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The New Year: Joyfully on Time.
New Year’s Resolutions – lose weight, stop smoking, save money. Does anyone actually keep these resolutions? According to Forbes, less than 25% keep their resolutions after 30 days and only…
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I truly can’t wait to see all your decorations around the neighborhood!
I don’t decorate for the holidays. There. I said it. I know it’s the most wonderful time of the year and it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas and…
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Concerts in the Park
The silence was deafening in 2020. We all felt it and knew why, but, having boomeranged back to St. Louis after being gone for four years, moving back into the…
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Using The Lafayette Square Searchable Archives
A benefit to living in Lafayette Square is our searchable archives, full of neighborhood information and history, down to the house and street and year, and who’s who and why,…
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2020: The Big Dig In Lafayette Square
Out walking the dog this morning, I was stunned by a discovery at the dig site for the new apartments along Chouteau Avenue. Here’s what it was… Praxair is a…
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1875 – The Lafayette Square Hotel
Sometimes a three story hotel on a conspicuous corner will simply disappear. Here’s the story of one in Lafayette Square.
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1903: The Lafayette Park Photo Collection
Today’s feature is a recently discovered group of about 45 images of Lafayette Park, taken sometime after the great tornado of 1896. Note the small trees reestablishing the park canopy.…
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2020: Lafayette Park Ferns – Of Fiddleheads and Rabbit Holes
2020: Lafayette Park Ferns – Of Fiddleheads and Rabbit Holes We live in a neighborhood steeped in its own history. The times change fast, but it’s comforting to consider the…
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Earth Day In Lafayette Park
As the Google Doodle of the day below reminds us, this is Earth Week and Thursday was Earth Day (40th in all, I think.) Lafayette Park celebrated the planting of…
Read More >>Lafayette Square Restoration Committee
The New Year: Joyfully on Time.
New Year’s Resolutions – lose weight, stop smoking, save money. Does anyone actually keep these resolutions? According to Forbes, less than 25% keep their resolutions after 30 days and only…
Read More >>
I truly can’t wait to see all your decorations around the neighborhood!
I don’t decorate for the holidays. There. I said it. I know it’s the most wonderful time of the year and it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas and…
Read More >>Strategic Plan Launched November 15, 2020 (Replay of Virtual Meeting)
In early 2019 the Lafayette Square Restoration Committee voted to fund the preparation of a five year Strategic Plan for the Lafayette Square neighborhood. Input was solicited from residents, social…
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