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3 unusual facts about Delmar Boulevard


Delmar Boulevard

Delmar is interrupted at Spring Avenue by Cardinal Ritter High School; the street picks up again at Vandeventer Avenue, two blocks to the west.

West of the MetroLink tracks at Rosedale Avenue, Delmar's character changes as the street enters the Delmar Loop, a neighborhood popular with students of nearby Washington University in St. Louis and known for many eclectic shops and restaurants.

Just west of Jefferson Avenue, at number 2658, is the Scott Joplin House State Historic Site.


Delmar Loop

The portion of Delmar Boulevard within the city of St. Louis has been designated Barack Obama Boulevard, making it one of the world's first streets to be renamed for the U.S. President.


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Delmar Loop

The Loop is the home of the St. Louis Walk of Fame, a series of brass plaques embedded in the sidewalk along Delmar Boulevard commemorating famous St. Louisans, including musicians Chuck Berry, Miles Davis and Tina Turner, actor John Goodman, bridge-builder James Eads and sexologists Masters and Johnson.