What is the CSSBD?
Cathedral Square Special Business District is a subdivision of the State of Missouri located in the northeast corner of the Central West End, a historic district of the city of St. Louis. It is a residential neighborhood defined by a series of cul de sacs. Along the northern boundary, Westminster Place, once a private street called Fullerton Place, was laid out in 1892. The southern boundary of Lindell Boulevard is highlighted by the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, a landmark Catholic church. Begun in 1907, the Byzantine and Romanesque style structure houses one on the finest displays of mosaics in the western hemisphere. Most of the structures located between the eastern boundary of Boyle Avenue and the western boundary of Taylor Avenue were built during the robust expansion of the city surrounding the World Fair of 1904. Newstead Avenue and Maryland Avenue serve as the arterial streets, connecting the square to neighboring residential and business districts.
On May 6, 1996, voters approved a property tax levy at the maximum rate of $.85 per $100 valuation to fund the Cathedral Square Special Business District for three years, beginning January 1, 1997. On March 3, 2009 voters passed a continuance of the tax for 10 yeaars.