St. Louis

The Hill is the Italian community of St. Louis; it has the largest Italian American majority in St. Louis. The population is approximately 2,500 people including myself. It is home to many Italian businesses, mostly restaurant, bakeries, and delis. The name comes from the fact that the highest point of the city is in the Hill’s borders. The Hill community has played a crucial role in my development as a person. In the late 1800s and early 1900s Italians started to settle the area because of…

completeness, pride, and sense of owning some portion of that facility. (Living St. Louis). At this time, the community of East St. Louis was going through a period of transition marked by violence and anger. Dunham wanted to help change the community so she involved herself with younger gang members in order to get a sense of what was truly happening in the community. As she gained the trust of young individuals in the East St. Louis area she founded the Performing Arts Training Center…

classy, well managed restaurant that is sure to make all of their customers leave happy. Favazza’s is a well-known restaurant to those familiar with “The Hill”. It’s a family place, run by a family business. The very first Favazza’s was in Downtown St. Louis, owned by the father of the current owners of Favazza’s on the Hill, Tony and John. Tony and John Favazza have been in the restaurant business their entire life and said that if they ever wanted to see their father, they had to come into…

The foundation of The United States was started by the Native Americans and was later fortified by the numerous immigrants who kick started the prosperity of the United States. There is no one race that defines the people of the United States, it is an eclectic combination of many different ethnicities. This definition of the United States and its many races is abundantly obvious is Missouri. Missouri is an eclectic group of races including Native Americans, Europeans, and even some southerners.…

In Sarah 's Kendzior 's article, "Ferguson Won 't Heal", she explores St. Louis ' history and contrasts it with it’s present, comparing the bitterness of race riots and the Michael Brown Shooting with the sweetness of cakes that pepper the privileged areas of the city. Kendzior 's article compares Darren Wilson 's administrative leave and the article of "The Grand Jury Says no Now St. Louis make the most of it" with the rubbing of salt in a wound; Ferguson 's explosive history combined with its…

Experiencing African Arts Festival African Art Festival is a St. Louis tradition in the city. It’s sponsored by Washington University, Saint Louis Zoo, Saint Louis Art Museum, Office of Minority Health, and Recycling on the Go organization. The festival was located in Forest Park in St. Louis. Over half of the park was filled with African artists, vendors, and african musicians and dancers. The festival was a three day long event. May 28th - until May 30th. Each day the event started at 10 and…

Allowing Renegade (Gardens) Saint Louis is home to “about 10,000 parcels of vacant land that have come to public ownership involuntarily through tax foreclosure”(Land). A majority of these vacant properties are in low-income neighborhoods, the residents of which, live at least a half mile (often more) away from a grocery store with fresh produce. Saint Louis as a result, is barren, as outlined by the graph provided by the USDA Economic Research Service (pictured right). This type of barrenness…

Prize, The New York Drama Circle Award and the Donaldson Award. He was a prolific author and playwright, but he began a personal downward spiral. By the mid 1950s he was dependant on alcohol and drugs. In 1969 his brother had him committed to a St. Louis mental ward, but Tennessee continued to…

The Missouri State Penitentiary was the second largest prison in the nation. It was very harsh and the other inmates were criminals. They were there for murder, theft, and lots of other horrible things. The inmates were cruel to each other and hated the guards. There were lots of different people there for many different reasons. There were even famous criminals there. In 1954 there was a riot that broke out and was chaos. There were people that escaped from here. There is a lot of history that…

St. Louis is located at the confluence of two of the world’s great rivers, the Mississippi and the Missouri rivers. St. Louis, Missouri, has a long history and diverse culture and is the largest metropolitan area in the United States. The place where the Gateway Arch is located, home to well-known sports teams like the St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Blues. St. Louis's long-lasting history begins when it was first founded in 1764 by French fur traders Pierre Laclede and Auguste Chouteau. Since…