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Grand Center Arts District, St. Louis — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Grand Center is the arts district of St. Louis, gathered on Strauss Park where Grand Boulevard crosses Washington Avenue.
About Grand Center Arts District
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Grand Center is where St. Louis puts its stages. The Fox Theatre, Powell Symphony Hall and the Sheldon Concert Hall stand within a few blocks of Strauss Park, the Grand MetroLink station is at the edge, and a room here means walking to the evening rather than driving to it.
Saint Louis University lies south. The district answers to two names.
About Grand Center Arts District
What are the main landmarks in Grand Center Arts District?
The Pulitzer Arts Foundation opened in 2001. Contemporary Art Museum Saint Louis followed in 2003 next door, the Saint Louis University Museum of Art holds another corner, and St. Alphonsus Catholic Church stands among them. Powell Symphony Hall was built in 1925 and the Sheldon Concert Hall in 1912.
The Frederick Newton Judson House and the Zebediah F. and Mary H. Wetzell House survive from the residential years.
What is the history of Grand Center Arts District?
Covenant Blu Grand Center is the formal name. The district is known by the second half of it, and it belongs to the Global Cultural Districts Network, which is the kind of membership a neighbourhood acquires only after deciding what it is for. The Continental Life Building dates from the 1930s.
KETC built its headquarters here in 1998.
Where is Grand Center Arts District?
Grand Center holds the blocks north of the Saint Louis University campus, around Grand Boulevard and Washington Avenue.
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Updated September 2026