Creve Coeur Park-gps-photos

[silverstreak]

-From the st. Louis Parks Website-

Creve Coeur Park at the turn of the twentieth century was the site of a large and popular amusement park known as “Electric Park”. It was the “Six Flags” of its day and Creve Coeur Lake was a very popular recreation retreat for thousands of St. Louis residents. A dedicated streetcar line ran from the Delmar Loop to a turnaround substation to transport visitors to the park in the days before the advent of the automobile. The streetcar line remained in use until the early 1950’s and the substation building is still there. “Moonlight” cars on the line were very popular with the young men and women during that time. A 250 tall observation tower was located not far from the streetcar station. Which now is a shed for heavy equipment-as you can see-

http://www.co.st-louis.mo.us/parks/pdf/ ... inates.pdf

[lzrturbo91]

this is in creave cour park ? which part or around what ?

[geekagirl]

I'm really surprised that there weren't any pictures from the under the Page Avenue extension. The tunnels under there are really easy to great into. Just climb up the hill by the spring, mind the archery range, and head toward the sound of traffic. Climb onto the base of the bridge and there are some doors leading into the tunnels.

I <3 that park.

[redox]

Tunnels!? I'm there. Thanks for the tip geekagirl

[redox]

Those tunnels have super tough padlocks on the entrance grates. So no dice. None the less I had a nice time, that park is really pretty.