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Oct 19, 2023 · In the early 2000s, St. Louis rappers Nelly and Chingy brought national attention to how many Black St. Louisans pronounce words that end with an “R” sound like “urr.”. Words like there, hair and ear can sound like “thurr,” “hurr” and “urr.”. The sound also pops up in the middle of words, making words like Aaron and iron ...
Oct 29, 2020 · St. Louis was called “first inland city on the globe” by journalist Horace Greeley, and Walt Whitman, William T. Sherman, and local boosters supported the idea of making it the nation’s new capitol, even if it meant moving the old one “brick-by-brick.” (168) By 1890, “The city had the largest train station, brewery, chemical plants ...
Jul 20, 2021 · July 20, 2021 6:35 AM EDT. Known as the Gateway City, St. Louis boasts a number of noteworthy happenings in 2021, just in time for Missouri’s bicentennial. On the food front, Casa Don Alfonso ...
Jul 20, 2021 · The magazine highlighted the city's "reinvigorated downtown." On Tuesday, TIME magazine selected St. Louis as one of the 100 World's Greatest Places for 2021. The list was compiled by correspondents and contributors from around the world, and each nominated places that offered "new and exciting experiences."
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The Divided City: An Urban Humanities Initiative. In 2014, faculty in the humanities and in architecture and urban design at Washington University began their initial drafting of what would become “The Divided City: An Urban Humanities Initiative.”. Our intent was to develop a four-year project that would focus on the ways in which ...
May 23, 2023 · The name change may be minor, but it underscores an emerging identity for the St. Louis region as a leader in the geospatial industry. “St. Louis put in the effort years ago to have this new facility built here and then recognized that that was not the end of the journey, that was the beginning of the journey,” said Keith Masback, principal ...
a city on the Mississippi River in the US state of Missouri.It was established in 1764 by the French, who named it after King Louis IX. It was part of the Louisiana Purchase and became a major port for steamboats (= river boats driven by steam) in the 19th century.
