This is as true today as ever, shown not only by the fact that 10.7% of 2008 fine art graduates were unemployed after leaving university (see graphic), but also by the high proportion listing catering or retail work as their primary occupation.
Lambert Airport. The Hill is a quiet area south of Forest Park and west of Kingshighway in St. Louis where Italian immigrants from Lombardy settled in the early 1900s. The neighborhood, once called Fairmount Heights, also had many German and Irish immigrants who worked in the clay mines.
Downtown St. Louis is the central business district of St. Louis, Missouri, the hub of tourism and entertainment, and the anchor of the St. Louis metropolitan area. The downtown is bounded by Cole Street to the north, the river front to the east, Chouteau Avenue to the south, and Tucker Boulevard to the west.