Get intimate with the Central West End! Enjoy a leisurely 3-mile walk with a local historian as they share epic tales of the complex history of St. Louis and its most populous neighborhood, the Central West End. Located just east of Forest Park and a few minutes from Downtown, the CWE features impressive architecture, great restaurants + shopping, and more!
You'll journey through the CWE's Gilded Age opulence centered around the 1904 World's Fair and the many faces that came after - from epicenter of society to "Party Central" to den of vice and back again. The artifacts of the CWE's complicated history remain visible to the naked eye if you just know where to look.
You'll discover why this beautiful turn-of-the-century neighborhood was named one of the “Great Places in America”, and hear forgotten (and often unsavory) history and epic struggles that kept the CWE alive as much of the city decayed around it.
Enjoy a few laughs, a tiny bit of exercise, and get to know the amazing CWE.