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	This photograph of the west side of the Woman's National Daily Building was taken in February of 1907. In spite of Edward Gardner Lewis' magnificent buildings, the area was still quite rural. A cow is grazing in the field behind the building. The buildings of Washington University are visible in the distance.
	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 south toward Washington University about 1906 or 1907. The angle of the photograph is misleading and Parkview actually covers the full width of the photograph. The Kirkwood-Ferguson Streetcar track ran north and south just west of Parkview.
	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 southwest from Skinker Road. The houses are all in the 6200 block of Waterman Avenue. Washington University's campus and Brookings Hall are visible in the distance.
	This photograph was taken about 1907 from the Washington University campus, looking northwest toward Edward Gardner Lewis' monumental Woman's Magazine Building and Woman's National Daily Building. To the left is University Heights #1, Lewis' residence park. On the lower right is the southwest corner of Parkview, showing the intersection of Westgate and Berlin Avenues. The Kirkwood-Ferguson Streetcar tracks follow the western edge of Parkview, while the Chicago, Rock Island, Pacific Rail Road tracks are to the south.
	This photograph, dated September 28, 1909, appeared in "The Woman's National Daily" on October 21, 1909 as part of a series titled "Views in University City." The caption read "Forsyth Boulevard, a part of the great belt boulevard being constructed to run entirely around University City, five miles in length. The buildings of Washington University are shown in the foreground." The planned completion of the five mile circle never took place. Today, Forsyth Boulevard begins at Skinker Road just east of the St. Louis City limit and runs west into Clayton.
	This photograph of Brookings Hall on the Washington University campus appeared in "The Woman's National Daily" on April 23, 1909 as part of a series titled "Views in University City." The caption read "View of Washington University on the south of Parkview and University Heights in University City." The proximity of Washington University was one of the reasons that Edward Gardner Lewis gave for naming his first subdivision University Heights, and the city University City.

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