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St. Louis Then and Now(r)
Hardcover
Series: Then and Now
Travel GeneralGeneral PhotographyRegional: Midwest
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ISBN13: 9781911216452
Publisher: Pavilion Books
Published: May 1 2017
Pages: 144
Weight: 2.10
Height: 0.70 Width: 11.10 Depth: 9.70
Language: English
St. Louis Then and Now is a captivating chronicle of history and change.
It pairs photographs over a century old with specially commissioned views of the same scenes as they exist today to show the evolution of St. Louis from the pioneers' Gateway to the West to a thriving and dynamic city of the 21st century.
Established by French fur-trader Pierre Laclede in 1764 and named in honor of the patron saint of France, St. Louis was in its earliest days a trading outpost near the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. Laclede showed remarkable foresight, pronouncing that by its locality and central position, St. Louis was to become one of the finest of cities. His vision was accurate: with the advantages of a natural sand levee and sheltering limestone bluffs, the central city by the river grew rapidly over the following decades. After Jefferson purchased the western territories, including St. Louis, from the French in 1804, the town became one of the busiest of American cities during the period of western expansion. St. Louis was the Gateway to the West, chief provisioner and jumping-off point for westward-bound explorers, adventurers, and gold prospectors.
The following centuries have seen St. Louis grow inexorably into Laclede's finest of cities. Its location on the Mississippi, once jammed with the fabulous steamboats that brought Mark Twain to the city, and its heritage as a heartland of ragtime, jazz, and blues music have given St. Louis a distinctive flavor that today blends the quaint and historic with the modern.
Sites include: SS Admiral, Eads Bridge, the Levee, the Gateway Arch, Old Courthouse, the Garment District, Union Station, City Hall, Soulard Market, Anheuser-Busch Brewery, Missouri Botanical Gardens, St. Louis University, the Theater District, Sportsman's Park, the 1904 World's Fair, St. Louis Art Museum, Cathedral of St. Louis
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