Aerial rendering of Citygarden.
The much anticipated Citygarden, which hopes to further propel downtown St. Louis' revitalization efforts, opens to the public at 6 a.m. on July 1. Situated on a two-block stretch between 8th and 10th streets -- bounded by Chestnut Street on the north and Market Street on the south - Citygarden is an urban sculpture garden featuring 24 pieces of modern and contemporary art.
The sculptures included range in style and form - from whimsical to serious, ro
Only tangentially food-related, but worth your time: My colleague Annie Zaleski has written an extensive look behind the scenes of the new Citygarden sculpture park downtown, which will include the Terrace View, a new restaurant from Jim Fiala (Acero, the Crossing, Liluma).
This is slightly off-topic from music, but still worth mentioning: Citygarden, a sculpture garden between Market and Chestnut and 8th and 10th streets downtown, opened yesterday. It's very cool -- I suggest you check it out. Here's a story I wrote last week, and a post featuring lots of photos right here.
Photo: Nick Lucchesi"Hive," the latest piece of artwork featured at a Metro stop, was dedicated last night. Last night at the Delmar Loop Metro stop, "Hive," a honeycomb-on-acid sculpture by Minneapolis-based artists Janet Lofquist, was dedicated to the public, although anyone who's been by the corner of Delmar Boulevard and Des Peres Avenue since June has probably eyed the steel sculpture.Video after the jump.
Kit KellisonGreenberg and some of his art in 2007.As far as the local judicial system is concerned, Lewis Greenberg's art is still a danger to society. A St. Louis County circuit judge yesterday upheld a ruling by the Ballwin municipal court that Greenberg's yard installation, The Holocaust Revisited, may be art, but it's still dangerous and needs to be removed.Judge Lawrence Permuter told Greenberg that he has 30 days to remove the sculpture from his yard or pay a $1,000 fine. David Howard a
