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	Acquisition of property for what would become Parkview began as early as 1901 by the Parkview Realty and Development Company. Beredith Realty Company was the developer, and the area was often referred to as the Beredith Tract. The Parkview plat was filed in 1905. This photograph was taken looking north from Washington University about 1908. The track and a train for the Chicago, Rock Island, Pacific Rail Road are in the foreground. Berlin Avenue (renamed Pershing Avenue) is the first street beyond the rail road tracks, then Waterman Avenue, both intersecting with Westgate Avenue. The back of the Park Hotel appears at left center, and buildings for the Delmar Race Track north of Delmar Boulevard are at right center. The two houses on the right are on Washington Avenue.
	This photograph of Delmar Garden Amusement Park was taken from the top of the Woman's Magazine Building about 1904. The Amusement Park opened around the turn of the century on Delmar Boulevard at the end of the Delmar Streetcar line, offering a variety of entertainment venues, rides and eating and drinking establishments. At the time University City was incorporated it had a somewhat unsavory reputation, but management followed the new ordinances, and the Amusement Park remained popular until it closed in the late teens. The Delmar Race Track was located just east of Delmar Garden, and the cupola on the Race Track stands is just visible over the trees. Tracks for the Creve Coeur Streetcar run across the center of the photo. The Lewis Publishing Company baseball team practiced on the ball field in the foreground.
	This photograph of Delmar Garden Amusement Park was taken from the top of the Woman's Magazine Building about 1904. The Amusement Park opened around the turn of the century on Delmar Boulevard at the end of the Delmar Streetcar line, offering a variety of entertainment venues, rides and eating and drinking establishments. At the time University City was incorporated it had a somewhat unsavory reputation, but management followed the new ordinances, and the Amusement Park remained popular until it closed in the late teens. The Delmar Race Track was located just east of Delmar Garden, and the cupola on the Race Track stands is just visible over the trees. Tracks for the Creve Coeur Streetcar run across the center of the photo. The Lewis Publishing Company baseball team used the ball field in the foreground.

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