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Millionaire Homes of St. Louis Missouri
Millionaire Homes of St. Louis Missouri
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Nook version of vintage magazine article originally published in 1902. Contains lots of great info and illustrations seldom seen in the last 100 years.
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In St. Louis, the poorer and middle classes make regular and repeated pilgrimages through the finer residence sections of the community. Indeed, such trips are a source of never ending delight to them, affording the double satisfaction of the gratification of a taste for the beautiful, especially the beautiful in homes, which has been deeply cultivated in the community, and the contemplation of pleasing possibilities in the shape of handsome future abodes of their own.
Again, these handsome boulevards and splendid residence places of St. Louis form an adjunct and a most delightful, interesting and effective adjunct to the city's system of parks. They offer all of the fresh air and green beauty of the parks, in addition to rare architectural and artistic beauty, and that personality which attaches to each home — that human interest which is at the bottom of all interest and zest in life. The builders of these homes and the creators of these rare home "places" yield, therefore, all these things considered a direct and material as well as an indirect and moral service to the community. They are entitled for such service — these representative citizens of St. Louis—to credit before the world—credit for doing a great—a really great and beneficial work.
As a reward for their splendid work, for their splendid service to the community and the world, I predict that when the denizens of the various parts of the world come to St. Louis in 1904, they will go away with one of two well defined conclusions, viz.: either to make their own environment like unto that of St. Louis or to endeavor to arrange their affairs so that they may make their habitation in a city where such splendid things exist and transpire.
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In St. Louis, the poorer and middle classes make regular and repeated pilgrimages through the finer residence sections of the community. Indeed, such trips are a source of never ending delight to them, affording the double satisfaction of the gratification of a taste for the beautiful, especially the beautiful in homes, which has been deeply cultivated in the community, and the contemplation of pleasing possibilities in the shape of handsome future abodes of their own.
Again, these handsome boulevards and splendid residence places of St. Louis form an adjunct and a most delightful, interesting and effective adjunct to the city's system of parks. They offer all of the fresh air and green beauty of the parks, in addition to rare architectural and artistic beauty, and that personality which attaches to each home — that human interest which is at the bottom of all interest and zest in life. The builders of these homes and the creators of these rare home "places" yield, therefore, all these things considered a direct and material as well as an indirect and moral service to the community. They are entitled for such service — these representative citizens of St. Louis—to credit before the world—credit for doing a great—a really great and beneficial work.
As a reward for their splendid work, for their splendid service to the community and the world, I predict that when the denizens of the various parts of the world come to St. Louis in 1904, they will go away with one of two well defined conclusions, viz.: either to make their own environment like unto that of St. Louis or to endeavor to arrange their affairs so that they may make their habitation in a city where such splendid things exist and transpire.
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