Photo by Mike Matney As a celebration of graffiti art and hip-hop, Paint Louis is an annual event along the floodwall just south of the Gateway Arch. It is free and open to the public. With its humble beginnings of local artists wanting a space to express themselves, it...
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Photo Flood 115: The Hill
Photographer Sue Rakers There are many neighborhoods in St. Louis, but the Hill is arguably one of the most famous. Even people who aren’t from St. Louis have usually heard of it because of its reputation for some of the best Italian food around. The Hill was the 12th...
Mini-Flood 67: South Grand
photo by Jennifer Mishra Earlier in the year we explored the stretch of North Grand which includes the Grand Center entertainment district and Saint Louis University. The section of South Grand which is the focus of this article, begins only about one mile down the road but it is...
Mini-Flood 61: Cherokee Street
photo by Paul Sableman While no street is completely static, Cherokee Street is one that has seen remarkably dramatic changes over time and is still in flux as it passes through the space of four neighborhoods in a little over one mile. In physics, the “space-time continuum” refers to...
Mini-Flood 59: North Grand Avenue
photo by Michelle Bates Grand Avenue is a major north-south connecting route for the city, and the stretch we walked is the epicenter. It is also on an east-west axis. Washington Avenue, which we explored last month, bisects North Grand at this point. Actually, this is the south end...
Mini-Flood 58: Washington Avenue
photo by Joe Harrison One of the major east-west corridors in downtown St. Louis, essentially the north end of downtown, Washington Avenue connects to the Eads Bridge in the shadow of the I-44 (formerly I-70) overpass. The cross-Mississippi traffic flowing through Washington Avenue was an economic boom after that...
Photo Flood 1: Downtown
photograph by Jamie Kreher “St. Louis never disappointed me. She was there at every turn. Turn from the river with your back to the east, and you can see the dust of the prairies granulating the light. I’m tempted to say ululating, for there is a persistent tremor...