St. Louis' Most Famous Street and More: Delmar Loop, Central West End, St. Louis, Missouri 4K.

The Delmar Loop provides college students in the area another option of night life and entertainment. Not just college students, but people of all ages. I drive through the Central West End neighborhood of St. Louis, which some would say is the cities nicest. I also drive by St. Louis University, and through the Grand Center district which holds a couple of classic theaters.
Olive Blvd: 1:33 - 5:20
Olivette: 1:33 - 1:50
University City: 1:50 - 7:55
Delmar Loop: 6:00 - 9:10
Skinker-DeBaliviere: 9:10 - 10:32
DeBaliviere Place: 10:32 - 11:57
Central West End: 11:57 - 19:23
Midtown: 19:23 - 24:14
St. Louis University: 19:23
Grand Center: 24:14 - 27:38
Fox Theater and Powell Hall: 25:20
Central West End Again: 27:38 - End
St. Louis: 7:55 - End
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[@mmc11512]

People make a big mistake of when going to St. Louis just going to Downtown and making a negative judgement about the place. Its definitely a "neighborhood" town as opposed to somewhere everything is concentrated on Downtown.

[@ChrisHarden]

Accurate statement.

[@tutorialsbyaaron6707]

Yes but however downtown is dangerous if you live in St. Louis I used to live here apparently people get hit or they will get in a accident there are some bad drivers but after St Louis downtown isn’t as bad as people say just make sure to lock your doors

[@bladerunner1458]

Thanks for the wonderful video. After visiting St. Louis many times and going for many architectural tours the The brick and stone and face brick used throughout the city is Exceptional. Oh the details and the craftsmanship of a St. Louis bungalow is beyond other bungalows in other cities. What’s unique is the Soulard area because of its age. Also The Bush Anheuser Busch tour is free with free beer! Getting around with bike and transit was easy and the museums are mostly free. After the fires in 1848 it was decided all construction will be brick and stone. I hope all this can be saved for the future.

[@brianmiller5444]

Agree 100%. Although I'll also put a plug in for the pre 1950s architectural vernacular in Chicago. I love the average working class bungalows and three flats and courtyard buildings in Chicago.

[@Steve-nm4dm]

This was a great tour. I spent my 20s in the Central West End, attended St. Louis University, and hung out on the Delmar Loop. I didn't have a car, so I walked all these streets and know them like the back of my hand. These are my old haunts and I have fond memories. People definitely misunderstand St. Louis as it has some great neighborhoods. Thanks for this tour, you really made my day and brought back some good memories. Oh, my parents went to their first date at the Fox Theater on Grand Blvd. Many memories. Midtown has made a lot of progress since I lived in STL, hope the momentum returns after pandemic. I have been watching your Detroit videos because it seems like STL & Detroit should be similar, except Detroit is bigger. Therefore, I am very curious about Detroit neighborhoods.

[@ChrisHarden]

I'm glad that you enjoy! There's a lot of cool places within Detroit that I haven't made a video on yet, but I'll be taking care of that later this year... Stay tuned.

[@ayaanlandyn6790]

I guess Im quite off topic but do anyone know a good website to watch newly released tv shows online?

[@elliottkolker4321]

As one of the 51,000+ at its peak from University City, I thank you for a fine excursion down Olive Street Road--as we called it then--I lived just inside the Inner Belt, as we called it when first built. We moved before I entered high school. Graduated form Parkway Centrall ('69) It was my route commuting to Washington Univ, were I graduated in '73 My mother grew up near the Delmar Loop. Graduated U City High, Class of 1936. Two things: Tennessee Williams attended high school in U City. Joe Edwards partner in Blueberry Hill was St. Louisan Chuck Berry.

[@ricardoherron7241]

Beautiful video.....St Louis is a dangerous city I use to live there

[@kimharpe6074]

Both St Louis and Detroit has a lot of personality in their architecture beautiful old buildings and the red brick...Both cities has great potential I hope both can pull themselves out of the mess they are in both criminally and a stunt in growth ❤

[@CJColvin]

Right, the only way for those 2 cities to pull out of the criminal element is to get the evil Democratic leaders out of office.

[@craignovy2090]

I am so much enjoying your St. Louis playlist! Great history, character and different districts in a gently rolling area with trees. In all your videos you show and understand the good and the bad. If only ithe area was safer it could be a real tourist destination. The work you are doing here Chris adds so much to the possibility of better times not just here but anywhere.

[@ruict]

Nostalgia, Minute 22:02, you made a left. If you just kept going for two more blocks, you would've seen the Construction on the right of the New Soccer Stadium for new ST. Louis City SC soccer team entering MLS next year. I was so much hoping you kept going straight.

[@jenjuice432]

Used to live on Pine in the CWE at that tall red brick building on the right. Good times. CWE is by far my favorite neighborhood.

[@erikmcc804]

wow Nostalgia, you getting real (very) close to where i dwell at LOL, thanks for the catches and you past by my old school, st louis university thanks again guy :-)

[@thomasthorn1011]

I was born in St Louis, Mo. to. My grandma / mom babysit Redd Foxx when she lived there back in the day.

[@jimleonard8225]

I've lived in St. Louis my entire life, and currently live in the south city neighborhood of St. Louis Hills, but in the 80's and 90's I lived and worked in the areas this video traces. It was so great to watch this video and think "oh, I lived there!" "Hey I worked there", or "wow that's where we threw that party back in '91!" So much has changed and continues to. I'm going to be taking a drive through my old stomping grounds very soon. Thanks for the memories!

[@WILL_E_1]

Great video, narrative, and tunes ✌️

[@davidasberry7758]

Awesome, clear and sharp video. Instant subscribe

[@christophermunoz205]

Was a goid place to hang out in late 90s central west end and the riverfront

[@kimberlycarter5317]

That was a nice tour of St. Louis 😊

[@michaelmccullin5725]

Really enjoyed this video. I was born in St. Louis, and raised in what they now call the Central West End. I have been living in major cities on the east Coast for the last 50 years, and am planning a relocation to my home town. I love riding virtually through these streets with your videos. The graphics are very helpful also. Good work! Go Jr. Bills!

[@ChrisHarden]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@tammiealmany6239]

Awesome thanks ☺️

[@Donny_Shoes]

Down olive, beyond the bridge, has been reconstructed. One both sides of the street ❤ 🎉 🙏 🌞

[@stevenflickinger6325]

This is an awesome site!!! Great trip through memory lane when you can't get to the actual place in person!!!

[@erikriza7165]

i remember the Tivoli Theatre

[@briantresick3436]

Another great video. Thank you. You should be doing voice over work too.

[@erikriza7165]

looks like a fun place

[@bobwallace9814]

Never been to a drive thru St Louis before so this was good. One of your stats that comes up in all city drives is your comparison from the city today vs the peak population years. They all the same thing in common....the 1950's were the highwater mark of all these cities in all categories. Looking at 1950's videos of these cities bears that out. The crime statistics used are misleading to label a city such as St Louis and others as dangerous. They do indeed lead in murders as example but is it really city wide? Zip codes are the definitive measurement that should be used. It's not even a racial thing, it is however a cultural thing that plays out all over the world.

[@ChrisHarden]

Well said and well thought out comment as always.

[@jeffking4176]

This is my old stomping ground. I’m from University City. [ just south of Delmar]. I lived within a decent walk from either the Loop, and Forest Park. I could take a nice bike ride to the Zoo. You talk about the Trolly. I remember the old Trolly❗️ I’ve been on the Trolley with my grandmother from home to the Loop, and up into Clayton. That Street Car line from the Loop to Clayton went right up our Street [ Pershing]. Also , at one time Olive Blvd signs were marked [ and it was known as] “Olive Street Road “. Why - ive no idea, but it was eventually changed. The architecture of old St.L. Is really something special. 📻🙂

[@geodavid51]

So many familiar places including two schools I attended and a lot where I used to live. Also saw some building which are new since I last visited just 3 or so years ago.

[@kraigtaylor8777]

Come to Louisville KY

[@cptn_chromo3189]

If you want some beautiful areas to drive through Flora Place in Shaw, Compton Heights, and Lafayette Square are slotted just south of I-44 in the city.

[@edljnehan2811]

Chris don't go mad in circles. We've got enough road rage in the Lou. LOL

[@alexisgrande289]

STL looks like a little Chicago

[@robertgoode1573]

You put in a lot of effort and I hate to be hyper-critical...but it's disappointing that you did not know where to go. In the Central West End, you would want to show Euclid Ave., it runs north south; you only crossed over it. If you had driven down Euclid, you would have seen some of the "private places", which St. Louis is well-known for. Also, "Lindell" is not pronounced lynn-DELL, it's pronounced LYNN-dle.

[@Steve-nm4dm]

I would have liked to see Euclid Avenue, too. That is where the shops and cafes are. But, I am glad he showed what he showed.

[@belindaforte3121]

What parts of St. Louis did u say were segregated?

[@brianmiller5444]

North (Black) South (White)

[@lavinaweathersby7889]

This is so cool. What made you start doing this type of video?

[@ChrisHarden]

I could probably do a whole video on that, but for a short answer I just enjoy traveling and seeing all the different cities and towns.

[@gfexc]

I walked out of Cicero´s one night. Next thing you know, a U City cop who saw me walk out gets behind me and pulls me over. Totally crazed out and yelling to get the F*** out of the car. No reason given. Then he starts searching my car everywhere, still mad at something and threatening me with making me walk home. This psycho cop kept yelling and asking me why I had my passport in my glove compartment. At this point this guy is ballistic screaming out of control, while searching under the seats. Lucky for me some back up cars showed up and finally the other cops asked this guy what a passport had to do with driving, until he snapped out of his crazed state. Told me to get in my F*** car and leave before he made me walk home. Somebody gave this psycopath a gun and a badge.

[@JuanCantWin]

OOHHHHH ST. LOUIS I LOVE YOU BABY!

[@edljnehan2811]

What about the Tropicana Lanes on Washington Avenue downtown? I live right across the street from it.

[@allenhook3042]

I love your videos, and I love seeing where im from on them, however this video tje talking was just so loud it bothered me, maybe its just me w a headache though.

[@erikmcc804]

BTW Can you do one on Maplewood Mo :-)

[@JanJan-pq4im]

Huhn? No road past Hanley, going North from Delmar to Olive? What about North&South, Hwy-170, and Price Road? They all go from Delmar to Olive, not strictly Northwest direction though. If you are talking of East of Hanley, there is Midland.

[@erikmcc804]

also the the trolley is gone, no wants it :-(

[@edljnehan2811]

I didn't know that the U City trolley was gone. I had a feeling from the get-go that it wouldn't work out.

[@gardensteps]

@@edljnehan2811 The trolley is back in operation, I think.

[@edljnehan2811]

@@gardensteps well good. I'll just put on my bulletproof and tactical vest my combat helmet strap-on my two 357 Magnum revolvers and grab my 12-gauge shotgun and if the weather is nice I'll head over there.

[@gardensteps]

@@edljnehan2811 Funny. But in reality, people like you are keeping St. Louis real estate reasonable for the rest of us. When you condemn a metro of 3 million just because of the nonsense that happens in a small inner city of 300K. St. Louis City is bad, just like a lot of other inner cities across the country. But the surrounding counties around St. Louis City contain some of the safest communities in the US.

[@edljnehan2811]

@@gardensteps well joy I beg to differ with you just a little. You're right the entire metro area is 2.9 Million and the city is just like you said 300,000 so it's a small portion of that. But I'm 66 years old and I've lived here my whole life and not just in the city the county as well. Even as a deputy sheriff now retired I ran out of Safe places to live. I finally moved downtown because I had good memories from the 1970s when I worked down there. Now it seems like the crap has followed me downtown. It's nothing to have 2 or 3 shootings and or killings a week down here. So I went from being Barn in North Saint Louis which became a Battlefield moving to South Saint Louis in 1970 which became a Battlefield moving to the county in the late 70s early 80s which became a Battlefield then back to the city which once again became a Battlefield and then finally resting downtown where I never leave my department unless I'm armed to the teeth. The only thing I forgot to mention on my trip to the trolley would be to bring an umbrella.

[@moparman8254]

the trolley that was put back in is all readily broke it cost several million to build now i was cost even more to remove & restore the streets

[@jjhatnm]

Go Pros are terrible for video quality, if that's what you are using. They are only good if you are standing still and have perfect sunlight. Outside of the video quality, love your videos!

[@jenjuice432]

Seems pretty good to me.

[@jjhatnm]

@@jenjuice432 They aren't terrible, just doesn't look like good 4K to me.

[@brianmiller5444]

@@jjhatnm They are better than 90% of the "amateur" travel videos on line.

[@marcmo7138]

You didn't mention the Pageant Theatre, you drove right past it.

[@danielsentertainmentproduc1527]

Any southern Illinois cities you still have to go

[@ChrisHarden]

Not many

[@patrickross3821]

I know many ppl in these places who are more than willing to be apart of this

[@MMotherDucker]

Isn’t the art museum in Forest Park?

[@MMotherDucker]

Never mind, that’s the University library.

[@Steve-nm4dm]

@@MMotherDucker There is an art museum at St. Louis University, too. I think that is what he pointed out. The main art museum is in Forest Park..

[@fernandosremodeling7337]

Cherokee street to in st louis mo

[@aspartame_xu]

It’s wired that St Louis always has so little amount of walking people on the streets.

[@colebruning7187]

How about Branson

[@shakazulu365]

Why don't you come to KC, it's one of the best cities in the US.

[@edljnehan2811]

Boring unless you like barbecue.

[@shakazulu365]

@@edljnehan2811 KC makes STL look like trash. KC is vibrant, growing, better music and arts scene. You've obviously never been.

[@brianmiller5444]

@@shakazulu365 Visually boring. Except for that famous shopping mall. Bland wood frame architecture.

[@shakazulu365]

@@brianmiller5444 you're an id iot that's obviously never been to KC. Mor on.

[@brianmiller5444]

@@shakazulu365 yes I have. It’s a sprawl of generic midwestern development on the border of Kansas. why so serioussssss?

[@elliottkolker4321]

Re: Delmar and the Racial Divide: I'm pleasantly surprised to hear Delmar periodically finds itself listed as one of the Greatest Streets in the USA. Back in the day my father called Delmar the longest street in the world, running from Africa to Israel.

[@marcmo7138]

lmao

[@missyanndavenport3745]

West Pine and Pine are 2 different streets

[@Jasonificatiation]

Nelly 🤣

[@kevinl4687]

6:23 Building straight ahead behind the trees is the scientology building.

[@catebar9204]

Segregation is a choice not an issue for Black and White. Also you move too fast to enjoy the tour. Your facts are interesting nevertheless. Also it would be helpful if you told the name of each street you are wizzing along.

[@brianmiller5444]

LOL. I hope you live in a red state where you don't need to have your spotless conservative mind bothered by history.

[@catebar9204]

@@brianmiller5444 I know history, but I don't live in the past...it can eat you up.🥺

[@joeryanstrialbook2005]

Ridiculous, Delmar the city's most famous street.

[@klaway2260]

Now this is a dangerous city.

[@robertgoode1573]

It's NOT. St. Louis city limits are REALLY small. They don't factor anything in the county where crime rate is LOW. So, don't believe all those stats because they are NOT accurate! The small city limit of St. Louis might be compared to other cities that are part of the entire county.

[@klaway2260]

James Town Mall is in the county of St.louis Hazelwood wasn't their a double murder inside the mall or something dangerous

[@Pacm39960]

@@klaway2260 Jamestown mall has been closed for almost a decade

[@juliam1099]

It FELT dangerous when I was there. It was the week or so before Labor Day in 2016. I was visiting one of my closest friends who lives in University City. I came the evening before her last day of work before she was off. At about 1 p.m. there was a loud knock at the front door. Four policeman were outside and told me two guys were seen trying to break into the house. They had been at another house nearby too - or tried to get in. I had been napping upstairs when the police woke me up. After they left I couldn't really relax until my friend got home. A few days later we went to visit the Scott Joplin house/museum. Very interesting but when we got there a policeman was talking to the woman running the place that day. Something had happened - I think there was a broken window and possibly some sort of drug exchange outside. Details are sketchy but something had just happened. And after the weekend, I read about a few homicides that happened that weekend.

[@gardensteps]

@@juliam1099 The city is dangerous. The surrounding counties are not.