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Souvenirs Of A Shrunken World
At midnight on this date one hundred and six years ago, December 1, 1904, David Rowland Francis, president of the world’s fair, formally closed the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904 with the words,”Farewell, a long farewell to all thy splendor!” … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary and Criticism, History, St. Louis
Tagged 1904 World's Fair, David Rowland Francis, Geronimo, Helen Keller, Holly Iglesias, Ota Benga, Scott Joplin, Souvenirs Of A Shrunken World, St. Louis, The Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904, The Missouri History Museum, The St. Louis Public Library
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Halloween Reflections STL
Pixie, kobold, elf, and sprite, All are on their rounds tonight; In the wan moon’s silver ray, Thrives their helter-skelter play. ~Joel Benton This was one of the most beautiful Halloween weekends in my memory. It began with a great … Continue reading
Haunting St. Louis I
As autumn wends its way thru October, chill winds from the west and north turn the leaves to gold and flame. The old year, approaching the eleventh of its twelve calendrical months, is dying; going out in a last blaze … Continue reading
Posted in Happenings, Hauntings, History, Irish, St. Louis
Tagged #13 Hortense Place, Angel Without Wings, Arsenal Hill, Bellefontaine Cemetery, Benton Park, Cafe Louie, Celtic Festival of the Dead, Cherokee Cave, De Menil Place, Halloween, Hauntings, Herman Luyties, Indian Cave, Isaiah Sellers, Laclede's Landing, Leo Lentelli, November's Eve, Sam Clemen's Premonition in St. Louis, Samhain, St. Louis, St. Louis University, The Campbell House Museum, The Exorcism of 1949, The Lemp Mansion, The Morgan Street Brewery, The Old Post Office St. Louis, The Roberts' Orpheum Theater, The Staircase at Fort Belle Fontaine
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The C.W.E. – St. Louis
When the air turns cool, as it did today with a nip in the air, I head to the Central West End to walk one of St. Louis’ most elegant neighborhoods, an area filled with distinctive residences, great churches, sidewalk … Continue reading
Posted in Neighborhoods, St. Louis
Tagged Big Sleep Books, Bissinger's, Cassie's Scents, Chef Eric Kelly, Chess Club of St. Louis, Crepes, Gaslight Square St. Louis, Golden Grocer Natural Foods, Hortense Place, Julius Pitzman, Levy Restaurants of Chicago, Maryland Avenue, Miles Davis, Patricia Treacy, Portland Place, Sam Koplar, Scape American Bistro, St. Louis, Ted Koplar, The Central West End, The Chase Park Plaza, The Women's Exchange
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Mound Street & a Museum of the City of St. Louis
I am writing today to advocate the creation of a Museum of the City of St. Louis. St. Louis’ place in the broad history of the United States and North America is critical, deep and little celebrated. And this is … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Architecture, Commentary and Criticism, History, St. Louis
Tagged Mound Builders, Mound Street, St. Louis
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The Mound City
Archaeologists have named the Mississippian Mound Builders for the earthworks they constructed along the Mississippi River and its tributaries – from its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico – to its source in Lake Itasca, Minnesota. A cursory glance at … Continue reading
The First Irish
Unlike many of the American settlements on the eastern seaboard, Saint Louis was open to the Irish; even Irish Catholics, who shared a religious heritage with the French and Creole founders of the village. Continue reading
The Lou’s Starry, Musical Nights
Last Wednesday night’s Whitaker Music Festival in the Missouri Botanical Garden was the most recent in The Lou’s long history of large-scale, open-air, summer-musical events – many of which originate in 19th century band concerts in the city’s parks. The … Continue reading →