New Book: St. Louis Parks

I caught an article on stltoday.com last week about a new book on parks in both St. Louis City and St. Louis County. Thinking that I knew some, if not all of the best park options in the area, I was surprised to read about others...

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Followup to Sportsman’s Park Post and Blackie Schwamb

Tough matchup for the Cards in Game 4 of the World Series tonight as hard throwing lefty Derek Holland goes 8 1/3 and shuts them out. Followup to my previous post about Sportsman’s Park last week before Game 1 Found a great...

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World Series Starts Tonight — Reflection on Sportsman’s Park

With the Cardinals advancing to the World Series for the 3rd time in 7 years and the 18th time overall in 2011 my interest in Cardinal history has been reawakened.  Something I’ve long thought about was the previous home...

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Brothers Notorious: The Sheltons

Reading another book about St. Louis area organized crime and wanted to post about because its been a great read so far.  The book focuses on the Shelton Gang who dominated gambling and bootlegging in East St. Louis and Madison...

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The Del Taco Situation

There have been a myriad of recent articles on the Post Dispatch about the possible demolition of the building that currently houses Del Taco on S Grand near SLU’s campus.  Since the question has been raised there has been...

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A Look at Oak Knoll Park in Clayton

On Sunday after I was finished showing property in the Davis Place neighborhood in Clayton I drove down Big Bend with the windows down to enjoy the beautiful weather we have been having for the last few days.  I’m always...

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