Built St. Louis:
Washington Avenue
Washington Avenue has long been a notable location in the city. Forming the northern edge of downtown, it became city's garment district after the Eads Bridge opened at its east end in the 1870s. It retained that status until as recently as the 1980s, when the last of the factories moved out and the first of the loft rehabbers arrived. Warehouses, shoe factories, and hat manufacturers lined its blocks from the river out to 18th Street; today, the buildings they put up form one of St. Louis's most urbanistic vistas.
Above: the view looking west from St. Louis Centre at 7th Street.