Citygarden

Gateway Arch: The View

I have featured Citygarden several times here since it opened this summer, and so has Bob Crowe.  These pictures will give the viewer an idea about where Citygarden is located.  I took them from the Arch on Saturday, a much needed, extraordinarily beautiful sunny day in St. Louis.

The first picture is a close up. Inexcusably, through some hidden brokering, someone(s) permitted the Peabody company to plant a skyscraper in the middle of the public park and garden aisle of center city, so you can only see the south side of the two blocks that make up the garden. Behind it, to the west, is the monumental Robert Serra sculpture, in a block of its own in front of Civil Courts Building.  How I wish someone would design and execute landscaping that would make the Serra pop!

The second picture shows the whole scene.  Citygarden is between 8th and 10th.  The Old Courthouse is between 4th and Broadway.  Blow them up for the full effect!

Citygarden

City Garden has its own colorful barricades. The garden takes up two city blocks. During the day the street that bisects the park is closed to auto traffic.

Citygarden

St. Louis: around town

Citygarden will only become more beautiful as the multitude of glorious plantings of Missouri natives matures.

St. Louis: around town

Citygarden: sculpture detail

St. Louis: around town

Citygarden: watch, explore, immerse, merge

St. Louis: around town

Citygarden opened yesterday and it is wonderful! There are three water features. Each one is fun to watch, explore and experience.