Photo courtesy of Bruno David There doesn't seem to be an end in sight to the ongoing heat wave, so why not cool your heels by ducking into one of the many art galleries that pepper the neighborhood? You don't have to know a thing about art, though all of the installations I am suggesting…
Category: Art & Architecture
Elevate St. Louis: The Trestle
Last Thursday evening Great Rivers Greenway threw a "street-party-meets-happy-hour" event at The Trestle, above, to introduce the public to the landmark structure. As the invitation said: "New York has the High Line, Paris has the Promenade Plantee, and soon St. Louis will have The Trestle, making us the third city in the world to incorporate…
Grand scale gardening in a CWE backyard
When I ran into Judy Matthews at a recent neighborhood event, she suggested that I might want to come photograph the vegetable garden she and her husband, Wistar Holt, have created in their CWE backyard. I jumped at the chance because I have been so interested in the current gardening trend of growing vegetables wherever…