Washington University School of Medicine Holiday Outreach 2010

This year, 34 families from Forest Park Southeast and Botanical Heights were recipients of the Washington University Medical Center (WUMC) Holiday Outreach program.  Each family was matched with a department from the  Washington University School of Medicine.  The departments  donated food, clothing, toys for children, household items and utility assistance.  This annual program provides a […]

Fire Hydrants Continue Branding of the Grove

Taking a cue from the Hill neighborhood, Washington University Medical Center has teamed up with local artist Grace McCammond to turn the ordinary into something a little more special…art. The fire-hydrant project consists of two phases with the first being the fire hydrants along Manchester from Tower Grove to Vandeventer in the Grove District. The […]

Tower Grove and Vandeventer From Eyesore to Eye Catching

For years the northeast corner at Tower Grove and Vandeventer was an unsightly entry point for the Forest Park Southeast neighborhood. Thousands of people pass by the area on a daily basis with this perhaps their only glimpse of FPSE. Brooks Goedeker, WUMC’s Community Development Specialist, stated, “I thought that this piece of land had […]