Article: Seeds of East St. Louis' Decay Were Planted as the City Grew, Documentary Says.

Article: East St. Louis Revisited
Oakland Post;  May 1, 2002 ;     657 words ... ... Powell Oakland Post 05-01-2002 East St. Louis was the right place to revisit ... and Witness Ministries went to East St. Louis to see for themselves what has ... creek running through part of East St. Louis which was highly toxic from decades ...

Article: East St. Louis' toughest hurdle might be ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  March 17, 2002 ;     700+ words ...East St. Louis' toughest hurdle might be others ... Angeles Times Sunday, March 17, 2002 East St. Louis, Ill. -- This is a boarded-up ... River, in Missouri, recently slammed East St. Louis as too scary to visit unarmed. Dismissing ...

Article: STUDENT CASTS EAST ST. LOUIS IN GOOD LIGHT
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 20, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... following news release: "There's more to East St. Louis than violence" said LaRon Epps, East St. Louis Carter School student. The sophomore ... shouldn't be that way," said Epps of East St. Louis. The project is spearheaded by Joe Fatheree ...

Article: Clinton, Cuomo Present $3 Million Empowerment Zone Grant to St. ...
U.S. Newswire;  July 6, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... at 5 p.m. CDT /ADVANCE/ EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill., July 6 /U.S. Newswire ... million Empowerment Zone grant to East St. Louis, Ill.; St. Louis, Mo ... Cuomo joined the mayors of St. Louis, East St. Louis and Wellston, along ...

Article: EAST ST. LOUIS -- PORTRAIT OF POVERTY
The Boston Globe;  March 31, 1988 ;     700+ words ...EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - It sits on the east bank ... could just as well be an ocean away. East St. Louis, an almost entirely black city of ... the city founder over the years fear East St. Louis represents an acute version of the ...

Article: East St. Louis experiencing turnaround
St. Louis Commerce;  February 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...The 30,000 residents of East St. Louis are witnessing an explosion of ... There is no question that East St. Louis is under retailed and under served ... first major retail project in East St. Louis since the 1950s. The center ...

Article: Toughest hurdle facing East St. Louis may be ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  March 17, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Toughest hurdle facing East St. Louis may be others' perceptions City ... Times Sunday, March 17, 2002 East St. Louis, Ill. -- This is a boarded ... in Missouri, recently slammed East St. Louis as too scary to visit unarmed ...