Preservation Week 2010, Great Success
This year we decided to go all out for Preservation Week and create ten events in ten days. We are now tired, but thrilled with the turnout. Thanks to all of you who participated and all of our sponsors who supported us with their time and effort.
The week began on May 7 with a tour of the fabulous Lemp Brewery led by owner Shashi Palamand. Participants explored many of the buildings, portions of the cellars, and heard about Palamand's vision for redevelopment.
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| Landmarks tour group at the Lemp Brewery | All smiles from tour participants |
The next day Jassen Johnson of Rennaissance Development Associates led a group around some of his many beautiful projects in the Midtown Alley.
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On Sunday, May 9, Sean Thomas of Old North St. Louis Restoration Group led us around the fantastic and nearly complete renovation of the former 14th Street Mall, now known as Crown Square.
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On Monday, May 10, Elizabeth Gentry Sayad discussed her lifelong career in preservation and her new book based on the letters of her ancestor Colonel Justus Post.
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On the evening of May 11, David Dwars of The Lawrence Group gave us exclusive access to the former Carter Carburetor and Knights of Pythias buildings in Grand Center, soon to be converted intoConfluence Academy's school for the performing arts.
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On May 12, Landmarks members enjoyed a wine tasting at Bridge, a new tap house and wine bar in the Delaney Building on Locust Street downtown.
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On May 13, the Robert's Orpheum Theater kindly hosted a screening of Escape From New York, a movie largely filmed in St. Louis.
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Friday, May 14 was the 2010 Most Enhanced Award ceremony, with catering by Urban Eats and graciously hosted by our friends at Paradowski Creative,
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| Award winners smile for the camera | Reception with catering by Urban Eats |
On Saturday, Dr. Allen Wagner, Professor Emeritus of criminal justice at UMSL and author of Good Order and Safety, a History of the St. Louis Police Department, gave a lecture and led a bus tour of historic police stations around the city.
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And finally, on May 16, developers Robert Wood Realty, McEagle, and Klitzing-Welsch Architects opened the ante-bellum mansion of James Clemens Jr., a building they will soon begin to rehabilitate.
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| Photos Courtesy of Michael Allen | Ecology of Absence |
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| Thanks to our media sponsor |
