Historical Summer 2019 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Several of us celebrate birthdays over lunch.
In April we chose the restaurant in the newly renovated St. Louis Hotel at 705 Olive.
The building was designed by noted architect Louis Sullivan in 1892 and opened as the Union Trust Building the following year. Its new incarnation captures Sullivan’s unique exterior molding.
It contains both hotel rooms and apartments, It is no wonder that developers Amy and Amrit Gill were recipients of the McReynolds award for commitment to historic preservation from the Missouri Alliance for Historic Preservation this year.
The Gills are longtime residents of our neighborhood.
Another neighbor, very active in Skinker DeBalviere, Andy Cross, provided much of the interior artwork, echoing Sullivan’s designs.
Another former neighbor, art glass artisan Adam Johnson, also worked with the Gills to make some memorable art glass ceilings.
The Hotel provides guided tours that demonstrate the fusion of past and present. Congratulations to our neighbors for their contributions to preservation and to downtown. P.S.
The Gills plan to renovate the 17 story Chemical Building to the immediate west of Hotel St. Louis as Hotel and apartments.
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Interior artwork at renovated Hotel St. Louis; pictured person not captioned individually.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, Summer 2019.
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