As all communities once were, JVL used to be a bustling area... nowadays it's on its way to becoming a totally desolate wasteland like much of St. Louis. Make no mistake, the same fate that Detroit was cursed with is the same fate that awaits St. Louis. Makes me want to cry. 🥲

Great work!

When I'm driving over on Skinker and when I see insane beautiful girls in bikinis on rollerblades in Forest Park on that trail I think to myself Delmar is only a stone's throw away Girls that rollerblade in a bikini in summer in Forest Park are cuckoo They're putting themselves in great Danger St Louis is dangerous and those girls are foolish. Native of St Louis Dexter Lombardo 🧔🤠 🚫🛼🛼🚫

Soon Compton Heights will be a mirror of South Grand, a decimated shell of trash, graffiti and crime. It is coming quickly and the city of St Louis does NOTHING.

Richmond Heights ........ Blach Doctor's Row ?

Skinker nice too lolol

Amazing the Arzt Home. Tks!

Great video! You and Nathan make a good team! I need to find msyelf a Hyde Park lager shirt! Taking the bus to school in the 90s (Enright Middle, Visitation Park area), I could still see many Hyde Park ads on painted on bars' exterior walls, etc. Those ads must have been 50 years old at that point. I wonder if any have survived.

Nice job !!!! Congratulations on hitting 1000 subscribers. That's an amazing milestone and keep up the great work.

How many floors does the central library have ?

It's so beautiful ! A grand tribute to literature , reading and thinking . The noticible see-yourself shine on the marble floors is outstanding . And the stained glass window . Is it a L .C.Tiffany creation ? Thanks for sharing . St. Louis bibliophiles must be very proud .

Love your videos, man! I especially enjoy these collaborations with Nathan Jackson. He's an ace!

I love the restaurants on the Hill, amazing food, and such a beautiful place! I'm Italian as well, though I grew up in San Francisco. I love how they've retained our culture and heritage on the Hill. You'd be right there were very mixed feelings about Italians fighting in the wars, the government didnt really trust them, especially not when we were at war with Italy itself. But realistically, the Italian immigrants in America overwhelmingly hated Italy's leaders and any thought of communism; it was the whole reason they came here. My grandfather, who was born in Sicily, proudly fought on behalf of America in WWII.

I rode it in 1996. It goes thru and to alot of places. Great rail line Great video. Thanks.

Great Video 😊 This game is so easy to make an out.

Thanks for making this video. I remembered playing Cork in the School yard and park. Never was good at it. 😂😂😂

Interesting....never heard of cork ball before. Thanks!

Truly nothing like it was back the 70s early 80s. I grew up there then.

St. Louis needs an NFL team again! That city definitely supports NFL Football more than Jacksonville does and a much bigger market than at least 10 cities that has a team. The only reason why attendance was bad because the team was bad!! It’s a no brainer every team is that way!!

I remember growing up near the park and visiting the park with my friends. We had so much fun…😁😁😁

It was a grand venue for outdoor gatherings and events. Incredibly dangerous now. I wouldn't recommend tourists stopping by there.

To explore, can you just go there and go inside ? Or do you have to check in? Buy tickets? Call in advance?

The city and county libraries have not merged. They have a sharing agreement of their books, CD’s, DVD’s etc. In other words they share their collections, but they are still separate entities. Cool video and lots of good history 👍

My daughter moved there for a bit. She loved it

Thanks for the tour of the neighborhood. I wasn't familiar with the area. Stay safe 🙏

More murders per capita than any other city in the U.S., Tijuana is safer by far.

Is the Benton farmhouse mentioned at 51:00 missing a top floor? That square bit on the left front side looks weird. Thanks for taking me along on this trip. These buildings are beautiful.

I just returned from visiting this magnificent Cathedral, it’s a must see if your in St. Louis regardless of your faith, it’s simply breathtaking.

Hey fuck you for the urban decay stament

Grew up going to this park, learned how to swim and play tennis there

Where my mom went

Happy to have lived her for almost 30 years.

Great video

A city destroyed by corporate greed and white flight. I lived there for 7 years. Every year it got worse. Just a hollow shell of a city now.

Amazing video. I’m thankful I found your channel. I feel so lucky to be from a city with so much history and such beautiful architecture.

Excellent! Thank you!

living car free in St. Louis isn't the worst but it could be better

Another high end hood destroyed by the hood

A great illustration of how cars ruin cities.

Great history lesson! Thank you for this!

Wow, who knew all those facts! Loved watching your video while riding out Tropical Storm Debby here in Florida! Brings back a lot of memories of STL. My mom was a graduate of Beaumont in the early 1940s. I remember riding by Fairgrounds Park while up North, my maternal grandmother lived in Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood on Garasche, but earlier lived on Warne Ave. I never knew about the zoo at the park and the park's rich and diverse history. My mom often went to Cardinal games at Sportsman's Park as part of the Knothole Gang. I think they sat in bleachers. Thanks so much for posting and making my night while the storm rages outside!

Such amazing history - thank you so much for documenting these special places and sharing your knowledge!

Thanks for the Video. I've a lot of Fun Memories of that park.

Great historical reel thank you😊

Nice area. But forest park is still my fav. Beautiful. 😢😮😅😊

Thank you

Thanks for The Tour. That Amico Sign reminds of when my sister and I used to pass it to go to the Esquire Theater. 😊

Being from St. Louis and not knowing 95% of this stuff is mind blowing. I always loved our architecture, beautiful designs just need some TLC but all the history I didn’t know makes me feel like I never really experienced the city lol

Excellent Video. I pass by that area about once or twice a week. Stay safe and cool. 😊

We lived at 3901 Kossuth and walked to school every day. We only had one car which my Dad used for work. My Mom never drove and was a stay at home mom. My dad bought our 100 year old historical house that was built for visiting horse jockeys who trained and raced horses at Fairgrounds park. Life was just beautiful. By the way my dad purchased the house on the V.A. Bill for $ 7000 dollars ( he was a WW two vet. US Coast Guard ).