank and business failures around the world. The economic contagion began in 1929 in the United States, the largest economy in the world, with the devastating Wall Street stock market crash of October 1929 often considered the beginning of the Depression. Among the countries with the most unemployed were the U.S., the United Kingdom, and Weimar Republic, Germany. The Depression was preceded by a period of industrial growth and social development known as the "Roaring Twenties". Much of the profit generated by the boom was invested in speculation, such as on the stock market, contributing to growing Wealth inequality in the United States, wealth inequality. Banks were subject to laissez-faire, minimal regulation, resulting in loose lending and wides ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gateway Arch National Park
Gateway Arch National Park is a List of national parks of the United States, national park of the United States located in St. Louis, Missouri, near the starting point of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. In its initial form as a List of national memorials of the United States, national memorial, it was established in 1935 to commemorate: *the Louisiana Purchase and subsequent westward movement of American explorers and pioneers; *the first civil government west of the Mississippi River; and *the debate over Slavery in the United States, slavery raised by the Dred Scott v. Sandford, ''Dred Scott'' case. The national park consists of the Gateway Arch, a steel catenary arch that has become the definitive icon of St. Louis; a park along the Mississippi River on the site of the earliest buildings of the city; the Old Courthouse (St. Louis), Old Courthouse, a former state and federal courthouse where the ''Dred Scott'' case originated; and the #Museum at the Gateway Arch, museum at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
12th Street (St
12th Street may refer to: Roads * 12th Street (Chicago), now Roosevelt Road * 12th Street (Erie, Pennsylvania) * 12th Street (Manhattan) * 12th Street (St. Louis) * 12th Street (Washington, D.C.) * New Jersey Route 54, known locally as 12th Street Transit * 12th Street (GRTC BRT station) * 12th Street station (DART), in Dallas, Texas, USA * 12th Street/Jefferson and 12th Street/Washington stations, Valley Metro Rail stations in Phoenix, Arizona, USA * 12th Street Oakland City Center station, a BART station in Oakland, California, USA See also * 12th Avenue (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Kiel
Henry W. Kiel (February 21, 1871 – November 26, 1942) was the 32nd Mayor of Saint Louis, serving from 1913 to 1925. Early life Henry W. Kiel's father was Henry F. Kiel, a well known contractor, who died in 1908. Henry F. Kiel also served as a private in the Civil War. Henry W. Kiel's mother was Mrs. Minnie C. Kiel, who died in 1879. Kiel grew up in St. Louis and attended St. Louis Public Schools and the Smith Academy. He studied architecture for a year after completing his academic studies. Kiel had a knack for mechanical structure and had an apprenticeship to the bricklayer's trade, under the direction of his father. Career Kiel's family worked in the construction industry and his father wished for Henry to follow in his footsteps. Having served as vice president until his father's death, Henry W. became president of the Kiel & Daues Bricklaying & Contracting Company. Kiel had a role in constructing a number of prominent public and private buildings in St. Louis, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Avenue (St
Grand Avenue may refer to: Places Roadways *Grand Avenue, Baldwin, Nassau County, New York * Grand Avenue (Chicago), Illinois *Grand Avenue, Coconut Grove, Miami *Grand Avenue, Detroit, Michigan *Grand Avenue, Freeport, New York *Grand Avenue (Los Angeles) *Grand Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota * Grand Avenue (Phoenix) *Grand Avenue, Portland, Oregon, part of Oregon Route 99E * Grand Avenue (Queens), New York City *Grand Avenue, Saint Louis, Missouri *Grand Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota *Grand Avenue, Springfield, Illinois *Grand Avenue, West Worthing, England Other places * Grand Avenue Project, a redevelopment project along Grand Avenue in Los Angeles * Shops of Grand Avenue, a shopping mall in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin Arts, entertainment, and media * Grand Avenue (band), a Danish rock band *''Grand Avenue'', a comic strip written by Steve Breen * ''Grand Avenue'' (film), a 1996 American drama film New York City Subway * Grand Avenue (BMT Fulton Street Line), demolished * G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jefferson Avenue (St
Jefferson Avenue may refer to: * Jefferson Avenue (Detroit), Michigan * Jefferson Avenue (St. Louis), Missouri * Jefferson Avenue (Staten Island Railway station), New York See also * Jefferson Avenue Historic District (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tucker Boulevard (St
Tucker may refer to: Places United States * Tucker, Arkansas * Tucker, Georgia * Tucker, Mississippi * Tucker, Missouri * Tucker, Utah, ghost town * Tucker County, West Virginia Outer space * Tucker (crater), a small lunar impact crater in the southern part of the Mare Smythii People * Tucker (given name), a page for people with the given name "Tucker" * Tucker (surname), a page for people with the last name "Tucker" * Tucker (American wrestler) * Tucker (Northern Irish wrestler) Art, entertainment, and media Fictional entities *Tucker, a Shetland pony in the film, '' Racing Stripes'' *Tucker's, the club in the ''Black Mirror'' episode, "San Junipero", where Yorkie and Kelly first meet Film and television * '' Tucker: The Man and His Dream'', film about Preston Tucker * ''Tucker'' (2000 TV series), a 2000–2001 American television series that aired on NBC * ''Tucker'' (2005 TV program), a 2005–2008 American television program, previously called ''The Situation with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
