In addition to the core functions of the SBD, accumulated funds are used for neighborhood improvements. Listed below are a list of completed projects. 

• Replacement of pedestrian lights in the 4300 block of Maryland Avenue, with the addition of LED lights. This resulted in an impressive reduction in crime.

• New granitoid pedestrian LED lights along Taylor and Boyle Avenues.

• Rain garden and pedestrian crosswalk of the 4400 block of Maryland Avenue with assistance from the Department of Conservation.

• Extensive Tree Planting to supplement efforts by Forestry Department.

• Conversion of pedestrian lights to LED along Lindell Blvd.

• 4300 Maryland Avenue bicycle access.

• Collaborated with the Fullerton/Westminster Place Association, we aided in the installation of a traffic circle.

• ADA improvements at Taylor/Maryland and Newstead/Maryland intersections.

• Currently coordinating with residents to create a network of AwareNet smart cameras that will assist GCI officers in prioritizing security responses/resources to incidents. 

 

​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.

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In addition, to the church and private homes, the area supports many condominiums, apartments, and non-profit organizations. The latter include the St. Louis Cathedral School which accepts students of all denominations, Rosati-Kain High School which serves the entire St. Louis area, the San Luis Apartments, which provides housing for senior citizens, Cathedral Towers, which provides services to unwed mothers and other charitable programs, Doorways, a residential care facility serving those with HIV/AIDS, the Royal Vagabonds, a men's social group, the Engineer's Club of St. Louis, the Augustinian Nuns of Contemplative Life, a convent, Boy's and Girl's Town of Missouri, which provides housing and administrative services for youths, in addition, Cathedral Square has a home for persons with Mental Illness, and two additional convents. Apartment buildings range from turn of the century high rises to a newer two story apartment complex, from rooming houses to carriage houses. Condominiums, too, have been developed utilizing both old and new structures. Typical of the historic district, a broad variety of living styles exist side-by-side.

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