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Creve Coeur Patch Needs You: Share Your Lindbergh Blvd. Stories
A Patch project aims to tell stories of people and places shaped by a road which has shaped the St. Louis region for generations.
, , and the all have something in common, besides having buildings with a Creve Coeur address.
The businesses and organizations are city neighbors and street neighbors on Lindbergh Boulevard, one of the longest roads in the St. Louis area.
It stretches some 30 miles through St. Louis County, and it's got some lengthy history behind it as well. Named after aviator Charles Lindbergh and dedicated in 1930, the road was once one of the most dangerous in the county.
Patch will be profiling the road later this summer, and we want to hear your stories. Do you have any fond memories of Lindbergh you'd like to share, or do you just hate being stuck on it during rush hour?
Either way, we'd like to hear your story. Or see your pictures.
Originally, most of the road was named Denny Road, after Samuel Denny. He was a pioneer who came to the area in the early 1800s and gave most of the right-of-way for the road, according to an article published by the Missouri History Museum.
The article goes on to say that when World War II began, Lindbergh felt the United States should stay out of the conflict. His isolationist view garnered criticism and a petition was started to rename the road after Denny.
It wasn't the first, or last, attempt to rebrand the highway. This history is just one part of the story Patch wants to tell, all the way up to today's residents and businesses, and anyone else impacted by the road.
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Post your stories in the comments, send them by email and if you have pictures, please forward them us at Gregg.Palermo@patch.com.
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