/tags/mill-creek-valley Mill Creek Valley en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Tue, 01 Oct 2024 17:33:56 GMT /race-identity-and-faith/2024-10-01/st-louis-reparations-commission-requests-feedback-on-the-draft-of-its-final-harm-report The St. Louis Reparations Commission presented a draft of its harm report during the committee’s final meeting Monday at City Hall. The proposed report includes recommendations for recognition and redistribution, eligibility requirements based on lineage or proof of residency and personal narratives woven into issue areas like police brutality, health and housing discrimination. Tue, 01 Oct 2024 17:33:56 GMT /race-identity-and-faith/2024-10-01/st-louis-reparations-commission-requests-feedback-on-the-draft-of-its-final-harm-report Andrea Y. Henderson /arts/2024-02-01/kranzberg-buys-two-historic-buildings-from-slu-for-the-arts-saving-them-from-demolition St. Louis preservationists are celebrating a plan by the Kranzberg Arts Foundation to purchase two historic Olive Street buildings that St. Louis University had planned to demolish. Thu, 01 Feb 2024 11:15:00 GMT /arts/2024-02-01/kranzberg-buys-two-historic-buildings-from-slu-for-the-arts-saving-them-from-demolition Chad Davis /race-identity-and-faith/2023-09-21/missouri-historical-society-asks-st-louisans-to-help-collect-artifacts-from-black-areas The Missouri Historical Society is gathering materials that would help preserve St. Louis' African American history. The society’s African American History Initiative plans exhibits on the Greater Ville and Mill Creek neighborhoods in the next few years. Historians are asking St. Louisans for artifacts and historical pieces to showcase. Thu, 21 Sep 2023 21:09:16 GMT /race-identity-and-faith/2023-09-21/missouri-historical-society-asks-st-louisans-to-help-collect-artifacts-from-black-areas Andrea Y. Henderson /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-09-13/demonstrators-oppose-slus-plan-to-demolish-mill-creek-buildings St. Louis University has issued demolition proposals for buildings located at 3221 and 3223 Olive St. in Covenant Blu - Grand Center — just north of the neighborhood formerly known as Mill Creek Valley. Wed, 13 Sep 2023 20:39:37 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-09-13/demonstrators-oppose-slus-plan-to-demolish-mill-creek-buildings Miya Norfleet /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-02-16/pillars-of-the-valley-cements-the-nearly-forgotten-history-of-mill-creek-valley The rich history of St. Louis' Mill Creek Valley neighborhood is now etched in stone in a public art installation. Thu, 16 Feb 2023 22:56:16 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-02-16/pillars-of-the-valley-cements-the-nearly-forgotten-history-of-mill-creek-valley Miya Norfleet /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-02-09/exploring-black-history-its-sources-and-who-gets-to-tell-it Where you learn Black history, and from whom, determines your understanding of it. Thu, 09 Feb 2023 22:59:39 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-02-09/exploring-black-history-its-sources-and-who-gets-to-tell-it Miya Norfleet /culture-history/2022-09-16/vivian-gibson-named-missouri-author-of-the-year-for-memoir-detailing-mill-creek-valley In "The Last Children of Mill Creek," Vivian Gibson describes the lives of herself, her parents and siblings in their Mill Creek home in the 1950s. The predominantly Black neighborhood, which encompassed parts of midtown and downtown St. Louis, was demolished in 1959 as part of an urban renewal campaign. The Missouri Library Association has named Gibson author of the year. Fri, 16 Sep 2022 10:15:00 GMT /culture-history/2022-09-16/vivian-gibson-named-missouri-author-of-the-year-for-memoir-detailing-mill-creek-valley Chad Davis /government-politics-issues/2021-10-19/reparations-local-policies-federal-payments St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones is one of a dozen U.S. mayors calling for local reparations to address the racial wealth gap by ending racist policies. Tue, 19 Oct 2021 10:15:59 GMT /government-politics-issues/2021-10-19/reparations-local-policies-federal-payments Chad Davis /economy-business/2021-10-15/a-new-st-louis-greenway-will-honor-mill-creek-valley-a-black-neighborhood-demolished-in-the-1950s A one-mile stretch of the Brickline Greenway along Market Street in downtown St. Louis will host an art installation commemorating the history of the former neighborhood. Fri, 15 Oct 2021 17:09:25 GMT /economy-business/2021-10-15/a-new-st-louis-greenway-will-honor-mill-creek-valley-a-black-neighborhood-demolished-in-the-1950s Corinne Ruff /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2020-04-15/in-the-last-children-of-mill-creek-vivian-gibson-portrays-a-vanished-st-louis-neighborhood In 1959, the city of St. Louis demolished more than 5,500 housing units in the Mill Creek Valley neighborhood, which stretched from St. Louis University… Wed, 15 Apr 2020 19:56:50 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2020-04-15/in-the-last-children-of-mill-creek-vivian-gibson-portrays-a-vanished-st-louis-neighborhood Sarah Fenske