[old-ager]

North side of STL. Cf. south side of Chicago.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/gunman-randomly-opens-fire-on-laclede-gas-workers-in-st/article_48f535ba-3061-55ec-8f3a-cb9f8fabf2eb.html

[MarMema]

It's not the north side, it's the central west end.

And in fact quite close to the zoo and Wash U.