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WALKING TOURS (click to download PDF)
SOULARD SPRING TOURS......
Waves of emigrants from France to Ruthenia built
the extraordinary Soulard neighborhood that spans the Victorian era.
Author/historian NiNi Harris will trace the history of this community
from the colonial era through renovation projects of the last decade.
These companion tours (which can be taken independently) explore
different ethnic and architectural traditions in this historic
neighborhood.
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North
Soulard Walking Tour
The North
Soulard neighborhood tour - beginning at Soulard Market - emphasizes the
original French settlement and early and mid 19th century immigrant
history and architecture.
Instructor: NiNi Harris
Course:
0408NST
Date:
April 26, 2008
Time
10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.*
Fee:
$20
Location: Soulard
Market
* Allow plenty of time
for the tours. Sometimes we run past 12:30 p.m. NiNi often
chooses a local restaurant or cafe for us to try out after the tour.
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South Soulard Tour -
The South Soulard neighborhood tour - beginning at the Cat's Meow -
includes stories from local brewery history, Civil War history, Polish
history, and the beginnings of a German aristocracy.
Instructor: NiNi Harris
Course: 0508SSN
Date:
May 10, 2008
Time:
10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.*
Fee:
$20
Location: The Cat's Meow, 2600
S. 11th St. at Sidney St.
* Allow plenty of time
for the tours. Sometimes we run past 12:30 p.m. NiNi often
chooses a local restaurant or cafe for us to try out after the tour.
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"NEW" FALL TOURS
GRAND OAK HILL NEIGHBORHOOD AND CONCORDIA CEMETERY
Grand Oak Hill Neighborhood Tour
Though the Grand Oak Hill Neighborhood flourished at the turn of the
20th century, its early history is tied to the history of the American
West. Author/historian, NiNi Harris, will follow the story of the
neighborhood's frontier era settlement, through the founding of its
historic churches, and the building of its handsome Edwardian era
architecture.
Instructor: NiNi Harris
Course:
0908GOH
Date:
September 13, 2008
Time
10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.*
Fee:
$20
Location: TBA
* Allow plenty of time
for the tours. Sometimes we run past 12:30 p.m. NiNi often
chooses a local restaurant or cafe for us to try out after the tour.
Concordia Cemetery Tour
This little country cemetery - Concordia Cemetery - is now surrounded
by the Bevo and Holly Hills neighborhoods. Founded by the first
generations of German immigrants to St. Louis, its biographies reflect
the early years of the German settlement and the beginnings of the
Lutheran Church Missouri Synod.
Instructor: NiNi Harris
Course:
0908CCT
Date:
September 27, 2008
Time
10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.*
Fee:
$20
Location: TBA
* Allow plenty of time
for the tours. Sometimes we run past 12:30 p.m. NiNi often
chooses a local restaurant or cafe for us to try out after the tour.
Tours are held in the fall and the spring.
Check this site periodically for updated information on the tours to
be held in the spring, 2009 by author, historian, NiNi Harris.
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