tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7006035116970579216.post2512224723508883304..comments2024-03-23T21:00:09.726-05:00Comments on Vanishing STL: River Roads Returns to NatureVanishing STLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08798287914185180625noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7006035116970579216.post-14406135292697655302009-10-15T21:44:12.267-05:002009-10-15T21:44:12.267-05:00River Roads was so remote from where I grew up in ...River Roads was so remote from where I grew up in U. City yet it was novel, so we ventured there once or twice. Northland had a higher profile because it was somewhat closer and also was the site of the annual "KXOK Iceberg" contest. Listeners were invited to guess the date and time when a massive mountain of ice erected on the parking lot would melt completely during those blazing hot 60s summers in St. Louis. I can't recall what prize was offered but the contest ran for several consecutive years during the early-mid 60s.<br /><br />"Ultramodern" Westroads was a more natural hangout and SBF became my mainstay job during high school ('67-'68), alternating between two seasonal departments: Trim A Tree and the Garden Shop located on the Brentwood side parking lot. <br /><br />I'll never forget the first time I came upon that blue mosiac wishing well just inside the northeast entrance to Stix Westroads, circa 1957. Quite a setting.<br /><br />And finally, the first photo above of "River Roads Prairie" reminds me of what Michael J. Fox's character Marty McFly encountered when he crashed through the time barrier in "Back to the Future I" and ended up traveling from<br />Twin Pines Mall in 1985 to Twin Pines Farm in 1955, courtesy of Doc Brown's Delorean, a vial of Plutonium, and the Flux Capacitor. ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7006035116970579216.post-59601371455211029812009-10-14T21:46:18.297-05:002009-10-14T21:46:18.297-05:00Sad to see it go. I grew up in St. Louis and remem...Sad to see it go. I grew up in St. Louis and remember shopping at Stix, Baer & Fuller at River Roads as a teenager in the 1960's. I just recently moved back here and wouldn't have been able to place it, but seeing your photos and those on the linked sites, I remember the tiled facades and the sunken gardens. Too bad the neighborhood went to pieces. Wish I had some old photos for you of how it once was.Carol Riessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7006035116970579216.post-15857911001387648992009-10-05T09:34:26.053-05:002009-10-05T09:34:26.053-05:00How do you keep up with all this vanishing and shi...How do you keep up with all this vanishing and shifting landscape?<br /><br />If you'd like to write a guest post on this topic for www.riehlife.com, I'd welcome that.<br /><br />JanetJanet Grace Riehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03921731725804450430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7006035116970579216.post-87935376337661505812009-10-01T05:43:23.782-05:002009-10-01T05:43:23.782-05:00River Roads Prairie - love it!
That sad, faux Col...River Roads Prairie - love it!<br /><br />That sad, faux Colonial bank building was slated to be the new home of Jennings police station/city hall, who need more room. But no one's touched the building since I was told about that in 2007.tobyweiss.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08546216965492818263noreply@blogger.com