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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…
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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…
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Urban Plan Update
By Linda Weiner The Urban Plan Update Committee took a bit of a hiatus but began meeting again in April as a response to priorities set by the new President…
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Longtime residents start Non-Alcoholic Craft Brewing Company
This past January, a long time Lafayette Square couple, Jeff Stevens and Genevieve Barlow, started The WellBeing Brewing Company, one of the very first Non-Alcoholic (NA) craft brewing companies in…
Read More >>Volunteer Spotlight: Mike & Pat Jones
How many years have you lived in Lafayette Square? We have lived in Lafayette Square for a little over four years, or 28 dog years as Mike puts it! What…
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