Blog Profile / St. Louis City Talk
| URL : | http://stlcitytalk.blogspot.com | |
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| Filed Under: | United States / St. Louis | |
| Posts on Regator: | 252 | |
| Posts / Week: | 1.1 | |
| Archived Since: | December 10, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
The Purple Martin Is Coming to Fox Park
Fox Park is getting something it desperately needs...a neighborhood restaurant. This neighborhood bound by I-44 on the north, Gravois on the south, Jefferson on the east and Nebraska Ave. on the west has a park that is nearly the center of the neighborhood. Show More Summary
Grand Center Arts Academy
The Grand Center Arts Academy (GCAA) is a public charter school founded in 2010 serving students in grades 6-9 currently, and they will continue to add one grade per year, until they cover middle school and high school through grade 12. Show More Summary
Kennard Classical Junior Academy
Kennard Classical Junior Academy (KCJA) is a magnet school within the St. Louis Public School System, focusing on "gifted programs" serving children grades pre-Kindergarten through 5th. The school has been located at 5031 Potomac Avenue in the North Hampton Neighborhood since 1928. Show More Summary
Fox Manor Apartments: Re-use in Dutchtown
The southern most tip of the Dutchtown neighborhood near Spring and Delor is seeing some exciting redevelopment of some formerly problematic properties just north of the Holly Hills neighborhood. Here's a bird's eye view of the area:...Show More Summary
Public Plea...
I have thoughts of a graphic novel centered around STL. Anti-status quo and humor and scandal...have characters sketched out. Need an artist and other people who work for fun.
St. Louis Language Immersion Schools - The French School
The St. Louis Language Immersion School (SLLIS) is a charter school focusing on a full curriculum based in foreign languages. Here's some background from the SLLIS website:St. Louis Language Immersion Schools Inc. is a federal non-profit organization that operates a network of independent charter public schools in St. Show More Summary
Wilkinson Early Childhood Development Center @ Roe School
Wilkinson Early Childhood Center @ Roe School (WECC), is a magnet school in the St. Louis Public School System (SLPS). It serves children in grades pre-school to 2nd. WECC is housed in the Roe Schoolhouse built in 1919 by renowned architect Rockwell M. Show More Summary
Compton-Drew Investigative Learning Center
Compton-Drew Investigative Learning Center is a middle magnet school within the St. Louis Public School System, serving children grades 6 through 8. The school has been located at 5130 Oakland Avenue in the Kings Oak Neighborhood since 1996. Show More Summary
Fox Park-The Park
This is a long, long, long winded post. There is a lot going on in Fox Park, and I have a ~2.5 year story to tell. If you don't get through this, please let me begin by asking for your support. If you would like to volunteer for our Park Committee, email me. Show More Summary
Mullanphy School
Mullanphy School, or Mullanphy Investigative Learning Center as it is currently referred to by the school system, is an elementary magnet school within the St. Louis Public School System. The school is housed in a beautiful building designed by renowned architect William B. Show More Summary
We Are Putting the Fox back in Fox Park...You Can Help!
Hello readers and friends. Fox Park is making tremendous progress as an "up-and-coming" neighborhood. This part of the city is clearly on the rise. Part of making a vibrant city is to embrace public art. Someone driving or walking by will notice the creativity and life that artwork brings and think, wow this place is organized and happening. Show More Summary
Bellefontaine Cemetery
Staring at a map of St. Louis' 79 neighborhoods, you can't help but notice the large park/cemetery areas throughout the city that in some cases exceeds the area of many of the neighborhoods. Seven of these in particular are among the largest and ones I hope to explore and blog about. Show More Summary
Word Of The Day: Gentrification
My latest spiel on words commonly considered as provocative or misunderstood or at a minimum, ambiguous in St. Louis is on the word "gentrification".I've touched on the word hoosier and ghetto so far, two words most in the region use with a strong local meaning. Show More Summary
Up And Coming Neighborhood Poll
So back in December I shared some thoughts what an "up and coming" neighborhood means to me. I posted a reader poll based on personal curiosity to see if how my thoughts and gut feeling on the subject compare to the readers of my blog. Show More Summary
Daydream # 384
Closed on the warehouse...dimes became dollars and everything came together. Friends and confidants landed at the right time. The ping-pong table will be 3rd floor southwest corner. The drum set is not in the basement anymore, probably near the bar now. Ride your bike to the shack and play...lock the doors...and call me if you need me. Everyone is invited. The club is open.
The Mark C. Steinberg Ice Rink in Forest Park
The Mark C. Steinberg Ice Rink opened on November 11, 1957 in Forest Park right in the shadow of Barnes-Jewish Washington University Medical campus on Kingshighway. Mr. Steinberg was a native St. Louisan and a self-made man starting out as an office boy in a brokerage firm, eventually starting his own firm, the largest of its kind in St. Show More Summary
SLU: Will it be a good next 15 years or not?
Reviewing all the news stories of 2012 got me thinking about the horrible stuff that unfolded at Penn State University. One of the most vivid memories I will have of that whole incident was the image of the students defending Joe Paterno, Jerry Sandusky, the football program and the University amidst some pretty ugly evidence. Show More Summary
Word Of The Day: Ghetto
Alright kind readers of St. Louis, I'm continuing my spiel on words. Words that are misunderstood or words that are unjustifiably viewed as inflammatory or unecessarily provocative or words that no longer represent what they were originally intended to. Show More Summary
Brightside Demonstration Garden at Vandeventer and Kingshighway
The Brightside demonstration garden at the intersection of Southwest Avenue, Shenandoah Avenue, Kingshighway and Vandeventer in the Southwest Garden Neighborhood is nearing completion and looking quite inviting and eye-catching: Built in 2011, the Brightside St. Show More Summary
The most up and coming neighborhood in the city
"Up and coming" is a label that could be put on many St. Louis neighborhoods. But, what does up and coming mean? It's highly subjective. To me, it's a neighborhood that has already hit rock bottom and it on its way up and will be a desireable, functional, vibrant, active, stable, safe place in 5-10 years. Show More Summary