St. Louis Casa Loma Ballroom (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780738533780)

In 1927, on the northeast corner of Cherokee and Iowa Streets in south St. Louis, a multistory, multipurpose building was erected. Retail shops and a bowling alley occupied the first floor, while upstairs was a place that defied the imagination of someone driving by in their brand new Model T Ford. Today, that upstairs space, with its lofty ceiling, huge maple tongue-in-groove dance floor, and wraparound balcony, is the Casa Loma Ballroom--St. Louis' last grand ballroom. Today, one gets the feeling that the ghosts of the big bands and the vocalists still linger there--and with good reason. Just about everybody who was anybody played there at one time or another. Ol' Blue Eyes himself, before he was the idol of millions, received just a meager Featured Singer, Frank Sinatra note at the bottom of the Casa Loma bill the night he played with the Harry James Orchestra.

Author: David A. Lossos
ISBN-10: 0738533785
ISBN-13: 9780738533780
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2005
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.56w x 0.36d