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First Friday Gallery Walk Ride

May 3, 2005 Events/Meetings 1 Comment

To celebrate bike month the Friday Friday Gallery Walk is becoming the First Friday Gallery Ride. Ok, it is not really a ride so much as a suggestion to ride to the event. The goal is to have as many bikes as possible downtown.

Let’s get a bike in front of every gallery and store open on Friday evening! So, bike or transit & bike downtown on Friday. A good starting point is Gallery Urbis Orbis on 10th street.

I will have my favorite bike, my orange Kronan at the event.

– Steve

 

Help Plan Centennial Greenway

May 2, 2005 Environment, Events/Meetings, Planning & Design 1 Comment

From Maggie Edelmann at Trailnet:

The first phase of planning for Centennial Greenway, a system of parks and trails that will link Forest Park to Creve Coeur County Park to the Katy Trail, wrapped up in early April. This phase focused on analysis and inventory of the study area. Based on technical data, along with public input from five forums held in January and February of this year, the study team has identified several options for the greenway as well criteria to evaluate these options.

Attend one of the upcoming forums to review the options and to provide your input. The following forums are open houses so feel free to stop by anytime. The same information will be available at both forums, and there will also be a half hour presentation at each of the following:

* Tuesday, May 17, 5:30-7:30 p.m., presentation from 6:30 – 7:00, Craig Elementary School, 1492 Craig Road, 63146

* Wednesday, May 18, 5:30-7:30 p.m., presentation from 6:30 – 7:00, Center of Clayton, 50 Gay Avenue, 63105

For more information, call Great Rivers Greenway at (314) 436-7009 or visit www.greatrivers.info

While I am mostly an on-road cyclist I think the idea of connecting parts of the region through a linear park system is a good idea. This makes good use of existing rights-of-way, provides local parks and a legitimate means of getting from point A to point B through a park. Tax dollars at work doing good things.

– Steve

 

Saturday May 21st Will Be A Busy Day In St. Louis

April 27, 2005 Events/Meetings, Planning & Design Comments Off on Saturday May 21st Will Be A Busy Day In St. Louis

From Joan Esserman, League of Women Voters of St. Louis:

Rollin Stanley, St. Louis City Development Agencies Director of Planning & Urban Design, will give an update of the city’s development efforts. He will address the obstacles and successes in revitalization, along with future directions.

This public session is hosted by the League of Women Voters on Saturday, May 21, 2005 at 10:30 a.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church, 600 N. Euclid, 63108, (314/361-4655) in the Central West End near the corner of Euclid & Washington, one block east of Kingshighway, one block south of Delmar.

For information, call 314/961-6869.

From Lynn Josse, UMSL 2004 Public Policy Research Center Community Fellow:

4th annual Creating Livable Communities Symposium: Linking Public History and Community Revitalization
May 21, 2005, UM – St. Louis

This year’s Creating Livable Communities Symposium is a one-day program focusing on history and place as tools for community building. Twelve concurrent sessions and workshops will bring the experience of educators, community organizers, preservationists, trailblazers, oral historians, and many more on the question of how we can use public history to revitalize our towns and cities.

A few of things that are of particular interest to neighborhoods: a session on planning a great house tour (yes, Marti will be speaking); a workshop on creating and capitalizing on historic districts; and a few different things related to promoting heritage tourism and the economic development potential of historic areas. Particularly cool, I think, is our plenary speaker Marci Reaven of Place Matters (www.placematters.net), who will discuss meaningful public history processes that can empower citizens and inspire communities.

For more information, including a schedule of speakers, check out the Symposium website

Both events on the 21st of May look great so it will be a tough decision. As a side note, it was May 21, 1966 that the last street car operated in St. Louis.

– Steve

 

Healthy Streets Conference – April 1-2

March 21, 2005 Events/Meetings Comments Off on Healthy Streets Conference – April 1-2

The Chicagoland Bicycle Federation is offering a two-day conference April 1-2 for transportation professionals, public officials, and advocates discussing ways to improve bicycling and walking conditions in Chicagoland. Here’s just some of what this year’s conference has to offer:

Inspiring keynote speakers – Marta Lucy Barriga Hernandez, director of Via RecreActiva Sunday Parkways in Guadalajara, Mexico, and Michael King, New York City’s former Director of Traffic Calming

Dynamic educational sessions – Learn new bicycle and pedestrian advocacy strategies

Networking and social events – Meet new people, make new contacts and share ideas

Healthy Streets Campaign – Hear details of the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation’s new campaign for a balanced transportation environment

For more details and conference registration, visit www.biketraffic.org, or call (312) 427-3325. Register today!

 

Sunday: Pasta Dinner & Gaslight Square

March 11, 2005 Events/Meetings 1 Comment

Dolphin Bicycle Club – 4th Annual Pasta Dinner

Proceeds Benefit:
Compton Drew ILC’s Dolphin Bicycle Club After-School Program featuring after-school rides 5 times per week and overnight adventures to Principia College in Elsah IL and to Jefferson City on the Katy Trail.

Italian salad, Italian bread, drink, dessert & all the pasta you can eat!

Sunday March 13th, 2005; 11:30am – 6:00pm

Compton Drew ILC is located at 5130 Oakland next door to the St. Louis Science Center and just south of Forest Park.  So bring your bike for a ride before or after you eat (bike parking available).

Tickets: $6 in advance or $7 at the door  /  $3 children at door only

Gaslight Square: Live Reading

What: Live reading of “Gaslight Square: An Oral History“
When: Sunday, March 13, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Where: Mangia Italiano, 3145 So. Grand, (314) 664-8585
How much: Free
Info: mangiapromo at yahoo dot com

A live reading of “Gaslight Square: An Oral History” will take place at Mangia Italiano this weekend, with an eclectic range of folks reading the thoughts of Gaslight Square alumni. We’ll be matching up people by interest and occupation.

Among those taking part: Bryan Hoskins, Halley Moore, Tony Miller, Stefene Russell, Julie Layton, Julia Smillie, Steven Smith, Kent Shaw, Christian Saller and Tim O’Connell.

Info on “Gaslight Square: An Oral History” by Thomas Crone can be found at the publisher’s website: www.williamandjosephpress.com.

 

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