AALLSpectruminsert_June 5/17/06 12:48 PM Page 1 survival guide st. louis © St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission. by Dorie Bertram The area code for all phone numbers in this guide is 314 unless otherwise noted. Coming into St. Louis From the Airport • Holiday Inn Select—turn right on Lambert-St. Louis International Airport is Washington and go four blocks to 9th. 13 miles from downtown St. Louis. Turn right on 9th and go one block; the hotel will be on the left. Taxi: Taxis to downtown cost approximately $36. They depart from Main Terminal Exit • Wyndham Mayfair—turn right on MT14 (yellow level of the garage) and East Washington and go three blocks to 8th. Terminal Exit ET12. Note: an airport use fee Turn left on 8th and go one block to St. of $3 will be added to the fare. Charles. Turn right on St. Charles; the hotel entrance will be on the immediate left. TransExpress: Shared van service is available every 20 minutes to downtown hotels. • Hampton Inn—turn left on Washington Purchase tickets and board at Main Terminal and go one block to 4th. Turn left on 4th; Exit MT12 and East Terminal Exit ET12. the hotel entrance will be on the Tickets cost $16 one-way, $26 round trip. immediate right. TransExpress can also provide transportation Greyhound for persons with disabilities, with advance notice (427-3311). 1450 N. 13th Street 231-4485 or 800/231-2222 MetroLink: MetroLink is St. Louis’ light rail www.greyhound.com system, operating daily from 5 a.m. until midnight with departures approximately every The Greyhound station is located four blocks 10 minutes. It is located on the upper level of west and seven blocks north of the convention the Main Terminal at Exit MT1 and at the East center entrance. Terminal through the parking garage. Ticket Amtrak vending machines take $10s, $5s, $1s, and 550 S. 16th Street coins and will make change. Tickets are 331-3309 or 800/872-7245 currently priced at $3.25 for an adult one-way www.amtrak.com trip from the airport to downtown. Return trip is $1.75. The ticket must be validated with a The train station is located two blocks east of time stamp before boarding. The closest stop Union Station in downtown St. Louis. to the hotels is the Convention Center stop at By Car Washington and 6th. This stop is two blocks St. Louis is situated at the geographic hub of the from the Renaissance and the Drury, about United States. A network of interstate highways three blocks from the Mayfair and the runs through the city. From the east, I-70 (from Hampton, and six blocks from the Holiday Inn. Indianapolis), I-64 (from Louisville), and I-55 For more airport transportation information, (from Chicago) merge together and cross the visit www.lambert-stlouis.com/index/ Poplar Street Bridge over the Mississippi River ground.html. into downtown St. Louis. I-70 turns north, passes the airport, and continues west to Car: Driving directions from the airport to Kansas City. I-55 turns south past the Anheuser- downtown hotels. Busch brewery and continues south to Follow signs to I-70 East. Take I-70 East Memphis and New Orleans. I-64, which the 13 miles to Exit 249D (Downtown/Broadway). locals call Highway 40, continues west through Exit on Broadway and continue south past St. Louis, past Forest Park, and across the the Edward Jones Dome (on the right). Missouri River, eventually ending by merging From Broadway: with I-70. I-44 begins in St. Louis and runs southwest along the former path of Route 66 to • Drury Inn Convention Center—on the Oklahoma City. right at Broadway and Convention Plaza. • Renaissance Grand—turn right on Washington and go three blocks to 8th. Turn left on 8th; the hotel will be on the immediate right. • Renaissance Suites—turn right on Washington and go three blocks to 8th. The hotel entrance will be on the right past the convention center entrance. Missouri Botanical Garden. © St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission. AALLSpectruminsert_June 5/17/06 10:30 AM Page 2 st. louissurvival guide Getting Around St. Louis and hospitality throughout the downtown area. Taxis Their job is to answer questions, give directions, and assist in making your visit more enjoyable. For taxi service, telephone the following recommended companies or locate one of their cabs at stands near most major hotels Conference Hotels and the convention center. Renaissance Grand County Cab Company (Headquarters Hotel) 993-8294 800 Washington Avenue, 621-9600 Harris and Eagle Para Lift Service Renaissance St. Louis Suites Hotel 535-5087 827 Washington Avenue, 621-9700 Laclede Cab Wyndham Mayfair Hotel 652-3456 806 St. Charles Street, 421-2500 Yellow Cab of St. Louis Hampton Inn-Gateway Arch 991-5544 333 Washington Avenue, 621-7900 MetroLink Holiday Inn Select Convention Center A one-way ride on the MetroLink light-rail 811 N. Ninth Street, 421-4000 system costs $1.75 (except for the airport to downtown, which costs $3.25). Ticket vending Drury Inn Convention Center machines take $10s, $5s, $1s, and coins, and 711 N. Broadway, 231-8100 tickets must be validated with a time stamp after they are purchased. Day passes for MetroLink and MetroBuses are $4.25. Trains Tourist Information run every 10 minutes during the day. Early St. Louis Convention and Visitors morning and late night service runs every 30 Commission minutes. A downtown Free Ride Zone allows 421-1023 or 800/916-0092 passengers to ride at no charge between Union www.explorestlouis.com Station and the Arch-Laclede’s Landing Station Monday through Friday, from 11:30 a.m. until Missouri Tourism 1:30 p.m. For schedule information, visit www.visitmo.com www.metrostlouis.org or call 231-2345. Illinois Tourism Bus www.enjoyillinois.com The MetroBus fleet consists of more than 450 buses operating 75 bus routes. Many MetroBus routes connect to MetroLink stations. Go to Area Attractions www.metrostlouis.org to view a description of For more information about St. Louis-area how Metro can connect you with many great attractions, visit www.aallnet.org/events/ attractions in the St. Louis area. local06 and www.explorestlouis.com. Driving Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis Downtown St. Louis is a square grid pattern, with Lindell Boulevard at Newstead Avenue, north/south streets generally numbered from the 373-8240 river westward. (Exceptions are Broadway, which www.cathedralstl.org is the 5th street, and Tucker, which is the 12th street.) Most streets are one way and alternate City Museum Weather directions every other street. Right turns on red 701 N. 15th Street, 231-2489 are allowed unless posted. Rush hour is 7-9 a.m. www.citymuseum.org July is the warmest month of the and 4-6 p.m. East-west street addresses Gateway Arch-Jefferson National year with an average high of 89°F correspond to north-south cross-streets (e.g., Expansion Memorial (32°C) and an average nighttime 600 Olive is at 6th and Olive). low of 67°F (19°C). During the St. Louis Riverfront, 655-1700 summer months, air originating Walking www.nps.gov/jeff from the Gulf of Mexico tends to Most of the Conference hotels are within Missouri Botanical Garden dominate the area, producing warm two blocks of the convention center. Many 4344 Shaw Boulevard, and humid conditions. For 24-hour downtown attractions, such as the Gateway 577-9400 or 800/642-8842 recorded weather information, call Arch, Union Station, and the Old Courthouse, www.mobot.org 321-2222. are also within eight to 10 blocks. As you explore, you may notice the downtown “CID Missouri History Museum Guides.” These distinctively-uniformed (gold (Missouri Historical Society) Missouri Botanical Garden. © St. Louis Convention and black) sidewalk greeters and guides travel Forest Park, 746-4599 and Visitors Commission. on foot and bicycles to provide information www.mohistory.org AALLSpectruminsert_June 5/17/06 10:30 AM Page 3 In Case of Emergency Hospitals Emergency: 911 St. Louis University Hospital Barnes-Jewish Hospital 24-Hour Emergency Number at convention 3635 Vista - I-44 at Grand, 577-8000 One Barnes-Jewish Hospital Plaza - center: 342-5081 or 342-5016 I-64 at Kingshighway, 747-3000 The Muny Theatre July 8-9 Convenience/Grocery Forest Park, 361-1900 Contemporary Indian Art Show City Grocers July 6-16: The Wizard of Oz Cahokia Mounds Historic Site and 920 Olive Street, 621-0010 www.muny.org Interpretive Center, 800/289-2388 www.city-grocers.com www.cahokiamounds.com Old Courthouse Film Development 11 N. 4th Street, 655-1700 July 12 Advance Photographics and Digital www.nps.gov/jeff/courthouse.html Off the Wall Wednesdays Movie Series 320 N. 4th Street, 776-4488 Kiener Plaza in Downtown St. Louis, 436-6500 President Casino Walgreen’s July 12 1000 N. Leonor K. Sullivan Boulevard 515 N. 6th Street, 4th Floor (aboard a riverboat on the Mississippi River Whitaker Music Festival St. Louis Centre Mall, 231-3300 docked at Laclede’s Landing) Missouri Botanical Garden Cohen Pharmacies/Drug Store 622-3000 or 800/772-3647 Amphitheater, 577-5100 Walgreen’s www.mobot.org www.presidentcasino.com/stlouis 515 N. 6th Street, 4th Floor Scott Joplin House State Historic Site July 14-15 St. Louis Centre Mall, 231-3300 2658 Delmar Boulevard, Live on the Levee Eyeglass Repair Free outdoor concerts and fireworks on the Erker Fine Eyewear 340-5790 or 800/334-6946 St. Louis Riverfront at the foot of the Arch steps www.mostateparks.com/scottjoplin.htm www.fairstl.org 908 Olive Street, 241-9410 St.