Lewis Place finally receiving state aid

Rachel Lippmann — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:22:22 +0000

Nearly a year after a tornado damaged 91 homes in the area, residents of the Lewis Place neighborhood in north St. Louis are getting some help from the state of Missouri.

The Board of Aldermen on Friday voted to accept $500,000 in state disaster assistance. The city's required $500,000 match came from community development funds. Mayor Francis Slay will sign the measure as soon as he can.

Bound by Division - Race in St. Louis

Rachel Lippmann — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:35:00 +0000

As a commercial strip with a street car line down the middle, Delmar Boulevard formed a natural dividing line between St. Louis’s black and white populations. Lawmakers, banks and Realtors exploited that fact, using restrictive covenants and redlining to transform the natural barrier into a legal one.The practice wasn’t unique to St. Louis – but it was far more strategic, intentional and formal here – and it has left a legacy of Delmar as a psychologically powerful “red line.”

Terry Kennedy

Lewis Place finally receiving state aid

Bound by Division - Race in St. Louis