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Guest		12-Feb-2016 00:02
As for the ones that say this city is a mess, your the ones that live by the image that you see. Beneath the pictures of old buildings and vacant structures is hope. We can and will rebuild this once thriving city and give it more than just new windows and paint! East St. Louis is a jewel filled with loving people who really do care. No matter how the world looks down on our city.

Guest		11-Feb-2016 23:48
I Love The people and the city of East St Louis May God continue to bless

Beth		03-Sep-2015 21:35
Hi,I grew up in born at Christian Welfare hospital in 1965. We moved in 72 across the river, I went to St. Philips Catholic school. I think it is a shame what has happened to EEEL.it was a great town. And good be one again,

Guest		25-Aug-2015 05:53
I read that East St Louis won an All American City award in 1959, what did they do? What accomplishment was it that generated this award? I am very interested in the rise and decline of these Mid-Western cities and wonder what they were like before their decline.

angella		20-Apr-2014 23:39
I'm white 1964 christian welfare hospital lived in rooselvt homes went 2 School @ Hawthorn moved n 55th st washington park went to School @ w.wilson Mrs Avenger was my 4th grade teacher My dad worked for peabody coal granite city steel faiser & finally monsanto he played american legion baseball for charlies tavern I luved ESL & Still Do! The corrupt mayors & politicians did this a really bad one Carl Officer I remember Grandpa's discount store where me & My sister got new easter outfits also ventures store! luved danaho's market where we bought penny candy! this makes me sad wanna cry!

Guest		19-Oct-2013 09:19
I am from ESL also I've left over 30 years I am glad I left. I am really scared when I visit. It is the only place I know that don't have a downtown that is SAD.

Deborah German		27-Feb-2013 23:38
guestmy name is dgerman and i was raised in pollock town in E.Saint I was born in ST LOuis MO but my daughter was born in Christian Welfare hospital in 1966. I remember going to puggies lounge the hangout for a lot of my friends since i had alot of guys for friends it was all groovey. they use to call me the Germ back then and still to this day i remember Jendra Davis and Al Porteguise,Darryl Braddick,when i danced for Katherine Dunman dancers those were the days in college I wish that i could here from some of the people back there e-mail me dgerman56@yahoo.com

Guest		11-Jun-2012 05:44
Guest vivian, I grow up in east st louis, I am not proud of what the city has become but have always been proud to say tha this is my home,I have never been arrested have never been rob or shot at in this city, it is still my home and I love it,yes this city has been though a lot but for it to come back it will take tax dollars,If any of you has been home in the past few years you can see that the city is looking better, new housing has been built new gas stations @ 25th and state and 83rd and state new strip mall @25th and state, I can see that the people is trying to get the city back but it will take time and money so lets not talk about how bad they are doing and lets help them do better, take a trip back home, buy an old house and rehab it rent it out if you can not live their, spend your money in east st louis, do not go up the hill because the gas is four cent cheaper, leave your tax dollars in east st louis, do something instead of complaining about the city it is still our home, it was some of our children who got this city wre it is today, so lets clean up what we messed up, just saying.

robbie6		30-Dec-2011 19:54
This is robbie I lived in ESL from Kansas and was so glad to graduate from Lincoln and leave Goose Hill area near the stockyards

Guest		30-Jun-2011 15:45
I moved to San Diego in 1973. I recently went back home to E. St. L. It brought tears to my eyes. I do not have the answer. I hope someone much wiser than I can find a solution. However, I have no hope..what could you possibly do to correct such horrible conditions? Believe me, it will take a miracle....Sorry

Guest		01-Jul-2010 00:45
Shirley, I definitley agree with you and several other positive comments. East St.Louis will always be home to me. I have lived on the west coast for twenty five years know and my family still lives there. I went to East Side and graduated in 1982. i was there for my brothers retirement in 2004 and honestly I had tears in my eyes. Thanks for those pictures who ever posted them they bring back a ton of good memories. Know matter what I will always love home.

Guest		18-May-2010 06:55
i remember as a kid in the 80's seeing people selling clothes under the wig sign people walked up and down the streets not ducking bullets or getting robbed i really do miss east boogie especially the 80s version luv -shon

Evang.Shirley		17-May-2010 17:08
This makes me so maddddd,I grew up in East.St. Louis,grandmother took me to the best stores downtown for Easter,sat at Woolworth counter,caught buses downtown,for the LOVE of JESUS,It is going to take a MIRACLE for EAST.St.Louis,I live in Ohio now,moved away in 1989,Where are all the hometown people that have made it out,don't you feel some kind of urgency or plea to do something?this pic is a expression of the chaos and hopelessness of the people,except God build the House(city)the labor in vain,It is going to take a sure move of God to clean out the Hatred,Murder,Drug Vices,Sexual Exploitation of our young women,Crime,Shady Politics,which has been there a long time,corrupt,corrupt police officers,Poverty,Fear,Dismay and Anxiety,I lived on 57 & 59 in State,Centreville,John De Shields Holmes,went to Washington Ele.,Morrison Ele.on 59 in State,Lansdown High,East St.Louis was a great,great town because it had great people there,all have moved away and have moved all support but I remember the respect of the elders we carried,the proud teachers,the sound of Lincoln Band,beautiful apple trees,grass and flowers,yes,I remember East St Louis,my beautiful parents,my strong grandmother,my school friends,the Respect of the people,my heart is sad because someone or many dropped the ball and now it seems like noone remember the Old landmarks or even care?they have let death enter the city,and now it is known as death city,my grandmother past last November,Mama Mildred,she stayed in John De Shield,worked at Lincoln High,I have wonderful memories of our neighbors and family,but somehow DEATH came to E.S.Louis and destroyed a beautiful city.Cowards have invaded the city of E.S. Louis and RATS and Ferocious DOGS have entered in and noone stood as protectors,thats why you have a downtown looking like this?????????????NO PROTECTORS,NOONE STOOD AT THE GATE,MOST LEFT AND SAID,WHAT THE HELL!!!!!!!!When they could have helped!!!!!!!!But I REMEMBER EAST.ST.LOUIS,my HOMETOWN

Guest		27-Mar-2010 15:52
America's problem? I don't think so. How about the people who live there call it their problem and do something. Immigrants in the early part of the 20th century helped build that town and worked in the meat packing industry, built their own businesses. They came with nothing, spoke pooor English but worked, bought homes, built their cultural "halls" (Polish Hall, Czech Hall), had their neighborhoods, educated their children. Those children left because the crime was so bad. I don't know if anyone can pinpoint where things started to slide downhill, but down it went. But don't tell me it's America's problem. Believe me - there were no affirmative action programs, small business loans, government grants or economic stimulus programs in the early 1900's when these people came to make it their home.

Guest		18-Nov-2007 04:36
Good spot to by crack

Kippy		27-Feb-2007 23:57
I can remember as a kid going downtown E. St. "Boogie", and it was really thriving big difference between 1963 and 2007. It's a damn shame what happening there nowadays. East Saint Louis America's problem