Academy/Sherman Park is a neighborhood in North St. Louis, just outside Central West End. The official boundaries of the area are Dr. Martin Luther King Drive on the north, Delmar Boulevard on the south, North Kingshighway Boulevard on the east, and Union Boulevard on the west.[2]
As of 2020,[3] there were 2,355 people residing in this neighborhood, which contained 1,276 housing units. The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 4.97% White, 87.26% Black, 1.10% Asian, 1.15% from some other race, and 5.27% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.29% of the population.
Sally Benson grew up in the Academy neighborhood. She described her childhood in her novels that inspired the film Meet Me in St. Louis. The Benson house at 5135 Kensington Avenue[4][5] no longer exists. After being sold, it fell into disrepair, eventually became uninhabitable, and was demolished in 1994.[6]
academy, louis, academy, sherman, park, neighborhood, north, louis, just, outside, central, west, official, boundaries, area, martin, luther, king, drive, north, delmar, boulevard, south, north, kingshighway, boulevard, east, union, boulevard, west, academynei. Academy Sherman Park is a neighborhood in North St Louis just outside Central West End The official boundaries of the area are Dr Martin Luther King Drive on the north Delmar Boulevard on the south North Kingshighway Boulevard on the east and Union Boulevard on the west 2 AcademyNeighborhood of St LouisHouses on Cabanne Avenue in Academy January 2012Location red of Academy within St LouisCountryUnited StatesStateMissouriCitySt LouisWards18 26Area Total0 44 sq mi 1 1 km2 Population 2020 1 Total2 355 Density5 400 sq mi 2 100 km2 ZIP code s Parts of 63108 63113Area code s 314Websitestlouis mo govAs of 2020 3 there were 2 355 people residing in this neighborhood which contained 1 276 housing units The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 4 97 White 87 26 Black 1 10 Asian 1 15 from some other race and 5 27 from two or more races Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2 29 of the population Sally Benson grew up in the Academy neighborhood She described her childhood in her novels that inspired the film Meet Me in St Louis The Benson house at 5135 Kensington Avenue 4 5 no longer exists After being sold it fell into disrepair eventually became uninhabitable and was demolished in 1994 6 Tennessee Williams attended Soldan High School in the neighborhood and used it as a setting for his play The Glass Menagerie 7 Historical population CensusPop Note 19905 169 20003 797 26 5 20102 816 25 8 20202 355 16 4 Sources 8 References edit 2020 Census Neighborhood Results Neighborhood Data Profile for Academy Accessed 12 April 2008 Archived July 5 2007 at the Wayback Machine City of St Louis PDF Google Maps Meet Me in St Louis the Victorian on Kensington Avenue 13 December 2009 Boom Nation Meet Me in St Louis ABC News Free Research Paper on Glass Menagerie Means 181 210 Cyberessays com Retrieved 2011 03 15 Academy Neighborhood Statistics St Louis MO Retrieved 26 January 2023 External links editAcademy neighborhood website 38 39 30 N 90 16 02 W 38 6584 N 90 2673 W 38 6584 90 2673 nbsp This St Louis location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Academy St Louis amp oldid 1135779947, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
