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Park & Mississippi avenues St. Louis, MO 63104

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Park & Mississippi avenues St. Louis MO 63104

Hours: Open all the time.

Ten Best Food Events This Weekend: Sept. 7-9

By Mabel Suen | Fri, September 07, 2012

Friday (Sept. 7): Greater St. Louis Hispanic Festival @ Kiener Plaza Enjoy live Latino music, folkloric dancers, arts and crafts and, of course, plenty of food and drink. Sample authentic foods from... More »

2010 | Best Picnic Spot

French painters would like you to believe that picnicking is a luxury reserved for the parasol-toting, bustle-butted, top-hatted bourgeois. But here in St. Louis, we say, "Screw you, Seurat!" and do picnicking our own way -- which is why Lafayette Park is our favorite place to spread a blanket and chow down on sandwiches, potato salad and whatever else we can fit in our basket. Surrounded by wrought-iron fences and Victorian architecture, the park wears its romantic charm in a... More »
2009 | Best Public Park

Sometimes you don't feel like running, or boating, or bird watching, or playing golf or tennis, or taking in some enlightening cultural activity. Sometimes you just want to spend a quiet afternoon plopped under a tree with a book. Lafayette Park, at the center of Lafayette Square in the eponymous neighborhood, boasts the best reading-trees of any park in the city. They are entirely surrounded by grass so your butt doesn't get dirty. The bark on the trunks is not so thick that it digs... More »
2006 | Best Place to Bird-Watch

Unless you're an ornithologist or a hunter, it's not about the birds -- it's about the place. It's about walking somewhere, sitting down and pausing. Canadian prophet Mac Davis called it stopping to smell the roses, but just as well might have suggested that we stop to watch the birds. In Lafayette Park, ducks waddle the shores of the pond, sparrows pull worms from the dirt, cardinals mate, and a deep, meditative silence fills the air, interrupted only by chirps and quacks, the flutter... More »
2000 | Best Monument in New Clothing

Just north of the lake in Lafayette Park, the three pitted bronze guns seem steeped in romance. But until recently there was no explanation of their origin and purpose. Now, thanks to the Lafayette Square Restoration Committee, any passerby with the curiosity to stop and read the newly installed stone will know they are in fact spoils of war. Oh, there had been a bronze plaque near the cannons, but it was stolen long ago. Lafayette Square resident Ward Buckner found a picture of the plaque... More »

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Park & Mississippi avenues St. Louis, MO 63104

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Ten Best Food Events This Weekend: Sept. 7-9

By Mabel Suen | Fri, September 07, 2012

2010 | Best Picnic Spot

2009 | Best Public Park

2006 | Best Place to Bird-Watch

2000 | Best Monument in New Clothing

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