Carondelet Park

From left to right: Michael Schmidt, Karen Schmidt, Kurt Schmidt, Rachel Schmidt, and Stephanie Schmidt pose for a group photo in the showroom on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, at A.E. Schmidt Billiards in Carondelet. The family-run business has been building pool tables and other products since 1850.

St. Louis family carries on custom pool table building tradition for six generations

Lauren Brennecke

A St. Louis family has passed down its techniques of building custom pool tables for six generations, making A.E. Schmidt the longest-operating pool table manufacturer in the United States.

Economy & Business

Business park starts to take shape on Carondolet Coke site

Wayne Pratt

Officials broke ground Tuesday for a project that could spark an economic revitalization in the Carondolet area of south St. Louis. River City Business…

Arts

Carondelet Neighborhood Sees Potential In Public Art

http://youtu.be/JR04-I7zur0A giant, blinking set of eyes is the latest public art project to grace the south city neighborhood of Carondelet.The 100 by 30…

Arts

Reflection: Tour of Lyle Mansion tweaks its mystique

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 27, 2012 - On top of a gentle hill at the intersection of Grand and Loughborough in Carondelet…

Strips of gaffer's tape give tornado-damaged Joplin High School a new name. The Missouri Department of Transportation is considering letting the Joplin School District use a soon-to-be closed building for classes until storm damage is repaired.

Morning Headlines: Thursday, June 9, 2011

Rachel Lippmann

MoDOT building that will be shuttered in restructuring could get new lifeThe Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission yesterday approved a…

St. Louis firefighters dig through the rubble of a historic bandstand looking for hot spots after a fire destroyed the structure in Carondelet Park in St. Louis on June 7. The bandstand was built in 1898, and was fully involved when firefighters arrived.

Carondelet Park Grand Stand destroyed by fire

Maria Altman

The Carondelet Park Grand Stand burned to the ground today. A spokesman for St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay says it’s considered a total loss.Built in 1898,…