Hyde Park is a neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. A historic North St. Louis neighborhood, Hyde Park is bound by Ferry to the North, I-70 to the East, Palm Street and Natural Bridge Avenue to the South, and Glasgow to the West. The community has the name of William Hyde. The neighborhood lost its prosperity to industrial disinvestment following World War II. Harland Bartholomew included Hyde Park among the neighborhoods destined for “slum clearance,” and with the departure of General Motors, the North Side fell on its way to becoming a “ghost town.” Racial conflicts were apparent. The most Caucasian leadership referred to the plans for Hyde Park and other neighborhoods in the urban core as “urban renewal,” while the African-American leaders within the community referred to it as “Negro removal.”
Located near the center of the neighborhood is the eponymous urban park, comprising an area of just less than 12 acres. The park is bounded by Bremen Avenue to the north, Blair Avenue to the east, Salisbury Street along the south edge, and North 20th Street to the west. Hyde Park itself has sat in the middle of the neighborhood since the 19th century. The park saw history unfold during the Civil War. On July 4, 1863, four Union soldiers and two fairgoers died during a riot that exploded out of the wartime tensions in the city. There is evidence in the homes in Hyde Park of “underground railroads” that housed slaves. A1 Bed Bug Exterminator St. Louis
The neighborhood known as Hyde Park was once the town of Bremen. Among the many Germans who migrated to the St. Louis area in the 1840s were quite a few who were natives of the German city of Bremen. Since many of these families had settled along Bellefontaine Road, this area was given the name of New Bremen after their hometown. A survey of the town area was executed by Edward Hutawa in 1844 at the direction of the four principal property owners; George Buchanan, E. C. Angelrodt, N. N. Destrehan, and Emil Mallinckrodt. They were the incorporators of the town of Bremen in 1850 and the four east-west streets were named in their honor. Broadway was the main street and was dedicated as a public highway on May 10, 1852.
Nearby Restaurants and Pubs
- Cornerstone Café is located at 1436 Salisbury St, St. Louis, MO
- Freddie G’s Chicken and Waffle is located at 1435 Salisbury St, St. Louis, MO
- Sin City Clubhouse is located at 4201 N 20th St, St. Louis, MO
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