A report on St. Louis

The home of Auguste Chouteau in St. Louis. Chouteau and Pierre Laclède founded St. Louis in 1764.
In 1780 during the American Revolutionary War, St. Louis was attacked by British forces, mostly Native American allies, in the Battle of St. Louis.
White men pose, 104 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri, in 1852 at Lynch's slave market.
City of St. Louis and Riverfront, 1874
South Broadway after a May 27, 1896, tornado
The Government Building at the 1904 World's Fair
View of the Arch (completed 1965) from Laclede's Landing, the remaining section of St. Louis's commercial riverfront
Wainwright Building (1891), an important early skyscraper designed by Louis Sullivan
A cluster of skyscrapers is located just west of the Gateway Arch and the Mississippi River.
Many houses in Lafayette Square are built with a blending of Greek Revival, Federal and Italianate styles.
French style houses in Lafayette Square
The Delmar Loop is a neighborhood close to Washington University, on the border of the city and St. Louis County.
Rivers in the St. Louis area
The Captains' Return statue inundated by the Mississippi River, 2010.
Tower Grove Park in spring
The Missouri Botanical Garden
Map of racial distribution in St. Louis, 2010 U.S. Census. Each dot is 25 people:
Pruitt–Igoe was a large housing project constructed in 1954, which became infamous for poverty, crime and segregation. It was demolished in 1972.
The Anheuser-Busch packaging plant in St. Louis
Barnes-Jewish Hospital, which is affiliated with the Washington University School of Medicine
The Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis
The St. Louis Art Museum in Forest Park
Busch Stadium in downtown St. Louis
The Enterprise Center in downtown St. Louis
The Sinquefield Cup chess tournament is hosted annually in St. Louis
Forest Park features a variety of attractions, including the St. Louis Zoo, the St. Louis Art Museum, the Missouri History Museum, and the St. Louis Science Center.
The Jewel Box, a greenhouse and event venue in Forest Park
St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones in 2017
Brookings Hall at Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis University High School was founded in 1818. Their current building pictured here was built in 1924.
The former St. Louis Post-Dispatch building in downtown St. Louis
Interstate 64 crossing the Mississippi in Downtown St. Louis
St. Louis MetroLink Red Line train leaving St. Louis Union Station
University City-Big Bend Subway Station along the Blue Line, near Washington University.
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Control tower and main terminal at St. Louis Lambert
An eastbound Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis freight train passing under the Hampton Avenue viaduct.
Bus passing under the St. Louis Science Center walkway

Second-largest city in Missouri.

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Theodore Link

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German-born American architect and newspaper publisher.

German-born American architect and newspaper publisher.

St. Louis Union Station
Westmoreland Place gates, St. Louis, Missouri
Portland Place gates, St. Louis, Missouri
Wabash Station, Decatur, Illinois
Wabash Station, Decatur, Illinois
Palace of Mines and Metallurgy, 1904 World's Fair
Mississippi State Capitol
Grand Hall, St. Louis Union Station
Reid Hall, Washington and Lee University
Roberts Shoe Company Building, St. Louis, Missouri
Memorial Tower at LSU
Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Link emigrated to the United States, arriving in St. Louis in 1873 to work for the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad company.

Forest Park Southeast, St. Louis

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Forest Park Southeast (FPSE) is a neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri.

c. 1895

Louis Sullivan

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American architect, and has been called a "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism".

American architect, and has been called a "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism".

c. 1895
Prudential Building, also known as the Guaranty Building, Buffalo, New York, 1894
Sullivan in 1919, painting by Frank A. Werner
Ornamentation on the World's Fair Transportation Building, Chicago, 1893–94
Monument for Sullivan in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois - note the alternative spelling of his middle name on the memorial
Detail of the ornamentation of the Van Allen Building
Wainwright Tomb, St. Louis
A portion of the western elevation of National Farmer's Bank, Owatonna, Minnesota (1908)
Entrance from the 1893 Chicago Stock Exchange building, saved and reinstalled at The Art Institute of Chicago
Union Trust Building
Wainwright Building
Wainwright Building cornice
Auditorium Building
Chicago Stock Exchange Building
Getty Tomb
Bayard-Condict Building
Carson Pirie Scott store
The Van Allen Building
Gage Building (on right)
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Cathedral, exterior
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Cathedral, interior
People's Federal Savings and Loan Association
Peoples Savings Bank
National Farmer's Bank of Owatonna
Harold C. Bradley House, Wisconsin
Merchants' National Bank, Grinnell, Iowa
Krause Music Store
Farmers and Merchants Union Bank, Columbus, Wisconsin

After 1889 the firm became known for their office buildings, particularly the 1891 Wainwright Building in St. Louis and the Schiller (later Garrick) Building and theater (1890) in Chicago.

Eastern exterior front of the church in 2020

St. Stanislaus Kostka Church (St. Louis, Missouri)

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Eastern exterior front of the church in 2020
Servers at Mass in the church in 2020

St. Stanislaus Kostka Church is an independent Catholic church located in the city of St. Louis, Missouri, United States.

George McQuinn

1944 World Series

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George McQuinn
Blix Donnelly
Jack Kramer
Stan Musial
Ray Sanders
Ted Wilks

The 1944 World Series was an all-St. Louis World Series, matching the St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Browns at Sportsman's Park.

Enterprise Center in 2005

Enterprise Center

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Enterprise Center in 2005
Interior of the Enterprise Center (then the Scottrade Center) during a Blues game
Exterior of the then-Scottrade Center

Enterprise Center is an 18,096-seat arena located in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, United States.

FleishmanHillard

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FleishmanHillard Inc. (formerly, Fleishman–Hillard) is a public relations and marketing agency founded and based in St. Louis, Missouri.

Kaskaskia, Illinois

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Village in Randolph County, Illinois.

Village in Randolph County, Illinois.

The bell donated by King Louis XV in 1741, later called the "Liberty Bell of the West", after it was rung to announce the U.S. victory in the Revolution
Kaskaskia state house as it stood in late 1880 or early 1881
USGS topographic map of Kaskaskia
1993 flooding of Kaskaskia, looking south downriver; church spire is in center left

Rather than live under British rule after France ceded the territory east of the river, many French-speaking people from Kaskaskia and other colonial towns had moved west of the Mississippi to Ste. Genevieve, St. Louis, and other areas.

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

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Combat support agency within the United States Department of Defense whose primary mission is collecting, analyzing, and distributing geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) in support of national security.

Combat support agency within the United States Department of Defense whose primary mission is collecting, analyzing, and distributing geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) in support of national security.

Seal of the NPIC
NGA's old headquarters in Brookmont, Maryland prior to 2012. It had been the headquarters of NGA and its predecessor agencies since 1945. After the move to its current headquarters, this facility was renovated and became Intelligence Community Campus-Bethesda.
NGA Headquarters
NGA headquarters' atrium

The Army Air Corps established its map unit, which was renamed ACP in 1943 and was located in St. Louis, Missouri.

Rooftop view of a 1903 World Series game in Boston

World Series

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Annual championship series of Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada, contested since 1903 between the champion teams of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL).

Annual championship series of Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada, contested since 1903 between the champion teams of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL).

Rooftop view of a 1903 World Series game in Boston
Christy Mathewson threw 3 complete-game shutouts in the 1905 World Series.
The 1919 Chicago White Sox team photo
Bill Mazeroski hit a dramatic ninth-inning walk-off home run that decided the 1960 World Series
The Catch: Willie Mays hauls in Vic Wertz's drive near the wall in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series.
1959 World Series action at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1968 World Series program and tickets for Games 4 and 5 at Tiger Stadium
Carlton Fisk, best known for his "waving fair" home run in Game 6 of the 1975 World Series
Reggie Jackson earned the nickname "Mr. October" by hitting three consecutive home runs in the clinching game six of the 1977 World Series
President Ronald Reagan with the 1988 World Series champions: Los Angeles Dodgers
In Game 6 of the 1991 World Series, Kirby Puckett made a memorable leaping catch in left field to rob an extra-base hit. In the bottom of the 11th inning, Puckett hit a game-winning home run to send the Series to Game 7
Fireworks in SkyDome after Joe Carter's 1993 World Series-winning home run
Game 1 of the 2008 World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies (NL) and Tampa Bay Rays (AL) at Tropicana Field
In 2011, David Freese hit a game-tying two-run triple (with two outs) to send it into extra innings. In the bottom of the 11th, Freese led off with a game-winning home run to send the Series to Game 7
Chicago Cubs celebrate their 2016 World Series victory, their first in 108 years
Game action in the 1906 Series in Chicago (the only all-Chicago World Series to date)
Bill Wambsganss completes his unassisted triple play in 1920
Washington's Bucky Harris scores his home run in the fourth inning of Game 7 (October 10, 1924)
The Chicago Cubs celebrate winning the 2016 World Series, which ended the club's 108-year championship drought.

In 1958, the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants took their long-time rivalry to the west coast, moving to Los Angeles and San Francisco, respectively, bringing Major League Baseball west of St. Louis and Kansas City.