Central West End, St. Louis - wikipedia Central West End, St. Louis Central West End St. Louis neighborhood Skyline of the Central West end as seen from Forest Park. The building on the far left is an apartment building and the buildings in center are part of the Barnes - Jewish Hospital complex. Location of the Central West End within St. Louis Country United States State Missouri City St. Louis Wards 17, 18, 28 Area Total 1.89 sq mi ( 4.9 km ) Population ( 2010 ) Total 14,473 Density 7,700 / sq mi ( 3,000 / km ) ZIP code ( s ) Parts of 63108 63110 Area code ( s ) 314 Website stlouis-mo.gov The Central West End is a neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri, stretching from Midtown 's western edge to Union Boulevard and bordering on Forest Park with its outstanding array of free cultural institutions. It includes the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis ( the New Cathedral ) on Lindell Boulevard at Newstead Avenue, which houses the largest collection of mosaics in the world. The Central West End is represented by three aldermen as it sits partially in the 17th, 18th, and 28th Wards. The CWE 's commercial district is mainly along Euclid Avenue and stretches from Forest Park Parkway on the south to Delmar Boulevard on the north. Restaurants are primarily clustered in the Euclid / McPherson area, the Euclid / Laclede area and in Maryland Plaza. Unusual, elaborate turn of the 20th century lamp posts and cobblestone streets add to the atmosphere of this neighborhood, which first grew in popularity with the coming of the 1904 World 's Fair which was held in adjacent Forest Park. Some residential areas of the Central West End are included in the National Register of Historic Places. One example is Fullerton 's Westminster Place, whose large, architect - designed homes, most of which were built in the period 1890 -- 1910, were described in the NRHP nomination as one of the finest turn of the 20th century streetscapes in the United States. Another is the private place called Washington Terrace, laid out in 1892. Playwright Tennessee Williams grew up in the neighborhood, and the house of the renowned poet T.S. Eliot is located in the Central West End. Beat writer William S. Burroughs 's childhood home sits on Pershing Avenue ( formerly Berlin Avenue ) in the neighborhood. And though, often mistaken as the location of Sally Benson 's home, the setting of the stories which were adapted into the movie Meet Me in St. Louis, 5135 Kensington Avenue was actually located in the Academy neighborhood just across Delmar Boulevard to the north. George Julian Zolnay ( Gyula Zsolnay ) ( July 4, 1863 -- May 1, 1949 ) the Hungarian and American sculptor known as the `` Sculptor of the Confederacy '' lived in the Central West End in the early 1900s at 4384 Maryland Avenue. Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Public facilities 3 Neighborhood organizations 4 Demographics 5 References 6 External links 7 See also Boundaries The neighborhood 's boundaries are Union Boulevard and the eastern portion of Forest Park on the west, I - 64 / US 40 on the south, Delmar Boulevard on the north, and Vandeventer Ave on the east. Public facilities Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis Central West End MetroLink Station & MetroBus Center Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis Engineers ' Club of Saint Louis Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes - Jewish College Regional Justice Information Service ( REJIS ) Saint Louis Public Library Schlafly Branch, on Lindell Blvd. at Euclid Ave. Shriners Hospitals for Children St. Louis College of Pharmacy U.S. Postal Service branch on Laclede Ave. between Boyle Ave. and Sarah Street Washington University Medical Center Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center Barnes - Jewish Hospital Central Institute for the Deaf St. Louis Children 's Hospital World Chess Hall of Fame Neighborhood organizations CWE Business Community Improvement District ( CWEScene.com ) Cathedral Square Fullerton 's Westminster Place Washington Terrace 4200 Washington POA Maryland - Boyle Laclede Place Neighborhood Association Demographics Historical population Year Pop. ± % 2000 14,144 -- 14,471 + 2.3 % In 2010 the neighborhood 's population was 58.0 % White, 28.0 % Black, 0.2 % Native American, 11.1 % Asian, 2.2 % Two or More Races, and 0.5 % Some Other Race. 2.7 % of the population was of Hispanic or Latino origin. Racial composition 2000 White 55.5 % 58.0 % Black or African American 36.4 % 28.0 % Hispanic or Latino ( of any race ) 2.0 % 2.7 % Asian 5.4 % 11.1 % Two or More Races 1.8 % 2.2 % References Jump up ^ City of St Louis Board of Aldermen : Aldermen Serving Central West End Jump up ^ Central West End address of George Julian Zolnay Jump up ^ https://stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/planning/documents/upload/38-CentralWestEnd_9-30-2011.pdf Jump up ^ http://dynamic.stlouis-mo.gov/census/neigh_comp.cfm Jump up ^ `` The City of St. Louis Missouri ''. City of St. Louis. Jump up ^ `` The City of St. Louis Missouri ''. City of St. Louis. External links Central West End Scene Central West End Website Dining and Entertainment Guide for the CWE Central West End Business Association St. Louis Front Page Explore St. Louis CWEresidence West End Word newspaper See also Delmar Loop Forest Park ( St. Louis ) Neighborhoods of St. Louis, Missouri Academy Baden Benton Park Benton Park West Bevo Mill Botanical Heights Boulevard Heights Carondelet Carr Square Central West End Cheltenham Chinatown Clayton / Tamm ( Dogtown ) Clifton Heights College Hill Columbus Square Compton Heights Covenant Blu / Grand Center DeBaliviere Place Downtown Downtown West Dutchtown Ellendale Fairground Forest Park Southeast Fountain Park Fox Park Franz Park Gate District Gravois Park Greater Ville Hamilton Heights The Hill Hi - Pointe Holly Hills Hyde Park JeffVanderLou Kings Oak Kingsway East Kingsway West Kosciusko Lafayette Square LaSalle Park Lewis Place Lindenwood Park Marine Villa Mark Twain Mark Twain / I - 70 Industrial McKinley Heights Midtown Mount Pleasant Near North Riverfront Northampton North Point North Riverfront O'Fallon Old North St. Louis Patch Peabody -- Darst -- Webbe Penrose Princeton Heights Riverview Shaw Skinker DeBaliviere Soulard Southampton Southwest Garden St. Louis Hills St. Louis Place Tiffany Tower Grove East Tower Grove South Vandeventer The Ville Visitation Park Walnut Park East Walnut Park West Wells / Goodfellow West End Wydown / Skinker Coordinates : 38 ° 38 ′ 25 '' N 90 ° 15 ′ 17 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 38.6403 ° N 90.2548 ° W ﻿ / 38.6403 ; - 90.2548 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Central_West_End,_St._Louis&oldid=793495719 '' Categories : Neighborhoods in St. Louis Hidden categories : All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from November 2016 Articles with permanently dead external links Coordinates on Wikidata Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 2 August 2017, at 03 : 14. 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Question: where is the central west end in st louis
Answer: from Midtown's western edge to Union Boulevard and bordering on Forest Park