ABSTRACT

On a sultry June evening, University City is bustling. Although it is only a Wednesday, the sidewalks are crowded with people eating at tables in front of the various restaurants or walking in and out of the eclectic stores that line this five-block area of St. Louis known as the Delmar Loop. Many look down at the stars embedded in the sidewalk, the St. Louis Walk of Fame; eventually, they pass the Loop's spiritual home: Blueberry Hill.