While population continues to drop, stability still remains. Invest now in this beautiful neighborhood.
Neighborhood Profiles in 2011
I've been putting off the neighborhoods with the largest area simply out of laziness. I'm VERY interested in Carondelet, Dutchtown, Baden and others...but they are huge and will take me all day or weekend to capture.
Central West End and Downtown will probably be last on the list simply because they will require walking to do them justice and I could take 1000s of pictures of these two premier locations in St. Louis.
The Fountain Park Neighborhood
The Skinker Debaliviere Neighborhood
The College Hill Neighborhood
Overall, College Hill has huge potential, as it has a nice mix of all styles of architecture that old St. Louis has to offer. It has of course seen better days and much of the neighborhood is crumbling; but it's not a hopeless place at all. There is still enough of the backbone to make this a contiguous neighborhood with a lot of future potential.
College Hill is clearly another neighborhood lying in wait for those with the ideas, resources and desire to make change and bring this place back to it's original glory. College Hill with some TLC could easily add to St. Louis' resume as one of the, if not THE brick city of the universe.
Walnut Park West Neighborhood
So I've been at the this neighborhood profile project for over a year. Walnut Park East was one of my first North City posts. I walked away from Walnut Park East feeling pretty hopeless for this part of the city. But, an individual working for positive change in the Walnut Park area contacted me and invited me to discuss some of these positive activities that are occurring in the area and I decided to do a part 2 post for Walnut Park East after meeting with her and understanding some details around the charity/social work in the community.
So I'm not changing my approach in Walnut Park West today; but I will try to get more pictures to document what I see. When I did the WPE post, I was hesitant to show the many, many negatives that I saw. WPW is pretty similar to WPE. Demographically and racially speaking, it's got absolutely no diversity. Take a look at the census numbers above, they don't lie; and, I don't expect to see any increase in diversity in the 2010 numbers based on my observations.
The Gravois Park Neighborhood
The Lindenwood Park Neighborhood
The Kingsway East Neighborhood
St. Louis Place Neighborhood
St. Louis: A City of Neighborhoods
Some neighborhoods are branded well and recognized throughout the region. The Hill, would be a perfect example. Almost everyone in the city and the metropolitan region knows the Hill. Soulard is another example of a clear regional identity that is well branded and defined. Maybe we should sell this "city of neighborhoods" thing a little more. Maybe this should be our city slogan. Mound City, Gateway to the West....The City of Neighborhoods. Who knows.
