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 [...]

  • A Random Walk Through The Lafayette Park Map

    The Archives mapping wizard Dean Hand brought a truly powerful feature to the Lafayette Square Archives https://www.archives-lafayettesquare.org Most of us routinely use Google or Apple maps [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • 54th Annual Washington’s Birthday Commemoration

    By Carolyn Willmore The Lafayette Park Conservancy held a reception for the Cornelia Greene Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution prior to their [...]

  • New Lafayette Park Lecture Series

    This fall, the Lafayette Park Conservancy will host a series of three lectures about different aspects of the history of Lafayette Park and the Lafayette Square neighborhood. All the [...]

  • The Square Has Never Looked Better

    Matt Negri watering the Park House plantings Editor's Note: We asked Linda Weiner to reflect on her time beautifying the Square after a [...]

  • A Tree Grows in Lafayette Park

    photo credit - Eric Frazier Thanks to a $10,000 grant from the Missouri Department of Conservation, we were able to commission a new [...]

  • Kern Pavilion (our favorite boathouse!) Renovation Complete

    On Sunday, November 9, 2014, the Lafayette Park Conservancy hosted a Dedication Ceremony for the Kern Lakeside Pavilion. Formerly known as "the boathouse", the Kern [...]