Many entertainers such as The Smothers Brothers, Lenny Bruce, Miles Davis, Barbra Streisand, Jackie Mason, Mike Nichols and Elaine May, Woody Allen, Jerry Stiller, Dick Gregory and Jack E. the district attracted many poets and writers, such as Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg who would stop in St. The district was greatly affected by dramatic change in culture and music of the late 1950s and 60s when the bohemian and later hippie generation began questioning traditional majority values in art, literature, and political self-expression. By 1962, property values had tripled in Gaslight Square. The Natchez Queen was decorated to resemble a riverboat with live ragtime music inside. The Roaring Twenties was a speakeasy themed bar that included a stage show, mock raids, and staged gangster fights. The Opera House had a façade covered in croquet balls and was a venue for Dixieland jazz. These businesses provided an array of unique entertainment that combined elements of the past and present. At its height, Gaslight Square was home to approximately fifty businesses, including taverns, cabarets, restaurants, sidewalk cafes, and antique shops. These resourceful decorations gave Gaslight Square a youthful, eclectic feel that attracted young beatniks and wealthy customers alike. Louis to salvage unique items such as church pews, chandeliers, recycled stained glass, and marble bathtubs. Early business owners in Gaslight Square raided recently demolished property in downtown St. Another saloon, the Golden Eagle, soon opened, and proprietor Jay Landesman relocated his extremely popular cabaret theatre, the Crystal Palace, to the area as well. It was the home to many clubs and restaurants, and entertainment venues.īrothers Dick and Paul Mutrux are considered by many to be the pioneers of Gaslight Square, being proprietors of one of the first saloons in the area, the Gaslight. The district was popular for music, poetry, comedy, formal and informal dining, and dancing. The Square occupies the area surrounding Olive and Boyle Streets in the Central West End. Gaslight Square quickly became a thriving entertainment district that could be compared somewhat to the Delmar Loop area of St. The district was known for its gas lit street lamps and ornate Victorian style architecture, reflective of the 1800s and the riverboat era around the turn of the century. Gaslight Square was the name given to the entertainment district built in the mid-1950s.
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