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December 10, 2023
On Dec. 10, 1933, Mayor Bernard F. Dickmann laid the cornerstone for the Homer G. Phillips Hospital for Colored, at 2601 Whittier Street. The hospital was named for an attorney
December 9, 2023
On Dec. 9, 1971, a former mayor of St. Louis died. Here is his news obituary from the next days Post-Dispatch:
November 28, 2023
The city finally banned high-polluting but cheap coal from southern Illinois mines, sparking howls of outrage from miners and coal dealers.
July 19, 2023
The Expressway Highway opened on July 19, 1937, at a cost of $3 million. The highway, which eventually would become part of Highway 40, ran from Kingshighway to Vandeventer
November 29, 2021
The sky in St. Louis wasn't always as clear as the picture. It wasn't on Tuesday, November 28, 1939, you couldn't see five feet in front of your face.
December 10, 2020
Among those who spoke briefly was Mrs. Homer G. Phillips, widow of a Black lawyer who had campaigned tirelessly in 1923 to win the original bond issue. Phillips had been shot to death in 1931 while waiting for a streetcar on Delmar Boulevard. Two teens, including the son of a disgruntled client, were acquitted of his murder. The Board of Aldermen voted to name the new hospital in his memory. Aided by federal Depression-fighting money, the $3.1 million hospital opened in 1937. The city closed ol...