St. Louis Lost : Uncovering The City's Lost Architectural Treasures

By Mary Bartley

Gone But Not Forgotten...In St. Louis Lost, author Mary Bartley uncovers the architechtural treasures of the city - and the stories of the people behind the walls - that have since vanished.

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The city's first "rehab" project, when Auguste Chouteau renovated a home built by Pierre LaClede, later torn down.

The 1,155-acre Chouteau's Pond that covered part of what is now downtown St. Louis

The destruction of Indian burial mounds similar to those which exist now in Cahokia.

Vandeventer Place, thought to be the grandest of the private streets ever built.

A 1947 city of St. Louis plan that still exists, calling for the destruction of "obsolescent" and "blighted" neighborhoods such as Lafayette Square, Soulard, and the Hill.

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