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C
hapter
T
hree
:
‘S
uffer
the
C
hildren
…’ (1956 – 1977)
clouds of gloom. We can’t stand still but
must move forward....
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Increasing numbers of teens from
the downtown area began coming to
Kingdom House. The Native American
group no longer used facilities for their
meetings, as their group of more than 80
had outgrown all available space.
In 1960, St. Louis was the tenth
largest city in the United States with
750,026 persons residing within the city
limits.
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During that year, large areas of
Midtown St. Louis were razed as part
of the Mill Creek Valley slum clearance
project
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– an area so impoverished
that “bugs and roaches dominated the
C
D
E
P
hotos
:
C:
New construction
D:
A new dance step
E:
This tastes good