photo by Robert Crowe STL Fringe Fest has been a primary outlet for independent and alternative stage productions since 2011. Following a national model, the Fringe Fest owes its name and spirit of programming to an event established in Scotland in 1947, to provide a platform for a variety...
Archive for category: Photo Flood Saint Louis
Mini Flood 83: Festival of Chariots
Photographer Joe Harrison Chariot Festival This year’s Chariot Festival was held at Creve Coeur Memorial Park. The festival, known as Ratha Yatra involves a parade that begins with hundreds of people pulling a 36′ tall chariot carrying the form of Krishna. The festival was organized by the International...
Photo Flood 123: Bevo Mill
Photographer Maureen Minich Photographer Florence Flick Bevo Mill was flood 21, first visited by Photo Flood STL in April 2014. Here is the link to the original article with an extensive write up on the area. http://www.photofloodstl.org/photo-flood-21-bevo-mill/ Photographer Mike Matney Photographer Bob Crowe Clay deposits discovered in the 1830s...
Bevo Mill
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Photo Flood 122: Midtown
Photographer Joe Rakers Midtown has been the focus of two previous floods, Photo Flood 35 in June 2015 and Photo Flood 49 in August 2016. In the 7 years since the last visit much has changed. With the addition of IKEA in the adjacent Central West End neighborhood the area has...
Photo Flood 120: Portage Des Sioux
photo by Susan Price Portage Des Sioux is a quaint, historic village of around 300 residents, along the Mississippi River in Missouri. The community is the location of the Our Lady of the Rivers Shrine, where the annual Blessing of the Fleet Festival occurs, and was site to the...
Photo Flood 119: Grafton
photo by Dennis Daugherty The concept for what would become Photo Flood Saint Louis was born while our Founder watched a small motorcycle “parade” with his wife in Grafton, way back in 2010. As the engines roared and chortled as they passed, he spotted another photographer snapping away, and...
Photo Flood 118: Forest Park
Photo by Ingrid Borecki Our visit to Forest Park was the third time for Photo Flood STL. It was the subject of floods 5 and 15, last visited in October 2013. One of the top attractions in the city of St. Louis it is just as much an icon...
Photo Flood 117: Near North Riverfront
Photo by Jen Smith Near North Riverfront is not a neighborhood in the conventional sense of the word, it is a long strip of sparsely populated land that is primarily composed of industrial, commercial, and abandoned real estate that lies between the Mississippi River and the stretch of parallel...
Photo Flood 116: Lafayette Square
Photo by Ryan Stanley It had been nine years since Photo Flood STL visited Lafayette Square, the 10th Photo Flood in May of 2013. For this flood we were lucky as it was a beautiful spring day and there were many people out and about. As we were waiting...