A little interaction with some trees in Lafayette Park.
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1836 – Mayor Darby Gets A Park
Categories: Lafayette Park, Lafayette Park History, Uncategorized
Some people dream, some act, and one rides three days through the snow to get Lafayette Park created. From the days when mayors were made of stout stuff, John Fletcher Darby.
A Spark in the Park: Lightning Bugs
Categories: Lafayette Park
Fireflies and the local history of what’s going on behind them.
Ode to Ginkgo, or Eau de Ginkgo – Trees Of Lafayette Square
Categories: Lafayette Park, Lafayette Square History
Soon after a craft beer festival in Lafayette Park, a neighbor whose dog was mixing with mine commented on a strong smell, like that of someone having barfed nearby. That odor actually IS the smell of someone barfing nearby. It’s butyric acid, and it’s formed by the rotting fruit of the female ginkgo tree. I […]
Lafayette Park Gardens Report
Categories: Lafayette Park
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 group worked in the Park House gardens and removed stumps near the mid-Lafayette gate. The Lafayette Park Conservancy’s group of 15 students divided their time […]
Beautification News: The Season Begins!
Categories: Lafayette Park, Lafayette Square, Volunteers
Linda Weiner When I moved to Lafayette Square in 1990, the neighborhood was covered with weeds, “stink” (Tree of Life) trees, broken glass bottles, abandoned tires and car batteries. Two-thirds of the homes were in some stage of rehab. The rest might consist of only a shell with no roof and no back wall. The […]
Park Projects Nearing Completion
Categories: Lafayette Park, Park Conservancy
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), and the rest of the parks split the remainder based on their acreage. At just under 30 acres, Lafayette Park received a significant allotment for […]
54th Annual Washington’s Birthday Commemoration
Categories: Lafayette Park, Park Conservancy
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 annual wreath laying. The 54th ceremony took place on a rainy, rainy day, so most of the ceremony was held in the Park House following the reception. Peggy Swing, Regent […]
New Lafayette Park Lecture Series
Categories: Lafayette Park, Park Conservancy
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 lectures will be held in the Kern Pavilion and begin at 3 p.m. The Photos of Dr. William Swekosky: The Dentist who became the ‘Pallbearer of Old St. Louis’ Sunday, September 9, 2018 Beginning […]
1888 – Views Of Lafayette Park
Categories: Lafayette Park, Lafayette Park History
A look back, eight years before the cyclone of 1896, at the joys of Lafayette Park. Those gazebos make me want a new bandstand!