After seeing news reports of damage to shop windows in the CWE during Friday night’s protests, 2 friends grabbed paintbrushes and acrylic paints and came into the neighborhood today to lend a hand. Haley Dieckgraefe, left, who at one time lived at Maryland and Taylor, said she is not an artist but is able to…
Category: Art & Architecture
Protests in CWE: from a peaceful beginning to mayhem
The CWE returned to a semblance of normalcy yesterday following a night in which peaceful protests following the Jason Stockley verdict took a menacing turn ending in senseless destruction to some neighborhood businesses, Schlafly Library, and Mayor Lyda Krewson’s home. Often overlooked in the aftermath of events of this sort are the many neighborhood employees,…
Summer news wrap-up
Farmer’s Market on BJC Campus: It had been a while since I last stopped by the W. U. Medical School’s farmer’s market on the BJC campus. I paid a visit recently and was inspired to remind readers that it is open on Thursdays from 10 t0 2, with as many as 10 or 11 vendors…