CWEnder Anabeth Weil, founder of The Flora Conservancy of Forest Park, asked if I'd publicize the ornaments the not-for-profit organization is selling to help fund its park maintenance projects. You may not be aware that a fabulous team of volunteers plants and maintains floral displays throughout the park in partnership with the St. Louis Parks…
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This Week: Fabulous Women, Fabulous Events
Over the past year a group of Washington University architecture students have been organizing a symposium titled Women in Architecture 1974/2014, in collaboration with faculty members and architects who participated in a 1974 symposium on the status of women in architecture. The event is scheduled for this weekend, November 7 to 9, at the Sam Fox…
Davids among the Goliaths
Sandwiched between the "big guys" (Straub's to the west, Schnucks to the east and, before long, Whole Foods a few blocks west) sits tiny Shapiro's Market operated by charming young brothers, Maher and Shady David. The David's father Thomas, who operates the Florissant Dairy, bought the market in May 2012 and put his sons in…