Central West End | |
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 Top: The Central West End's most prominent buildings as seen fromBarnes-Jewish Hospital. Bottom: The Central West End seen from the Parc Frontenac apartment building. | |
 Location (red) of the Central West End withinSt. Louis | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| City | St. Louis |
| Ward | 9 |
| Government | |
| • Aldermen | Michael Browning |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.89 sq mi (4.9 km2) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 16,670 |
| • Density | 8,820/sq mi (3,410/km2) |
| ZIP code(s) | 63108, 63110 |
| Area code(s) | 314 |
| Public transit |  RedBlueAtCentral West End,Cortex |
| Website | stlouis-mo.gov |
TheCentral West End is aneighborhood inSt. Louis, Missouri, stretching fromMidtown's western edge to Union Boulevard and bordering onForest Park with its array of free cultural institutions. It includes theCathedral Basilica of Saint Louis (the New Cathedral) on Lindell Boulevard at Newstead Avenue, which houses the second-largest collection of mosaics in the world. The Central West End sits entirely within the 9th Ward.[2]
PlaywrightTennessee Williams grew up in the neighborhood, and the house of the renowned poetT. S. Eliot is located in the Central West End. Beat writerWilliam S. Burroughs's childhood home sits on Pershing Avenue (formerly Berlin Avenue) in the neighborhood. It is often mistaken as the location ofSally Benson's home, 5135 Kensington Avenue, which is the setting of her stories which were adapted into the movieMeet Me in St. Louis. 5135 Kensington Avenue was actually located in theAcademy neighborhood just across Delmar Boulevard. It is no longer standing, having been torn down in 1994 after years of neglect.[3]
George Julian Zolnay (Gyula Zsolnay) (July 4, 1863 – May 1, 1949) the Hungarian and American sculptor known as the "Sculptor of the Confederacy" lived in the Central West End in the early 1900s at 4384 Maryland Avenue.[4]
The neighborhood's boundaries are Union Boulevard and the eastern portion ofForest Park on the west,I-64/US 40 on the south,Delmar Boulevard on the north, and Vandeventer Ave[5] on the east.
The Central West End's main commercial district runs along Euclid Avenue and stretches fromForest Park Parkway on the south toDelmar Boulevard on the north. The neighborhood grew in popularity during the1904 World's Fair, held in the adjacentForest Park.
Some residential areas of the Central West End are included in theNational Register of Historic Places. One example is Fullerton's Westminster Place, whose large, architect-designed homes, most of which were built in 1890–1910. Another is theprivate place calledWashington Terrace, laid out in 1892. Modern residential buildings in Central West End include Park East Tower andOne Hundred.[6]
CWE Business Community Improvement District (CWEScene.com)
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 16,565 | — |
| 2000 | 14,144 | −14.6% |
| 2010 | 14,471 | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 16,670 | +15.2% |
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In 2020 the neighborhood's population was 56.9% White, 21.0% Black, 0.1% Native American, 13.7% Asian, 6.4% Two or More Races, and 1.9% Some Other Race. 4.7% of the population was of Hispanic or Latino origin.[10][11]
| Racial composition | 1990[12] | 2000[13] | 2010[13] | 2020[13] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | 59.1% | 55.5% | 58.0% | 56.9% |
| Black or African American | 37.9% | 36.4% | 28.0% | 21.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) | N/A | 2.0% | 2.7% | 4.7% |
| Asian | N/A | 5.4% | 11.1% | 13.7% |
| Two or More Races | N/A | 1.8% | 2.2% | 6.4% |
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