Glen Echo Park



One of the tiny communities of near North County along Lucas & Hunt Road near Natural Bridge Road is Glen Echo.



Demographics

Population: 166

19 White

146 African American

1 Other

60 Owner Occupied houses, (95.2%)

3 Rental

3 Vacant (2000 Census)

26.1% Bachelor’s degree

Median household income in 1999 (dollars)

51,250

Median family income in 1999 (dollars)

60,833

No poverty



To the south of Glen Echo Park is Glen Echo Country Club, which like Normandy Country Club is one of the oldest west of the Mississippi River. The large homes and some mansions front the Country Club, the alley road provides the back view. The homes pictured are on St. Andrews Place and represent the typical architecture of these near North County neighborhoods from the 1920-1930s. The homes are very similar to those in Normandy, Bel-Nor, and others I could see from Natural Bridge Road.



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Across Lucas & Hunt Rd in Beverly Hills

Glen Echo Park, Normandy, Pasadina Park, Pasadina Hills, Ferguson...all attractive old suburbs, having much in common with desireable communities such as Webster Groves and Kirkwood with well built older homes...and a bargain (if you're looking to invest in inner ring suburbs). The McMansions consturcted with new growth pine 2X4's in far West County and St. Charles County will be falling appart before the mortgages are paid up, while these homes will still be standing strong.

I love these inner ring suburbs.

Expat, I agree, and maybe that's because the homes in these inner ring suburbs were built at a time when the product was still as important as the profit. Even these homes can't be built today without great added costs. The very basics (in the framing) are inferior today, as our logging industry has destroyed our old growth forest and replaced them with fast growing pine...which is a much softer wood, and most likely a treat for termites!!

From the old inner ring suburbs increasingly more urban on in to most urban downtown, I love all the old and new high quality architecture.