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Clayton's central location gives it convenient access to several interstates and major arteries that place it within minutes of just about anywhere in the region. This predominantly upper income area, features outstanding residential neighborhoods that offer a choice of living styles and price ranges - most are within walking distance of business district offices, restaurants, galleries and specialty boutiques and shops. Clayton's downtown area are home to a number of Fortune 500 headquarters and offices. Clayton's retail community includes the most active and diverse collection of fine art galleries in the Midwest and one of the finest selection of antiques in the St. Louis area. Specialty shops offer everything from computers to flowers, from fashion to furniture. Complimented by over seventy restaurants, shoppers can combine their outing with a quick sandwich or long conversations over gourmet cuisine.
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Parks & Recreation
- The Center of Clayton
The new center is a 124,000 square foot recreation center, that offers the ultimate experience in sports, fitness, swimming, recreational, educational and lifestyle enhancing programs.
- Shaw Park
The largest park within the City of Clayton comprising 47.6 acres. The park includes a variety of active and passive recreation functions which are distributed throughout the park. The park environment includes a mixture of mature canopy forest areas located along and through a broad deep ravine with flatter, cleared open space areas surrounding it. The centrally located ravine wooded areas are suitable for passive activities such as picnicking, walking, and seating. The cleared open space areas located both on the west and east sides of the park are used for active recreation opportunities such as ball fields, sand volleyball courts, an outdoor pool, tennis courts and an ice/roller rink. Shaw Park ice rink is one of two outdoor ice rinks in all of St. Louis.
- Alamo Park
A .25 acre site in the eastern portion of the City of Clayton in a multi-family neighborhood. The play lot is a passive park which includes benches, vegetation, and pedestrian-scale lighting.
- Concordia Park
This park is a 1.5 acre rectangular property which is leased from Concordia Seminary. It is a passive park with several benches, trash containers, and mature trees. The property is defined and enclosed by a pruned hedge.
- DeMun Park
0.6 acres of level ground and a variety of deciduous, flowering and evergreen vegetation. It includes two use areas – a playground on the southern end of the park for larger children, and a tot-lot on the northern end of the park for toddlers.
- Taylor Park
The park is divided into three functional use areas. The first, located in the front of the park near Central Avenue, is passive and includes a gazebo, benches, and a circular concrete walkway. The second functional use area is a tot-lot adjacent to the wood fence at the rear of the park. The third use area is located south of Kingsbury Boulevard, a level turf area with concrete pad contained by a fence has the potential for either passive or active recreation. Currently the third use area functions for dog walking and ball playing.
- Oak Knoll Park
Oak Knoll Park is the second largest park within the city limits comprising 14.5 acres. The park includes primarily passive activities. The park environment is mostly canopy tree and lawn areas with a gently rolling topography. Oak Knoll Park includes several stone mansions, the first of which houses the Clayton Child Center. The second houses the St. Louis Artist Guild classes and exhibits. Other structures include a maintenance building with an attached greenhouse, and a restroom building. Also included in the park are a rose garden, a pond, playground, and a stone pad equipped with several picnic tables and trash receptacles.
- Wydown Park - east of Hanley Road on Wydown
This one-acre site is designated as an open play space.
- Martin Franklin Hanley House
The Hanley House is a one-acre site listed on the national register of historic places. The Greek-Revival house is typical of many Missouri farms in the pre-Civil War period. The house and several ancillary structures remain and have been restored. The site is equipped with several picnic benches and trash receptacles to accommodate small gatherings. The grounds also play host to several special events per year.
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