St. Louis Casa Loma Ballroom

Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Architecture, Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings, Photography, Biography & Memoir, Entertainment & Performing Arts
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Author: David A. Lossos ISBN: 9781439631560
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc. Publication: April 13, 2005
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing Language: English
Author: David A. Lossos
ISBN: 9781439631560
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Publication: April 13, 2005
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Language: English
In 1927, on the northeast corner of Cherokee and Iowa Streets in south St. Louis, a multistory, multipurpose building was erected. Retail shops and a bowling alley occupied the first floor, while upstairs was a place that defied the imagination of someone driving by in their brand new Model T Ford. Today, that upstairs space, with its lofty ceiling, huge maple tongue-in-groove dance floor, and wraparound balcony, is the Casa Loma Ballroom�St. Louis� last grand ballroom. Today, one gets the feeling that the ghosts of the big bands and the vocalists still linger there�and with good reason. Just about everybody who was anybody played there at one time or another. Ol� Blue Eyes himself, before he was the idol of millions, received just a meager �Featured Singer, Frank Sinatra� note at the bottom of the Casa Loma bill the night he played with the Harry James Orchestra.
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In 1927, on the northeast corner of Cherokee and Iowa Streets in south St. Louis, a multistory, multipurpose building was erected. Retail shops and a bowling alley occupied the first floor, while upstairs was a place that defied the imagination of someone driving by in their brand new Model T Ford. Today, that upstairs space, with its lofty ceiling, huge maple tongue-in-groove dance floor, and wraparound balcony, is the Casa Loma Ballroom�St. Louis� last grand ballroom. Today, one gets the feeling that the ghosts of the big bands and the vocalists still linger there�and with good reason. Just about everybody who was anybody played there at one time or another. Ol� Blue Eyes himself, before he was the idol of millions, received just a meager �Featured Singer, Frank Sinatra� note at the bottom of the Casa Loma bill the night he played with the Harry James Orchestra.

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