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Chinatown in St. Louis, Missouri, was a Chinatown near Downtown St. Louis that existed from 1869 until its demolition for Busch Memorial Stadium in 1966. [1] Also called Hop Alley , it was bounded by Seventh, Tenth, Walnut and Chestnut streets.
Around 1867, several hundred Chinese looking for work in factories and mines in and around St. Louis moved there from New York and San Francisco. The community they settled, Hop Alley, became St. Louis' Chinatown. [2] This community disappeared in 1966 when it was demolished to make room for a parking lot for Busch Stadium. [2]
A Chinatown existed in Downtown St. Louis from 1869 until its demolition for Busch Memorial Stadium in 1966. [72] [citation not found] Also called Hop Alley, it was bounded by Seventh, Tenth, Walnut and Chestnut streets. [73] The first Chinese immigrant to St. Louis was Alla Lee, born in Ningbo near Shanghai, who arrived in
However, construction of the stadium required the demolition of Chinatown, St. Louis, ending decades of presence in the area by a Chinese immigrant community. [77] Although the stadium's playing field was particularly hot in summer, the stadium was considerably larger than its predecessor and was an asset to downtown development. [75]
In recent decades, efforts have been made to establish a successor to the earlier ethnic neighborhood of Chinatown in the city of St. Louis. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] A number of Asian grocery stores and restaurants exist along Olive Boulevard between I-170 and Skinker Boulevard in University City. [ 25 ]
For example, Downtown St. Louis is generally thought to include the St. Louis Union Station and Enterprise Center, even though Downtown technically ends at Tucker Avenue (12th Street). Additionally, the Fox Theatre and Powell Symphony Hall are popularly considered a part of Midtown St. Louis even though they are in Grand Center.
Busch Memorial Stadium (Busch Stadium II) was a multi-purpose sports facility in St. Louis, Missouri, that operated for 40 years, from 1966 through 2005. [4] Built as Civic Center Busch Memorial Stadium, its official name was shortened to Busch Stadium in January 1982.
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