Lindenwood Park
Lindenwood Park is a family-friendly neighborhood filled with shops and restaurants here with us is the president of the Lindenwood park association Janet Denooyer. Where is Lindenwood park and not Lindenwood, the one everyone thinks of—where the school is located—this is somewhere completely different. Yes, Lindenwood park neighborhood is in the southwest city.
So what does somebody searching for somewhere to live in the St Louis MO area, or maybe just passing through, what will they find in the Lindenwood Park neighborhood?
It is bounded by arsenal on the north, and Chippewa on the south, Hampton on the east, and river des Peres Blvd on the west. We are near other city neighborhoods that help place it. Saint Louis Hills, Clifton Park, and Tilles Park.
It got underway in the late 1800s. The Frisco railroad started offering commuter trains into the city, and that is what allowed people to live, which at that time was in the outskirts of st. Louis, a means of transportation to get into the city for their jobs.
So it was primarily residential, but as more and more people started moving to the area, churches and schools began being built, and more and more development occurred. I would say the majority of the construction was probably between the 1920s and early 40s. So the housing stock is older, but it’s in excellent shape and represents a variety of housing styles.
Let’s talk about some of those housing styles.
Lindenwood Outlook
Well, first of all, in many of the areas, those houses are all brick, and they have a different outlook. Inside they may have cove ceilings, stained glass windows on either side of the fireplace or on stairwells leading up to the second floor, all of which lends itself to that kind of unique, old-time feel.
But in some parts of the neighborhood, the older parts, we have big two-story frame houses that were built in the late 1800s, and again you have a little bit different feel. So it’s not a cookie-cutter neighborhood, it’s got its unique stamp.
Well, aside from outstanding housing stock, we have every amenity that you could wish within the St Louis neighborhood boundaries. So we have great schools and churches, a beautiful, thriving commercial district along the major avenues in our neighborhood—so along Hampton, Watson, Ivanhoe, and Chippewa, so that you’ve got great shopping opportunities and entertainment opportunities.
One of our streets, Watson Road, is well-known for the many restaurants that our neighborhood residents enjoy, as well as people who visit the neighborhood.
So the Russo’s cafe, Trattoria Marcella, Pietro’s on 3801 Watson road, St. Louis, MO 63109—all of those are well-known names in the lexicon of Saint Louis restaurants.
Two places that I think are special in the neighborhood, we have a school that was st. Louis public school, that was opened in 1929, Lindenwood school, and it has now become condos and apartments, beautifully refurbished, really pretty, on the corner of McCausland Ave and Mardel Ave.
Then we also have the doughnut drive in which is on historic route 66. And the signage for that restaurant that donut drive-in has been historically restored. So it looks exactly as it would have when it first opened many years ago.
We have a beautiful city park. Lindenwood park, and it is the focus of many community activities in Saint Louis, Missouri. We have people that maintain three corners of the park with gardens. So this is our garden at the intersection of Pernod Ave and Jamieson ave.
This is our garden at the junction of Lindenwood and Jamieson. And then we have another garden at Prather ave and Pernod ave. It seems like a beautiful neighborhood, and we use the park as a focal point for many of our activities.
