In 2014, on this website, I created four posts about the Bank of Maplewood. The Bank first occupied a building on the northeast corner of Manchester and Oakview Terrace. I found numerous photographs of that building and references to it in our archival records. See also: Maplewood History: The Bank of Maplewood-Part 1, Maplewood History: […]
Maplewood’s newest restaurant, Robin Restaurant, is set to open on Thursday, March 13. Chef Alec Schingel hosted a media event on Monday, and on Tuesday the Maplewood City Council quickly approved the restaurant’s liquor license. From a press release: “Following two years of pop-ups and private dinners branded as “The Robin Project,” Chef Alec Schingel […]
Side Project Brewing, the St. Louis brewery with three locations in Maplewood (The Brewery, The Cellar, and Side Project Pizza) has officially been named one of the best beer bars in the country, ranking #9 in USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards for Best Beer Bar, according to a press release from the brewery. See […]
It has been almost exactly 119 years since this Big Bang in Maplewood. It’s been almost exactly 10 years since I first ran this post. It was a very popular post as I recall. Let’s see how it does this time. Maplewood History: The Top Ten Things You Never Knew About Maplewood’s Big Bang
Maplewood’s Saint Louis Closet Co. has successfully wrapped up its winter essentials drive in partnership with St. Louis’ Winter Outreach program and AmeriCorps St. Louis, collecting more than 1,000 items to support the city’s homeless and shelter population during the coldest months of the year, according to a press release. As part of the company’s […]
Hard to believe that it’s been ten years since I ran these three posts. It is definitely time to run them again. I will provide the links to Parts Two and Three at the end of Part One. Maplewood History: The Maplewood Planing Mill and Stair Company– Part 1
Dorothea Bruschke, Maplewood Richmond Heights German teacher from 1966-1980, died this week in her retirement community, Aberdeen Heights, in Kirkwood. Since then, former students of hers have posted memories and appreciations of her on social media. From Clark Hickman on Facebook: I am saddened to report the death of one of the favorite teachers I […]
Maplewood’s Bolyard’s Meat & Provisions will be one of the new food vendors coming to St. Louis City’s Energizer Park this year. Chris Bolyard told Fox 2, “It’s amazing for St. Louis. We’re such a food town, (and) St. Louis comes out to prove that. Everyone comes out to eat.” Bolyard told St. Louis Magazine […]
The Maplewood City Council last week voted on operations and maintenance details for the already approved Great Rivers Greenway trail through the city. The recent Council votes were for two separate agreements: An operations and maintenance agreement for the portion within city limits (final vote was 2/11/25) A cost-share agreement with Great Rivers Greenway for […]
Jack Nations Taylor died on February 8 in Desloge, Missouri, according to an obituary from the Boyer Funeral Home in Desloge. Taylor dedicated more than three decades to Maplewood-Richmond Heights School District students as a teacher and a coach of football, wrestling, and girls track. See the complete obituary.
KSDK and KMOV are reporting that more than 25 Hispanic-owned restaurants in the St. Louis area are taking part in a temporary shut-down to protest President Donald Trump’s plan to mass-deport undocumented immigrants. Maplewood’s Locoz Tacoz is one of them. Tyler Garcia, owner of Locoz Tacoz, told KMOV that the point of the shutdown is […]
Side Project Pizza opens, MRH boys basketball is winning, and Brentwood and Richmond Heights are highly ranked in the country in the latest Niche.com poll. Fox 2 — These St. Louis suburbs ranked as best places to live in the U.S. KMOV — Side Project Pizza opening in Maplewood KSDK — New St. Louis pizzeria […]
This Sunday, many of us will be watching one of the most popular games in the history of sports…the Super Bowl! If you had tuned into the Super Bowl game in 1967, 57 years ago, you would have heard a bona fide, legendary, Maplewood, football star, Paul Christman calling the play by play with another […]
Since this is from an earlier post, different businesses occupy the building today. According to the St. Louis County historian, Esley Hamilton, (now retired) this building at 3100 Sutton was most likely built in 1917 by Albert Schwartzman and his wife Rosie. They were granted a permit for a building 51 by 80 feet long. […]
Farica Chang, a woman who’s family immigrated to St. Louis from Hong Kong 1969, writes about the resilience of her grandparents in opening the Chinese restaurant, Chopsticks House, in 1971, at 7270 Manchester Road in Maplewood. Her article is: From Hong Kong to St. Louis: A Legacy of Resilience One of the photos she uses […]
Maplewood Richmond Heights School District is placing two propositions on the ballot in the April 8 election. The following information about the propositions comes from the school district. A bond sale for buildings and grounds improvements and a tax issue to boost salaries will appear on the April 8, 2025 municipal election ballot, following approval […]
Dr. Allie Foddrill, DC, owner of The Well Yard, a new business at 2741 Sutton Boulevard, in Maplewood, said she is a chiropractor by trade, but saw a gap between practicing as a chiropractor and a physical therapist. At a chiropractor’s office, “Typically you’re in and out in five minutes and you get a great […]
An athletic apparel retailer is set to open new stores in St. Louis, one is in the Galleria, and more. KSDK — Athletic apparel retailer to open two St. Louis-area stores Sarasota Herald-Tribune — Jack Lawrence Jost (MRH grad 1954) obituary St. Louis Post-Dispatch — Recap: Maplewood-RH triumphs over Hancock
As the land we occupy today was gradually converted from farmland to urban property, it was necessary to have many quarries to provide crushed stone, gravel, stone dust, etc. used in the construction of streets and highways. These quarries also provided building stone to be used in home foundations. The exterior walls in a few […]
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