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West End
Central West End general boundaries are defined as Delmar Blvd. on the North, southward to N Vandeventer Ave. on the East, westward to Interstate Highway 64 (I-64) on the South, northward to S. Kingshighway Blvd, westward to Lindell Blvd. northward to Union Blvd on the West to Delmar Blvd.
Useful Contacts
Aldermen
- Frank Williamson Ward 26
- Jeffrey L Boyd Ward 22
- Heather Navarro Ward 28
Neighborhood Improvement Specialist(s)
- Brian Kolde Ward 28 portion
- Jo Ann Rankins-Cannon Ward 26 portion
- Patricia A. Jackson Ward 22 portion
Citizens' Service Bureau
Parks in West End
Amherst Park
Amherst Park takes its name from Baron Jeffrey Amherst (1717-1747), a British army officer in the French and Indian war.
Forest Park
Forest Park was dedicated on June 24, 1876, coinciding with the centenary of the United States Declaration of Independence.
Greg Freeman Park
The park was named after Greg Freeman, a St. Louis Post-Dispatch writer who was beloved throughout the city. This was done in August, 2009 after he died in 2002.
Gwen Giles Park
The park was placed into ordinance in 1959, it was formerly known as Catalpa Park named after the elegant tree with the long seed pods and large heart shaped leaves common in these parts and native to a very small area in Southern Illinois/Missouri/Arkansas/Kentucky and Tennessee along the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. The Catalpa is one of the most quintessential Midwestern American trees truly native to this center part of the country, and has since spread throughout the Eastern U.S.
Parkland Park
This 2.35 acre park was placed into ordinance in 1968 and it totally has the feel of a late 60's early 70's park. The park is across Hamilton Avenue from a massive surface parking lot formerly serving the 1960's era Cook Elementary school, now occupied by West End Mount Carmel Community Services.
Russell Park
This track of land was donated to the City of St. Louis by the late St. Louis Architect, Ernest J. Russell.
Ruth Porter Mall
This narrow 8.12 acre strip of land from the intersection of DeBaliviere Avenue and Delmar Boulevard all the way north to Etzel and Blackstone Avenues in the West End Neighborhood.
Samuel Kennedy Park
This park can accurately be described as a pocket park based on the small, irregular strip of land that it was built upon. The sliver of space is between Olive Street and Washington Avenue, just east of Kingshighway.
Taylor Park
Previously it was a grass field. Per a 2010 article by Sarah Fenske in the Riverfront Times, Taylor Park was formerly the CWE Dog Park. The city obtained development rights of the site as part of a recent deal that allowed Barnes Jewish Hospital to take over Hudlin Park, which was technically part of Forest Park, but located across Kingshighway Boulevard to the east. You may remember the park that included tennis courts and playground equipment.
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