Location The University is located in Midtown St. Louis. Ten blocks to the west of the University is Forest Park. In this park of 1,400 acres are an Art Museum, a zoo, a science center, the Municipal Opera, Missouri Historical Society, an outdoor ice-skating rink, and facilities for golf, tennis, handball, and picnics. Also nearby is the Missouri Botanical Garden (Shaw's Garden), which contains in its Climatron and other facilities one of the most complete collections of plant life in the world. The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra performs in Powell Symphony Hall within two blocks of the campus. St. Louis is the home of professional baseball, football, soccer, and hockey teams. Its river front features -- including the stainless steel Gateway Arch, the city's Convention Center, and other attractions -- are establishing St. Louis as a major tourist center.

The Gateway Arch, located just a few minutes  east of campus

Travel Directions
US 40 Eastbound - Exit Grand Boulevard. Go north 4 lights to Laclede Ave. Turn left onto Laclede and park in the university garage on the immediate left. Walk east on Laclede to Grand Blvd.  O'Neil Hall: Turn left (north) on Grand Ave. to Lindell Blvd.  Turn left (west) on Lindell and go past the University Church and its Parish Hall, and past Verhaegen Hall.  O'Neil Hall (3642 Lindell Blvd.) is the next building on the left.  Macelwane Hall:  From the corner of Laclede and Grand, walk east across Grand and Macelwane is the second building on the left.
US40 West bound - Exit at Forest Park. Right one block on Grand. Turn left onto Laclede and park in the university garage. Walk east on Laclede to Grand Blvd.  Follow the directions above for either O'Neil Hall or Macelwane Hall.
I-44 East bound - Exit at Grand Boulevard. Go north 1 mile, over viaduct, under US 40 to Laclede Avenue. Turn left onto Laclede and park in the university garage. Follow the directions above for either O'Neil Hall or Macelwane Hall.
I-55 North bound - Take I-44 west to Grand Boulevard. Exit at Grand Boulevard. Go north 1 mile, over viaduct, under US 40 to Laclede Avenue. Turn left onto Laclede and park in the university garage. Follow the directions above for either O'Neil Hall or Macelwane Hall.
Using MetroLink - Exit at Grand. Walk north on Grand, under US40 and over Forest Park until Laclede Avenue. Follow the directions above for either O'Neil Hall or Macelwane Hall.
By automobile from the airport - Take I-70 east two miles to I-170 South. Follow I-170 until it terminates. You will want to follow the lanes for US40/I64 east. Exit from 40 East onto Grand Boulevard north. Go north four traffic lights, past the Shell station on the left. At Laclede (top of the hill), make a left turn for the parking structure on the left.  Follow the directions above for either O'Neil Hall or Macelwane Hall.
Automobile From Downtown - On US40/I64, proceed west to the Forest Park Boulevard exit (just past Jefferson). Exit at Grand Boulevard, north.
From Union Station: Take Market Street west past Jefferson. At Compton, take Forest Park west. Proceed to Grand Boulevard, north.  Follow the directions above for either O'Neil Hall or Macelwane Hall.

Food and Lodging
The Union Station area has several moderately priced hotels:
Drury Inn Union Station, 20th and Market, Tel: 314 231 3900
Hampton Inn, 2211 Market, Tel: 314 241 3200

In the evening Union Station has good restaurants as well as a food court.

At Saint Louis University, there is are several meal options in Busch Student Center (7:30AM -10:30PM) and a food court in Fusz Memorial. 

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