Category: Rivers

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Infrastructure Rivers South St. Louis

Getting Creative with the River Des Peres

by Michael R. Allen

Yesterday, after successfully keeping the project under wraps for some time, Thomas Crone launched his new website Creative St. Louis: A Conversation on Creativity.

The site is “dedicated to celebrating the creative people, places, things, history and traditions that make St. Louis a great place to live and work.” I can’t wait to see what Thomas does with the site.

Meantime, I have the first Tuesday “Creative Places” spot with a history of the River Des Peres that examines the creativity of engineers as well as what a new future for the channelized river-sewer could look like.

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Historic Boats Historic Preservation National Historic Landmark Rivers Salvage

Goldenrod Showboat May Be Safe — For Now

by Michael R. Allen

For the last few weeks, local preservationists have been trading rumors of the impending salvage sale of St. Louis’ long lost floating National Historic Landmark Goldenrod Showboat. According to an article in today’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the sale may be averted and the old show boat moved from its dry dock in Kampsville, Illinois. Whether or not the boat heads back to St. Louis is uncertain.