Nicki's Central West End Guide
an urban news journal
In March 2020, a week before stay-at-home orders were instituted by the City of St. Louis due to Covid19, St. Louis Art Supply’s co-owners Xena Colby and Carson Monetti saw the handwriting on the wall and closed the shop and adjoining Cornflower Cafe to the public. What’s happened since then defies expectations. Almost two years…
CWEnder David Strom has updated a 2018 post published on this blog regarding co-working spaces in the neighborhood. For those curious about what’s available in the CWE, here is his comprehensive guide: “Since I wrote a blog post back in 2018, there have been changes in the CWE scene regarding co-working spaces. The pandemic and resulting…
The following is a reprint of an article I wrote for the June 2021 issue of CWEA Griffin. According to Publisher Jeff Fister, all 7500 copies of the latest edition have been distributed, so if you live in the distribution area of Boyle to Skinker and Hwy I-64 to Delmar, you should have received a…