Fairground Park

Small lot in north St. Louis has a future as tribute to Black soldiers

Sarah Fentem

According to the National Park Service, around 3,700 Black men — mostly enslaved — from Missouri served in the United States Colored Troops regiments during the Civil War.

An artist's rendering shows an areal view of the completed Brickline Greenway looking south from Fairground Park in north St. Louis. Project developers expect the section on North Grand will be completed by the end of 2025.

Economy & Business

Construction on the Brickline Greenway along North Grand kicks off Monday morning

Eric Schmid

Great Rivers Greenway leaders hope the new bike and pedestrian pathways will lay the foundation for future economic revitalization in a part of the city that has experienced steep declines.

Farmer Tosha Phonix of A.C.E.R.E.S is photographed on Thursday May 16, 2024, at her farm in St. Louis’ Walnut Park neighborhood Phonix is encouraging north St. Louis city residents to start their own gardens this summer. She recently collaborated with other Black farmers and published a zine titled "A Guide to Black Farming in North St. Louis."

Health, Science & Environment

A St. Louis farmer wants more north city residents to grow their own food

Ulaa Kuziez

Tosha Phonix says gardens and farms empower Black communities in St. Louis.

Sept. 30, 2017. Dail Chambers works on a piece called A Song for the Black Rising at the St.ART event. Chambers said the piece examines repetition and and reflects the Jason Stockley verdict protests and the 20th-century Great Migration.

Arts

Street art comes to St. Louis parks to document despair and hope at a time of unrest

Nancy Fowler

The two-day St.ART festival this weekend is billed as a street art event, but it takes places in parks, not streets.It opened Saturday at Langenberg Field…