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		<title>S.P. McKelvey &amp; Co</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[S.P. McKelvey &#38; Co was a big player in the sidewalk business of late 19th Century St. Louis.  A company he helped run, The St. Louis Flagstone Company, was in the sidewalk business starting in 1882 according to The Industries of St. Louis by J. W. Leonard (1887). St. Louis Flagstone Company. — H. L. Haydel, Cashier; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stlexplorer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11022800&amp;post=1250&amp;subd=stlexplorer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Substation at Prospect and Scott &#8211; TOD?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year I wrote about the demolition of some old industrial buildings in the block bounded by Prospect Ave, Bernard St, Spring Ave, and the railroad tracks. At the time I originally noticed the demolition I was unsure of its purpose, but speculated that this had something to do with work on the Grand viaduct and Metrolink station.  However [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stlexplorer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11022800&amp;post=1235&amp;subd=stlexplorer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>North Sarah Project is a Good Role Model</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 04:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Construction on an exciting new development is underway in North St. Louis.  On the east side of North Sarah, between Belle and Cook, what was recently urban prairie is now being transformed by St. Louis based McCormack Baron Salazar Development. The area in question here was once the Sarah-Finney Business district.  In Ain&#8217;t But a Place, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stlexplorer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11022800&amp;post=1183&amp;subd=stlexplorer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More St. Louis Sidewalk Markers</title>
		<link>http://stlexplorer.wordpress.com/2011/08/26/more-st-louis-sidewalk-markers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:51:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend I hit a lucky streak and found three sidewalk markers in the City of St. Louis that I had never come across before.  For some reason, in other cities I am able to spot these sidewalk stamps all over the place, but in St. Louis they&#8217;re able to elude me.  After this weekend, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stlexplorer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11022800&amp;post=1154&amp;subd=stlexplorer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Modern Streetcars could be coming to Downtown Kansas City</title>
		<link>http://stlexplorer.wordpress.com/2011/08/23/modern-streetcars-could-be-coming-to-downtown-kansas-city/</link>
		<comments>http://stlexplorer.wordpress.com/2011/08/23/modern-streetcars-could-be-coming-to-downtown-kansas-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 05:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, while randomly exploring Kansas City, I walked into Union Station during a Open House event featuring a modern trolley that KC leaders would like to see downtown by 2015.  The model on display, courtesy of Kinkisharyo, was a new ameriTRAM designed specifically for American cities wishing to bring back streetcars. Its bragging points include a 100 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stlexplorer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11022800&amp;post=1139&amp;subd=stlexplorer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>P.M. Bruner Sidewalk Lights in Seattle, WA</title>
		<link>http://stlexplorer.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/p-m-bruner-sidewalk-lights-in-seattle-wa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 04:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I walk down unfamiliar sidewalks I make sure not to ignore the ground, always on the lookout for sidewalk markers.  Due to this conditioned vigilance, I have accumulated a decent photographic collection of these markers from cities all around the country.  Right now for example, I am in Aurora, IL, a Chicago Exurb whose [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stlexplorer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11022800&amp;post=1083&amp;subd=stlexplorer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Seattle&#8217;s Pedestrian Master Plan</title>
		<link>http://stlexplorer.wordpress.com/2011/07/01/seattles-pedestrian-master-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve spent the last week or so in Seattle, and have been extremely impressed with the city.  Seattle&#8217;s Central City is a continuous, walkable urban environment, that is unlike the vast majority of American cities I&#8217;ve been to.  In Seattle, the &#8220;inner-city&#8221; is a truly desirable place to be (as it should be).  Although it is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stlexplorer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11022800&amp;post=1045&amp;subd=stlexplorer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vote for Cahokia Mounds!  Only Three Days Left!</title>
		<link>http://stlexplorer.wordpress.com/2011/06/27/vote-for-cahokia-mounds-in-the-next-3-days/</link>
		<comments>http://stlexplorer.wordpress.com/2011/06/27/vote-for-cahokia-mounds-in-the-next-3-days/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 03:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stlexplorer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Trust for Historic Preservation is currently hosting a Community Challenge that will give the three historic sites with the most votes a cash prize.  Currently, Cahokia Mounds is ranked 13th and will require a big push during the last three days of voting to make it into the top three. As a UNESCO World [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stlexplorer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11022800&amp;post=1050&amp;subd=stlexplorer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The 10th Street Mall in LaSalle Park</title>
		<link>http://stlexplorer.wordpress.com/2011/06/21/the-10th-street-mall-in-lasalle-park/</link>
		<comments>http://stlexplorer.wordpress.com/2011/06/21/the-10th-street-mall-in-lasalle-park/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 03:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stlexplorer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Downtown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lafayette Square]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LaSalle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lasalle Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pedestrian Mall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Soulard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Side]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urban Renewal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago I had the day off and needed to take my car to the shop, so for the first time in a while I was able to do some St. Louis Exploring.  For lack of a better idea, I simply took the bus downtown and starting walking toward Soulard, knowing that I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stlexplorer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11022800&amp;post=1016&amp;subd=stlexplorer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cowan Street</title>
		<link>http://stlexplorer.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/cowan-street/</link>
		<comments>http://stlexplorer.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/cowan-street/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 20:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stlexplorer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Abandoned]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cowan Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interstate 70]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North St. Louis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prairie Avenue]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stlexplorer.wordpress.com/?p=993</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I was randomly driving around the city when I passed what looked like a bombed out church just a stone&#8217;s throw from Interstate 70 on Prairie Avenue.  For some reason I felt a need to park my car and investigate on foot, a decision that led me to stumble upon a small and forgotten [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stlexplorer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11022800&amp;post=993&amp;subd=stlexplorer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hotel Ignacio Opens</title>
		<link>http://stlexplorer.wordpress.com/2011/04/22/hotel-ignacio-opens/</link>
		<comments>http://stlexplorer.wordpress.com/2011/04/22/hotel-ignacio-opens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2011 02:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stlexplorer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What if?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grand Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hotel Ignacio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lindell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Locust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Midtown Alley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Olive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SLU]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stlexplorer.wordpress.com/?p=982</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[St. Louis University&#8217;s new Boutique Inn, Hotel Ignacio opened its doors this month.  This accomplishment follows numerous Midtown Hotel projects that never made it much farther than the planning stage (except for the very small Grand Center Inn).  Midtown is a pretty major destination in St. Louis with assets such as SLU, The Fox, Powell Hall, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stlexplorer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11022800&amp;post=982&amp;subd=stlexplorer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vantage Points</title>
		<link>http://stlexplorer.wordpress.com/2011/04/05/vantage-points/</link>
		<comments>http://stlexplorer.wordpress.com/2011/04/05/vantage-points/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 02:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stlexplorer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BJC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Central West End]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chase Park Plaza]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forest Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interstate 44]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hill]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stlexplorer.wordpress.com/?p=971</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In my exploration of St. Louis, I sometimes come across places which offer glimpses of other parts of the city.  Since most of St. Louis is relatively flat, these views are a real treat.  Those areas that are most likely to catch my eye are the more dense neighborhoods that include the Central West End, Midtown and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stlexplorer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11022800&amp;post=971&amp;subd=stlexplorer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Our Water Towers</title>
		<link>http://stlexplorer.wordpress.com/2011/03/25/our-water-towers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 06:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stlexplorer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bissell Water Tower]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[College Hill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Compton Hill Water Tower]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Water Towers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[St. Louis&#8217; three Standpipe Water Towers are monumental historic structures which two of our city&#8217;s neighborhoods have been blessed with.  Often referred to as being three of only seven surviving historic standpipe water towers in the country, it is a miracle that they were able to survive all of the urban-renewal related destruction that occurred within our city limits [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stlexplorer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11022800&amp;post=924&amp;subd=stlexplorer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>St. Louis Velodrome</title>
		<link>http://stlexplorer.wordpress.com/2011/03/23/st-louis-velodrome/</link>
		<comments>http://stlexplorer.wordpress.com/2011/03/23/st-louis-velodrome/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 06:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stlexplorer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bellefontaine Cemetery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bicycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forest Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Highway 70]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kingshighway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kingshighway Jog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Twain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North St. Louis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penrose Park]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While surfing around on YouTube recently, I came across a Living St. Louis video on the St. Louis Velodrome, a bicycle racecourse in North St. Louis.  Apparently this current Velodrome is a replacement for one in Forest Park that sat in the area created by the Kingshighway Jog. After watching this video clip I had [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stlexplorer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11022800&amp;post=903&amp;subd=stlexplorer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cass Avenue Bridge Construction Progress</title>
		<link>http://stlexplorer.wordpress.com/2011/03/20/cass-avenue-bridge-construction-progress/</link>
		<comments>http://stlexplorer.wordpress.com/2011/03/20/cass-avenue-bridge-construction-progress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 05:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stlexplorer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Transit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cass Avenue Bridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CitytoRiver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Downtown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Highway 70]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mississippi River]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Mississippi River Bridge]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stlexplorer.wordpress.com/?p=938</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I drove up North Broadway from downtown and observed the progress that has been made on the new Cass Avenue Bridge (that&#8217;s what I&#8217;m calling it). This is an exciting new project which opens up the possibility to reverse the terrible decision we made, sending highway 70 right through Downtown St. Louis and cutting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stlexplorer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11022800&amp;post=938&amp;subd=stlexplorer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>St. Patrick&#8217;s Day 2011 &#8211; Dogtown</title>
		<link>http://stlexplorer.wordpress.com/2011/03/19/st-patricks-day-2011-dogtown/</link>
		<comments>http://stlexplorer.wordpress.com/2011/03/19/st-patricks-day-2011-dogtown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 06:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stlexplorer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Clayton-Tamm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dogtown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St. Patrick's Day]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life on Tamm Avenue is usually quiet and calm, but one day each year the neighborhood turns itself over to the celebration of St. Patrick&#8217;s Day. For many, the event is an excuse for excessive drinking and general silliness, but luckily this year&#8217;s attendees turned out to have more diverse motives for participating. One family watching the parade in front of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stlexplorer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11022800&amp;post=896&amp;subd=stlexplorer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Metrolink Bridge over Vandeventer appears to be designed for Murals</title>
		<link>http://stlexplorer.wordpress.com/2011/01/31/metrolink-bridge-over-vandeventer-appears-to-be-designed-for-murals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 03:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I have previously written, The Grove (also known as Forest Park Southeast) is home to a growing number of murals that really make a big impact on the perceptions of a visitor to the neighborhood.  Although The Grove has a wonderful start, its collection of murals is still quite small, at least in comparison [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stlexplorer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11022800&amp;post=872&amp;subd=stlexplorer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Union Depot of Joplin</title>
		<link>http://stlexplorer.wordpress.com/2011/01/06/union-depot-of-joplin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 02:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week I stumbled upon the Union Depot of Joplin, MO.  Driving North out of downtown on Main Street you can just barely glimpse it off the side of the road. Joplin Union Depot After seeing this awesome building and walking around it, I did some research online and found some very interesting facts, one [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stlexplorer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11022800&amp;post=857&amp;subd=stlexplorer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Scott Transit Plaza loses Neighbors</title>
		<link>http://stlexplorer.wordpress.com/2010/12/19/new-scott-transit-plaza-loses-neighbors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 02:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend I noticed that one of my favorite buildings had come down.  While driving down 40, I glanced towards the Armory and saw a large lot of dirt to its south instead of the corrugated-steel warehouse that was there last time I had looked. I admit that the building was not an architectural marvel, or even particularly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stlexplorer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11022800&amp;post=836&amp;subd=stlexplorer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ellen Clark Sculpture Park Finally has Sculptures</title>
		<link>http://stlexplorer.wordpress.com/2010/12/15/ellen-clark-sculpture-park-finally-has-sculptures/</link>
		<comments>http://stlexplorer.wordpress.com/2010/12/15/ellen-clark-sculpture-park-finally-has-sculptures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 06:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stlexplorer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While visiting The Best Steak House this past weekend, I noticed some activity on the former site of the Marina Building at Lindell and Grand, a fenced-in grass lot that was recently bestowed with a sign identifying it as the Ellen Clark Sculpture Park.  It was finally getting sculptures! This lot has been informally used as a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stlexplorer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11022800&amp;post=823&amp;subd=stlexplorer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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