Grand Center Arts District, St. Louis

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Grand Center Arts District
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The Fox Theatre is one of the largest theatres in Grand Center.
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Location (red) of Covenant Blu Grand Center within St. Louis
Country United States
State Missouri
City St. Louis
Wards 19
Area
  Total0.57 sq mi (1.5 km2)
Population
 (2020) [1]
  Total3,041
  Density5,300/sq mi (2,100/km2)
ZIP code(s)
Parts of 63106, 63108, 63113
Area code(s) 314
Website stlouis-mo.gov

The Grand Center Arts District is located in the Midtown St. Louis Historic District (on the National Register of Historic Places) north of the Saint Louis University campus. Referred to colloquially as Grand Center, the neighborhood's formal name is Covenant Blu Grand Center. [2] The neighborhood's is a member of the Global Cultural Districts Network.

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Grand Center is the site of numerous arts and entertainment venues including the Fox Theatre, Powell Symphony Hall (home of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra), the Contemporary Art Museum Saint Louis, the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, the Sheldon Concert Hall, Clyde C. Miller Career Academy, and Jazz St. Louis.

The neighborhood is an eclectic mix of restored historic structures and newer buildings with street art and neon signage centered on Strauss Park at the intersection of Grand Boulevard and Washington Ave. It includes Third Baptist Church, the St. Louis Black Repertory Theatre Company, [3] the Grand Center Arts Academy, KDHX Community Media, St. Louis Public Radio (KWMU), the Kranzberg Arts Center, and the headquarters of the Nine Network of Public Media (KETC), a PBS affiliate. [4] It is near the Grand MetroLink station.

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1990 4,175    
2000 2,758−33.9%
2010 3,562+29.2%
2020 3,041−14.6%
[5]

In 2020 Grand Center's population was 53.1% Black, 31.1% White, 8.7% Asian, 4.4% Two or More Races, and 2.6% Some Other Race. 5.2% of the population was of Hispanic or Latino origin. [6]

Racial composition1990 [7] 2000 [8] 2010 [9] 2020
White 24.6%18.9%35.0%31.1%
Black or African American 72.9%77.7%56.3%53.1%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)2.5%2.3%5.2%
Asian 1.1%6.5%8.7%

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