an urban news journal
Photo of Tower Grove Park courtesy of Cultural Landscape Foundation The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) recently announced What’s Out There St. Louis and the Missouri River Valley featuring more than two dozen free, expert-led tours of parks, gardens, campuses, and open spaces throughout the area. The event is scheduled for the weekend of September…
The September issue of the CWEA Griffin hit the news stands on Monday—or will be in your mailbox shortly. In the meantime, here’s an article published in June 2022’s issue featuring the renovation of former St. Louisan David McMahon’s ancestral home on Westminster. Finding long-lost relatives on a genealogy website is one thing, finding an ancestral home…
When signage announcing Esther & Mila appeared in the window at 312 N. Euclid earlier this year, speculation swirled around the neighborhood about who was behind the skincare, jewelry and crystal shop. Rumors emerged that two St. Louis friends were involved, so after the shop opened in July, I stopped in to meet them. That’s…