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Placed on August 29th, 2008

located in Saint-Petersburg

"The Commonspace: Grassroots civics and culture in St. Louis."

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posted on
February 20th, 2009
from
The Commonspace Blog
based in
Saint-Petersburg

Urban Planner Alert!

Watch out, hatas: former Top STL Planner (kind of like Top Chef, only with less TV time) Rollin Stanley is roaming the streets of downtown. I spotted him getting the tour of the new Left Bank Books ...

posted on
December 2nd, 2008
from
The Commonspace Blog
based in
Saint-Petersburg

Who Woulda Thunk?

More signs of the actual residential neighborhood that is downtown STL: Washington Avenue Christmas Trees, for sale from a lot at 14th and Washington. I guess you could even drag a sled down there ...

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posted on
November 21st, 2008
from
The Commonspace Blog
based in
Saint-Petersburg

Donald Finkel, R.I.P.

Renowned poet (and pop to current Riverfront Times topper Tom Finkel) Donald Finkel died earlier this week; his passing is noted even in the Paper of Record....

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posted on
November 18th, 2008
from
The Commonspace Blog
based in
Saint-Petersburg

The Next News

Interesting read in today's NY Times about the rise of web-only news (including our own STL Beacon, which gets a passing mention) and how it forces the hand of the local newspaper, too. We can only ...

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posted on
October 22nd, 2008
from
The Commonspace Blog
based in
Saint-Petersburg

Attention, A-B Fans and Do-Gooders

I must alert you to a collector's dream, and also a chance to do a good thing: this Friday evening, from 6-9 p.m., at a benefit event to be held in South County (details below), there will be a ple ...