Delmar Loop

Just west and north of the city is the eclectic Delmar Loop.  It is an entertainment, cultural and restaurant district in University City and the western edge of St. Louis.  In 2007, the American Planning Association named the Delmar Loop "One of the 10 Great Streets in America."  The Loop is the home of the St. Louis Walk of Fame, a series of brass plaques embedded in the sidewalk along Delmar Boulevard commemorating famous St. Louisans such as Chuck Berry, Miles Davis and Tina Turner, actor John Goodman, and bridge-builder James Eades.   But it has had it's troubles with bunches of youths getting out of control.  

 The Varsity Theater and the Tivoli showed first-run movies.  Opening in 1924, the Tivoli  is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

 The Pageant on The Loop, is St. Louis's premier midsize concert hall. It hosts touring national acts in pop, indie rock, hip-hop, jazz, blues, and more---and is very busy.

 For the record crowd, Vintage Vinyl is the place to go for thousands of new and used LPs.  It's also where my daughter met her future husband---a wonderful encounter that was!

Although we do like to go to The Loop for the wide variety of great restaurants and entertainment, it has had it's troubles when groups of youths in extraordinary numbers sometimes congregating there and getting into mischief.  Keep aware if you go here and don't go if "kids" are congregating.