Laclede's Landing is the surviving sliver of historic St Louis riverfront — about nine blocks of cobblestone streets and 19th-century warehouses just north of the Eads Bridge. Almost everything else along the river was cleared in the 1930s to build the Gateway Arch grounds, so this district carries most of what remained of the city's commercial origins.
The area has had a difficult century — long periods of vacancy, attempts at nightclub redevelopment that came and went — but the cast-iron facades and brick streets are still impressive. The Laclede's Landing Wax Museum, a long-running quirky attraction, closed in 2018 and recent redevelopment has tried to bring residential life back. A nice place for an evening walk after dinner downtown.