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Lafayette Park
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. Although the cyclone took out…
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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 constants around us. Lafayette Park…
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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 four new trees today; a…
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Lafayette Park Cleanup Blitz April 10
Help Wanted. Volunteers needed to get Lafayette Park ready for spring. Planned work days are Saturday, April 10 and Saturday, April 24 from 9:00 a.m. until noon. Tasks include cutting back grasses and other dead foliage, filling…
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Bob Bischoff Memorial Bench – Please contribute
The Lafayette Park Conservancy and Lafayette Square neighborhood lost a longtime member and resident on December 23, 2020. Bob Bischoff served as President of the Conservancy from 2007 to 2011. A master gardener, he began…
Read MoreA 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 More2013: The Wild Violet War
A cautionary tale, wherein we investigate whether violets beget violence.
Read MorePark 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), and the rest of the…
Read More54th 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 annual wreath laying. The 54th ceremony took place on a…
Read MoreNew 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 lectures will be held in the Kern Pavilion and begin at…
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