Southeastward view of Downtown skyline from third floor window of Blewitt Middle School on Cass Avenue near 19th Street. Eddie Roth.
The vision is breathtaking.
Against all odds — and, some would argue, against all reason — a huge swath of long-blighted, mostly…
We thought this letter in today’s edition of the Post-Dispatch was particularly important, so we are posting it here for your comments. Read former Sen. John Danforth’s letter and weigh in on the issue.
Dear Editor:
John Danforth
Regarding the editorial “‘Improbable dream,’…
Conceptual scheme for Jefferson National Expansion Memorial 1947 colored pencil on tracing paper. Cranbrook Archives.
The finish line is within sight for a process the National Park Service began nearly a year ago. The public has until midnight Monday to weigh in…
Rendering of the east view of the Denver Art Museum's Frederic C. Hamilton Building, designed by Daniel Libeskind. Image by Miller Hare.
Sen. John C. Danforth’s vision of developing a brilliant cultural institution housed in a world class piece of…
Of all the challenges in medicine, none may be more maddening than the gap between new discoveries by scientific researchers and effective therapies for treating sick patients. Closing that gap takes more than money, but without money, the gap never…
Architect Eero Saarinen
Earlier this year, former U.S. Sen. John Danforth unveiled an ambitious vision for a revitalized St. Louis riverfront and Arch grounds.
He said he was prepared to commit $50 million of his family foundation’s assets toward the cost of connecting…
Huy R. Mach | Post-Dispatch
Michael Allen’s terrific blog Ecology of Absence reported that “Late last week, John Danforth sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne stating that the Danforth Foundation no longer intends to build a museum on the…
Former U.S. Sen. John Danforth has exhorted the St. Louis region to “think big” about the future of two of its transcendent assets — the Gateway Arch and the Mississippi riverfront.
He sees both as moribund, for…
J.B. Forbes | Post-Dispatch
The National Park Service has released its proposed “preferred alternative” for a new management plan for the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.
The document’s purpose is to set out the operating principles and objectives for the Gateway Arch, Arch grounds, Old…
A group of advocates for our National Parks met with members of the editorial board yesterday.
The topic was Sen. John Danforth’s and the Danforth Foundation’s call to transform public access to the Arch grounds and challenge to think big about how Eero…
Let me repeat my prejudices:
I think Sen. John Danforth’s and the Danforth Foundation’s big idea of developing a brilliant cultural institution as a companion to the Gateway Arch — housed in a structure and situated at a place on the Arch grounds…
We’re susceptible here in St. Louis to what might be called “fix-a-phobia” — a nervous condition caused by deep and sometimes justified concern that civic decisions are preordained by the community’s power elite.
The ongoing effort to rethink public access between downtown…
I became fully repatriated to St. Louis yesterday, as moving trucks arrived and unloaded all my and my family’s stuff at our new home in St. Louis’ Shaw Neighborhood.
This represents the second time I have…
