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The steep fall in St. Louis's population exacerbated the project's vacancy problem—instead of growing from 850,000 in the 1940s to 1 million in 1970 as projected, the city lost 30 percent of its residents in that timespan due to suburbanization and white flight, [11] as well as 11,000 manufacturing jobs in an overall shift from a blue collar ...
Can't Wait to Get to Heaven is a 2006 novel by Fannie Flagg. Based in the fictional town of Elmwood Springs, Missouri, it is a humorous look at Southern mores and small-town mentality in the context of death and the existence of an afterlife. Elner Shimfissle, the octogenarian protagonist, falls out of a tree while picking figs and is rushed to ...
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St. Louis seems to me to be something new in the history of the government of the people, by the rascals, for the rich". This article focuses on Edward R. "Boss" Butler, the Democratic Party boss who, Steffens claimed, was the real ruler of the city, even though St. Louis typically leaned Republican. Butler was a "boodler", one who sold for ...
Memphis, Tennessee, and Detroit, Michigan, bottomed out the list as the two most dangerous cities. St. Louis ranked 163rd out of 182 U.S. cities for safety, specifically due to home and community ...
The Left Bank Books River City Readers Program connects financial donors to children in St. Louis Public Schools. The program's goals are to increase literacy and promote a love of reading among children in St. Louis area schools. Students in the program receive a free new book every other month and meet with authors throughout the school year ...
The Hi-Pointe–DeMun Historic District is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. The district, commonly referred to as “DeMun,” is a neighborhood straddling the city limits of St. Louis, Missouri and Clayton, Missouri. The district is roughly bounded by Clayton Road to the south, Big Bend ...
The Five People You Meet In Heaven is a 2003 novel by Mitch Albom. It follows the life and death of a ride mechanic named Eddie (inspired by Albom's uncle [ 1 ] ), who is killed in an amusement park accident and sent to heaven, where he encounters five people who had a significant impact on him while he was alive.