I have been asked by Editor Miner to answer a question from someone at the NextSTL website regarding what businesses or entities occupied the four corners of the intersection of Manchester and Big Bend in 1955. I can share this with my readers and kill two birds with one stone. I believe I have covered […]
Missouri Department of Transportation Communications Specialist Andrew Gates reported last week on the ongoing work along Manchester Road between Big Bend and Lindbergh boulevards. Drivers can expect lane closures and shifts along Mary Avenue, Dorothy and Van Mark Way once work starts until about mid-December, he said. From Gates: Our utility partners are still working […]
Legacy.com reported Mr. Seng’s passing. See more reported in the news. Feast Magazine — Deer Creek Bar & Grill continues the legacy of a beloved Maplewood neighborhood staple Legacy.com — Charles Seng Obituary (2021) – Saint Louis, MO – St. Louis Post-Dispatch – Legacy.com — the St. Louis Post Dispatch reported the Seng’s 70th wedding […]
Who the heck has ever even heard of the Colonial Pleasure Club much less knows exactly where it was located? Lillian Weber Herold once did. So does her direct descendant who has been kind enough to share this latest discovery with us. So will you after you read this post. I know I have said […]
And the hits just keep on comin’! That was a line I most likely first heard on KXOK sometime in the 1960s. I don’t know where to go with that metaphor so I’ll just mix them up a bit. We have hit the paydirt in the mountain of Maplewood History once again. We have struck […]
Maplewood Police Officer Jason Schuster on Thursday sent an email to block captains, asking them to tell their neighbors about a recent increase in reported thefts from vehicles (catalytic convertors and break-ins) and property damage/graffiti. Schuster passed on information on catalytic convertor thefts that will be featured in the upcoming Fall/Winter Maplewood Newsletter: The St. […]
This Friday, October the 8th, the Mid County C of C is having their annual auction, a 1920’s Soiree. You can get all of the details here. For about the last decade or so, the kind folks at Frame of Mind Picture Framing Shop and I have partnered to produce a highly collectible image for […]
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