The youth from Herbert Hoover Boys & Girls Club-Adams Park Unit have been busy this year. Their latest mural project is called “St. Louis Wall of Fame”. It includes the faces of famous St. Louis African Americans such as Maya Angelou, Chuck Berry, Nelly, and Miles Davis. The youth came up with the concept and […]
There is a visible difference when you travel down Manchester in the Grove business/entertainment district. A complete streetscape transformation has taken place. The new planters, trash receptacles, and bike racks have been installed. There are widened sidwalks, crosswalks and crossing signals as well as
WUMCRC announced today that they will be contributing $10,000 toward the second Grove entry marker which will bookend the street and be located just east of Kinshighway Blvd. Brooks Goedeker, WUMCRC Community Development Manager and project manager of the Grove entry markers had this to say: “Along with the $3.6 million streetscape improvements the entry […]
Mark your calendars for the 6th annual Grove Fest which is set for Saturday, October 1st. The event will again occur between 4:00pm and 11:00pm and showcase the Grove’s restaurants, nightclubs, artists, and retail venues. WUMCRC’s Community Development Manager and Grove Fest Co-Coordinator, Brooks Goedeker stated, “Grove Fest will have all of its usual activities […]
The new Jazz mural was completed yesterday by the youth from Herbert Hoover Boys & Girls Club-Adams Park Unit. The students are currently working on the design of the third mural, featuring famous St. Louis African Americans, with help from local artist Grace McCammond from Signature Arts. The projected painting of the next mural will […]
The outline for the second mural (located at Newstead and Manchester) is complete. Starting today, the Herbert Hoover youth will begin filling in the color.
On Tuesday, Grace McCammond and the Herbert Hoover Boys & Girls Club youth finished the Tour de Grove mural. As you can see from the below photos, the youth were very excited to put the finishing touches on the project. They have already begun the outline on the second mural located at Newstead and Manchester.
From the new pedestrian street lights to the widened sidewalks, the Manchester streetscape is shaping up nicely and quickly becoming a modern, attractive pedestrian-oriented street. The older style “Cobra” street lights will be removed soon, and the trash cans, bike racks, modern planters, and other street furniture will be all that is left to install. […]
On Saturday, May 14th, the premiere professional bicycle racing event in the Midwest will be touring through the streets of Forest Park Southeast. And this second installment of the Tour de Grove will be bigger, better and faster than the year before! With an impressive list of professional racers from around the world already committed […]
Pete Rothschild, owner of Red Brick Management, has been purchasing and developing buildings from the time he was twenty years old. His property management group has been around for 42 years and they own buildings all over the St. Louis area, including Central West End and the Grove. WUMCRC sat down with Rothschild to discuss […]