Grand Center Arts District, St. Louis

Neighborhood of St. Louis in Missouri, United States

Grand Center Arts District
Neighborhood of St. Louis
The Fox Theatre is one of the largest theatres in Grand Center.
Location (red) of Covenant Blu Grand Center within St. Louis
Country	United States
State	Missouri
City	St. Louis
Wards	19
Area
• Total	0.57 sq mi (1.5 km²)
Population (2020)^[1]
• Total	3,041
• Density	5,300/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.

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.

Gallery

The Sheldon Concert Hall, built 1912
Pulitzer Arts Foundation, 2001
The Continental Life Building, dates from the 1930s
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, 2003
Powell Symphony Hall, built in 1925
Nine Network public television station studios and headquarters, 1998
City House (1874), Jazz St. Louis, and Continental Life Building

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
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 composition	1990^[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%

References

^ "2020 Census Neighborhood Results".
^ "Covenant Blu Grand Center". St. Louis City Government. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
^ "The Black Rep".
^ Bartek, Elizabeth (18 October 2012). "The allure of the arts: New businesses thrive in Grand Center". St. Louis Beacon. Archived from the original on 20 July 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
^ "Census".
^ "City of St. Louis" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-09-15.
^ "Covenant Blu/Grand Center Neighborhood Statistics". City of St. Louis.
^ "The City of St. Louis Missouri". City of St. Louis.
^ "The City of St. Louis Missouri". City of St. Louis.