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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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1994 – The Street Names Of Lafayette Square
A tidy little compendium of how Lafayette Square streets got their names.
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1967 – Tales From Two Lafayette Square Pharmacies
Lafayette Square is conveniently located. You can reach three different interstate highways, headed to who-knows-where, within a couple of minutes. If you want to access I-44 West, about 200 feet…
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1971: The Lafayette Square Restoration Plan
The New York Times of May 27, 2021 has a fascinating study into the long term social and economic costs of America’s drive to accommodate the automobile after World War…
Read More >>Lafayette Park
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…
Read More >>A Random Walk Through The Lafayette Park Map
Why walk alone? Here’s a handy guided tour to eight sites well worth seeing on your next stroll through Lafayette Park.
Read More >>Park Projects Nearing Completion
Several years ago the voters approved a sale of bonds to improve St. Louis’ park system. The larger parks in the system got large sums (Forest Park got about half),…
Read More >>Lafayette Square Neighborhood Association
LSBA springs into action with the season
By Bethany Budde-Cohen & Matt Brazelton, LSBA Co-Presidents To keep up with those beautiful May flowers, the Lafayette Square Business Association continues to bloom and spring into action, excited for…
Read More >>Lafayette Park Gardens Report
On April 21, St. Louis University provided volunteers to Lafayette Park as part of their “Showers of Service” program. Two groups of students worked in the park. Matt Negri’s LSRC…
Read More >>Latest Development Happenings in the Square
By Phil Lamczyk & Suzanne Sessions, LSRC Development Committee New Residential Construction Support of a front addition to the residence of 1609 Missouri Other Development News Development Committee is overhauling…
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