![]() ![]() “Smokey Joe’s Café” runs July 14 to 20 at The Muny. Louis’ Gaslight Square, it features more than 35 hit tunes from the ‘50s and ‘60s, including “Hound Dog,” “There Goes My Baby,” “Love Potion No. “Smokey Joe’s Café” is Broadway’s longest-running musical revue. Louis MO - Gaslight Square): Please note: This is NOT A BOOK nor is it a full copy of the journal, but an original article/ad. ![]() Submissions are being accepted through Wednesday, April 1, online at /smokeyjoescafe/photo-submission or by mail or in-person at The Muny in Forest Park, #1 Theatre Drive, St. Submitted photos will be considered for use as part of show promotion, a pre-show element or featured in the production. Saint Louis (Mo.) Gaslight Square (Saint Louis, Mo.) Gaslight Square (Saint Louis, Mo. Ideal photos include people enjoying Gaslight Square, taverns, cabaret action shots, performers, restaurants, sidewalk cafes, antique shops, nightlife streetscapes and other related images. Louis entertainment district to accompany its upcoming production of “Smokey Joe’s Café.” The Broadway hit, which features classic rock ‘n’ roll and R&B songs by songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, is making its Muny debut this summer as part of the 2020 season. The Muny is seeking photo submissions of the bygone St. To see over 50 photos of Gaslight Square in it's heyday, check out the Western Historical Manuscript Collection Photo Database and simply type: Gaslight Square.Do you have photographs of historic Gaslight Square? The Muny needs your help! You can see the rest of my 1993 photos of Gaslight on Flickr.įor more information about Gaslight Square see: The Legend of Gaslight Square and two documentary previews on YouTube One of the most photographed spots on the Square, the free-standing columns at the former Smokey Joe's Greecian Terrace in 1993, and 30 years earlier, in 1963 (photo from the Western Historical Manuscript Collection at UMSL). Still though, the buildings were not at all beyond saving for rehabilitation (I will focus more on that concept in the next post), but were demolished anyway. As you can see from the photos, the exterior of these buildings appeared to be in good condition, although 20 years of abandonment had surely taken their toll on the roof and interiors. 1967: A topless plan for Gaslight Square. Louis failed to materialize when waitresses failed to show up at the Dixie Belle nightclub. Louis producer Margie Newman looks back at the part of. Louis known as Gaslight Squarea nightlife hotspot during the 1950s and 1960s. 13, 1967, a plan to rejuvenate Gaslight Square in St. Louis Nine PBS 18.6K subscribers Subscribe 443 Share 64K views 14 years ago Living St. This row of buildings was owned by the City's biggest slum lord and most notorious applicant of demolition permits, the LRA. Louis producer Margie Newman looks back at the part of St. It seems that most of the buildings in Gaslight Square were simply abandoned after the restaurants and music spots shut their doors in the early 1970's (one lone survivor, the Prestige Lounge stayed open almost to 1990). and performed in a student-directed one-act festival at the University of Missouri-St Louis. The buildings on the sough side would last yet another decade (following post). Housed in the Gaslight Theatre in historic Gaslight Square. In 1994 this entire row of buildings met their doom, leaving no trace of the former district on the north side of the street. This included the Musical Arts Building that burned in 1969 after surviving two tornados and another fire in 1962. By 1993 when I took this set of photos of the remaining buildings of the north side of the street, many others in each direction had already disappeared over the years. I have divided this post into two parts to focus of the two major waves of demolition that occurred in recent memory. Instead, you can follow the links below or read Thomas Crone's: Gaslight Square an Oral History ![]() I will not attempt to summarize the history of the Square here, as there would be too much to say. Louis' cultural history and one of the biggest missed opportunities in the last few decades. Louis today can equal that two-block area at Boyle and Olive. It has been compared to Bourbon Street, Beale Street, and Key West, and nothing in St. The destruction of Gaslight Square can only be described as one of the greatest losses of St. Friday, JanuGaslight Square was once the hottest entertainment venue in town and, in fact, was known throughout the world. Even the fresh coat of paint applied to the buildings by Patrick Schneider of the Gaslight Square Preservation Society could not bring back the fabled block of Olive centering on Boyle Avenue. The signs asking for volunteers & sponsors and the pleas for help spray painted on the board-ups could not save Gaslight Square from ultimate destruction. ![]()
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