The Neighborhood

Historic Downtown Granite City

Granite City is situated just across the river from St. Louis, providing residents with the convenience and amenities of both a major city and the multiple suburban communities located nearby. Granite City, home to both Granite City Steel and a burgeoning arts district, has transformed into a city where “art meets industry.”

Residents of Edison Avenue Art Lofts will find themself in a quaint historic downtown, with coffee shops, restaurants, shopping, the Granite City Cinema, and public transportation a short walk from their front door. Here, a growing arts community is eager to welcome new neighbors and to support the carefully-designed arts programming and spaces contained with the Edison Avenue Art Lofts building.

Travel times via car from Granite City:

  • Airport: 21 minutes
  • The Zoo in Forest Park: 28 minutes
  • SIUE: 24 minutes
  • Eckerts’s Farm: 32 minutes
  • Scott AFB: 33 minutes
  • Gateway Arch: 14 minutes
  • Busch Stadium and the Scottrade Center: 16 minutes
  • Collinsville Shopping District & Gateway Convention Center: 20 minutes