This is formerly a Greek Orthodox Church on State Street in East St. Louis. Many people forget that there is a large population of Eastern Europeans in the Metro East, descendants of stockyards workers.
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Yes this is the Greek Orthodox Church tennis legend Jimmy Connors could see from his back yard nearby. His Mom secured gravel from construction workers laying the roads in the adjacent new Parkside subdivision for the backyard tennis court a young Jimmy would hone his tennis skills. Jimmy would also practice at the courts at Jones Park where he would hop a freight train ? to get off near his home. Those same tracks today carry passengers daily on MetroLink. Jimmy’s grandfather was former mayor John Connors and his father was supervisor over the toll collectors at the former Veterans Memorial Bridge. Present day Dr. Martin Luther King Memorial Bridge.