The Central West End grew in the late 1870s and 1880s, after Forest Park opened in 1876. Lindell runs the park edge. Euclid is the commercial street. Private streets filled in behind the shops: Portland, Westmoreland, Kingsbury, and Hortense. Those streets have gates and larger brick houses.
The 1904 World's Fair covered about 1,200 acres of the western park with temporary plaster buildings. When the fair came down, the east edge of the park stayed a place people wanted to live, close to Art Hill and the Grand Basin.
Chase Ullman opened the Chase Hotel on September 29, 1922, at 212 North Kingshighway. Preston Bradshaw designed the nine-story Italian Renaissance building. Crews finished it in about nine months. It had about 500 rooms. Sam Koplar's Park Plaza went up next door starting in 1929. The two buildings together are the Chase Park Plaza. Euclid still has dinner, a bookstore, Maryland Plaza, and a sidewalk that stays busy after six.
Washington University Medical Campus and BJC sit on the east side of the neighborhood. Shifts change around the clock. MetroLink ties those jobs to Clayton and downtown. You can buy a condo, a townhome on a courtyard, or a house on a private street. The park is west across Kingshighway. The zoo, the art museum, and the Grand Basin are a walk from Lindell.
Why people stay
- Euclid has dinner you can walk to and then walk home.
- Forest Park is across Kingshighway.
- Hospital and university jobs are a short walk or one MetroLink stop.
- Condos, townhomes, and houses all sell here.
- Guests can find the Chase on Kingshighway.
Homes here
Central West End condos for sale sit next to townhomes and brick houses. Homes for sale Central West End St. Louis split on parking, HOA dues, and whether you want Euclid or a gate on Portland. St. Louis condos for sale in this pocket are the lock-and-leave version of the same park edge. A St. Louis realtor will ask condo, townhome, or house before filling Saturday. The city neighborhood guide has the wider map.