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Monthly Archives: October 2010
Haunting St. Louis I
As autumn wends its way thru October, chill winds from the west and north turn the leaves to gold and flame. The old year, approaching the eleventh of its twelve calendrical months, is dying; going out in a last blaze … Continue reading
Posted in Happenings, Hauntings, History, Irish, St. Louis
Tagged #13 Hortense Place, Angel Without Wings, Arsenal Hill, Bellefontaine Cemetery, Benton Park, Cafe Louie, Celtic Festival of the Dead, Cherokee Cave, De Menil Place, Halloween, Hauntings, Herman Luyties, Indian Cave, Isaiah Sellers, Laclede's Landing, Leo Lentelli, November's Eve, Sam Clemen's Premonition in St. Louis, Samhain, St. Louis, St. Louis University, The Campbell House Museum, The Exorcism of 1949, The Lemp Mansion, The Morgan Street Brewery, The Old Post Office St. Louis, The Roberts' Orpheum Theater, The Staircase at Fort Belle Fontaine
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C.W.E. – North
No street in St. Louis better exemplifies the adage that “money can’t buy happiness” than Hortense Place, which runs between Euclid Ave. and Kingshighway Blvd. in the Central West End. Developed by cotton magnate and banker, Jacob Goldman, who was … Continue reading
Posted in History, Neighborhoods, Recollections, St. Louis
Tagged Cafe Balaban, Dressels Public House, Herbie's Vintage '72, Hortense Place, Jacob Goldman, Kopperman's Specialty Foods and Delicatessan, Landmarks Association of St. Louis, Left Bank Books, Llywelyn's Pub, Rothschilds Antiques, T.S. Eliot, Tennessee Williams, The Euclid Building, The Gypsy Cowboy
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Haunting St. Louis II
There are hauntings and there are hauntings. A harsh word spoken to a loved one in childhood can come back to haunt one in old age for it can never be taken back. Who hasn’t such memories? When Sam Clemens … Continue reading →