The story
Vibrant 465-acre African American neighborhood with 20,000 residents. Nation's largest urban renewal project displaced community. Known as 'Hiroshima Flats' for decades.
Everything that was here
- 1850–1959
Mill Creek Valley NeighborhoodNeighborhood
Vibrant 465-acre African American neighborhood with 20,000 residents. Nation's largest urban renewal project displaced community. Known as 'Hiroshima Flats' for decades.
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Nearby history
The Fabulous Fox Theatre
527 North Grand Boulevard · 614 m away
When the Fox opened on January 31, 1929, it was reportedly the second-largest theater in the country, and its interior i
Powell Symphony Hall
718 N Grand Boulevard · 824 m away
The St. Louis Symphony's home opened in 1925 as the St. Louis Theatre, a Rapp & Rapp palace that put on live vaudeville
Gaslight Square Entertainment District
4200 Olive Street · 1.1 km away
Scott Joplin House State Historic Site
2658 Delmar Boulevard · 1.6 km away
St. Louis Union Station Hotel & Aquarium
1820 Market St · 2.2 km away
Nantucket Cove
Kingshighway at West Pine Boulevard · 2.2 km away
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