Kennedy's 2nd Street

The building that became Kennedy’s 2nd Street Company dates from the years before the American Civil War. In the 19th century it was purchased by Henry Shaw and became the Cutlery Factory Building. Shaw was also the founder of the Missouri Botanical Gardens, known as Shaw’s Garden. Kennedy’s 2nd Street Company opened as a tourist restaurant on Laclede's Landing in the mid 1970s. By the mid 1980s Kennedy’s was hosting local bands several nights a week. The Nukes, The Eyes, The Urge, Sinister Danes, and The Finns all played frequent shows at the 2nd street location. Kennedy’s closed its doors in 1998. In 2015 the upper floors of the building collapsed but is being restored.

Jeff Richardson and Raymond Downar

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