Tower Grove South, St. Louis Explained

Tower Grove South
Type:Neighborhood of St. Louis
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Missouri
Subdivision Type3:City
Subdivision Name3:St. Louis
Parts Type:Wards
Parts Style:para
P1:8, 10, 14, 15
Leader Title:Aldermen
Population Total:12,719
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Sq Mi:1.49
Population Density Sq Mi:auto
Postal Code Type:ZIP code(s)
Postal Code:Part of 63116
Area Code Type:Area code(s)
Area Code:314
Website:stlouis-mo.gov

Tower Grove South is a neighborhood of south St. Louis, Missouri. Formerly known as Oak Hill, Tower Grove South is bounded by Arsenal Street on the north, Chippewa Street on the south, Kingshighway Boulevard on the west, and Grand Boulevard on the east. The majority of the neighborhood was built following the extension of streetcar lines from downtown St. Louis. Commercial development in the neighborhood is concentrated on Grand Boulevard in the east and Morganford Road in the west of the neighborhood. There are also scatterings of commercial and mixed use buildings on interior intersections.

During the 1990s through the present, the neighborhood has been reversing a slow decline with the widespread rehabilitation of residential, commercial, and mixed use structures. The Grand Boulevard business district on the eastern flank of the neighborhood was the first urban business district in the neighborhood to see rehabilitation and new pedestrian scale construction. After 2000, the smaller Morganford Road business district on the west side of the neighborhood has also seen substantial reinvestment in the form of new restaurants, bars, retail, and a neighborhood scale storefront grocery store, specializing in Natural foods and locally grown foods.

Demographics

In 2020 the neighborhood's population was 57.6% White, 21.8% Black, 0.4% Native American, 7.7% Asian, 7.6% Two or More Races, and 4.8% Some Other Race. 8.4% of the population was of Hispanic or Latino origin.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/planning/research/documents/2020-census-neighborhood-results.cfm 2020 Census Neighborhood Results
  2. Web site: City of St. Louis - Neighborhood Population & Demographics Census 2020 P.L. 94-171 Redistricting Data Release . https://web.archive.org/web/20231001115056/https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/planning/research/documents/upload/Total-Population-by-Neighborhood-Census-2020-Redistricting-Release-2.pdf . 2023-10-01.