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The statue Apotheosis of St. Louis by Charles Henry Niehaus, created in 1903. Plans to expand the museum, which existed in the 1995 Forest Park Master Plan and the museum's 2000 Strategic Plan, began in earnest in 2005, when the museum board selected the British architect Sir David Chipperfield to design the expansion; Michel Desvigne was selected as landscape architect.
Forest Park is a public park in western St. Louis, Missouri.It is a prominent civic center and covers 1,326 acres (5.37 km 2). [1] Opened in 1876, more than a decade after its proposal, the park has hosted several significant events, including the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904 and the 1904 Summer Olympics.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Louis ... Brentmoor Park, Brentmoor and Forest Ridge District ... 1012-1259 Hampton Park Dr ...
part of the LaSalle Park MRA 88: St. Louis Air Force Station: St. Louis Air Force Station: January 17, 1975 : 2nd and Arsenal Sts. 89: Sanford Avenue Historic District: Sanford Avenue Historic District: January 26, 2005
Southampton is located near many Saint Louis attractions. It is nine miles from downtown and the Saint Louis Arch. Forest Park (home of the Saint Louis Zoo, Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri History Museum, and the Muny Theater) is just north on Hampton Avenue.
Apotheosis of St. Louis is a statue of King Louis IX of France, namesake of St. Louis, Missouri, located in front of the Saint Louis Art Museum in Forest Park.Part of the iconography of St. Louis, the statue was the principal symbol of the city between its erection in 1906 and the construction of the Gateway Arch in the mid-1960s.
1980 - Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis established. 1981 – Gwen B. Giles is the first woman and first African-American appointed to lead the St. Louis City Assessor's Office. [62] 1982 - Cardinals win World Series, defeating Milwaukee Brewers in seven games; 1986 Express Scripts and Galleria Cinema [54] in business.
The Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri History Museum, Jewel Box, Saint Louis Zoo, McDonnell Planetarium, and the Muny are all located in Forest Park, the city's premiere park. The City Museum has a collection of re-purposed architectural and industrial objects constituting a multistory play-land.