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City of St. Louis Historic Preservation, Mill Creek Valley Renewal

City of St. Louis Historic Preservation. Mill Creek Valley Renewal, event detail record.

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Record
city-of-st-louis-mill-creek-valley-renewal
Type
web
Trust tier
A
Status
published

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Official municipal historic-preservation record of the Mill Creek Valley renewal: the planning timeline, the designation of the area as “blighted,” and the 1959 demolition that displaced roughly 20,000 Black residents.

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Creator
City of St. Louis Historic Preservation
Accessed
2026-05-17

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