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Downtown Buzz
is a monthly newsletter published by the Downtown St.
Louis Community Improvement District for its members, downtown
property and business owners, the downtown business and
residential community and all others interested in downtown
revitalization. Send all responses and inquiries to Shuntae'
Shields Ryan, Marketing & Communications Director, via e-mail or mail to: 720 Olive
Street Suite 450 St. Louis, MO 63101
September 2009 To skip to a specific news item, use the links below!
To read them all, just scroll on
down.
In 2007 the downtown residents partnered with
Alderwoman Kacie Starr Triplett regarding the beautification and
revival of Lucas Park. Through a series of town hall style meetings and brainstorming
sessions, the first phase of capital improvements for Lucas Park
was created and construction is underway. Over $125,000 has been
allocated to make basic improvements to the park: removing dead
trees, widening the sidewalk along 14th street to make it more
pedestrian friendly, repairing the water faucet, new benches,
and a new downtown DOG PARK.
In tandem with the construction, Alderwoman Triplett
continues to meet with the Human Services Division, Parks
Department, St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, Downtown
Partnership, St. Louis Public Library and several homeless
service providers to discuss some of the unique challenges that
still exist in the park. Donations are
still needed to complete the park. For more information or to
contribute, contact Alderwoman Kacie Starr Triplett at
314.622.3753.
The Downtown St. Louis business community
will honor Senator Kit Bond with the 2009 John H. Poelker Levee
Stone Award at a luncheon on Friday,
September 18, 2009. This annual award recognizes leadership,
extraordinary vision and personal commitment in advancing the
revitalization of downtown St. Louis. Senator Bond is being
honored for his involvement in the revitalization of the Old
Post Office, Affordable Housing Tax Credits, Washington Avenue
Streetscape plan and the New Mississippi River Ridge project.
Along with the award presentation Senator Bond will also give
his reflections and perspective on downtown St. Louis, the
region and the State.
Presenting
sponsors for the event are Lumiere Place and Lashly & Baer
PC; Patron: Macy’s, HOK, US Bank, AT&T; Supporting: Bank of
America, BKD LLP, First Bank, McCormack Baron Salazar,
Polsinelli Shughart PC, St. Louis Parking and Missouri Botanical
Garden.
Click
here to register or for more information, call Jennifer
Burgnone at 314.436.6500 ext. 225.
The
Downtown St. Louis Residents Association is hosting downtown's
newest art experience, "An Art Affair in the Plaza". The event
will be held in Old Post Office Plaza and offer an opportunity
to view and purchase sculptures, paintings, photographs, jewelry
and much more! Live music and food
from surrounding restaurants will be available as well. An Art
Affair begins September 19th and continues each Saturday through
October 31st from 11 am to 3
pm. For more information, click
here or contact Earline Bell at 314.308.7292.
The
year's award-winning Taste of St. Louis event is October 2-4,
2009 and will feature celebrity chefs, Top Chef Culinary
Competition and many headlining entertainment acts on the U.S.
Bank Main Stage. The event is free will be at the Soldiers'
Memorial (12th & Market Streets). Highlights include more than 40 restaurants along
Sauce Magazine's Restaurant Row, Top Chef Competition on the
Saint Louis Bread Co. Culinary stage, an International &
Cultural Arts Stage, presented by the Downtown Community
Improvement District, featuring international performance
art, dancing, fashion and music, the Family Entertainment Stage,
music concerts on the U.S. Bank Main Stage by President's of the
United States of America, Tonic and Saint Louis Symphony
Orchestra and the Saint Louis Ballet, ArtDimensions Village, and
much more. For more information, click
here.
The Downtown Community Improvement
District has partnered with the Downtown Urgent Care Center to
provide a new fitness opportunity on the Old Post Office Plaza
in the form of Power Yoga! The first FREE Power Yoga session is
this Saturday, September 12th at 8:30 am and continues through
October (weather permitting).
Power Yoga (also known Ashtanga) combines the tranquility of
Yoga with a "flow" that tones, stretches and relaxes. The class
will be taught by Jaime Sanchez. Mats are needed, however if
you don't have a mat, a few extras are available on a
first-come, first-serve basis. For more information, call
314.436.9300.
Kentucky State and Tuskegee University's
will go head to head during this year's annual Gateway Classic
Football weekend. The weekend's festivities include the
President's Breakfast, sponsored by the Partnership for Downtown
St. Louis, Rams Coaches Luncheon, Lifetime Achievement Awards Dinner and concludes with the
football game and Battle of the Bands on Saturday, September
26th. Proceeds from the football game go toward full, four-year
scholarships for youths attending historically black
institutions. For more information, contact the St. Louis
Gateway Classic Sports Foundation at 314.621.1994.
Adventure and family fun are planned for
ParkPalooza, an interactive event where children of all ages can
explore the world of national parks. Activities include rock
climbing, reel casting, wildlife encounters, biking and kids'
crafts, live animals, fishing, hiking and biking, art and
entertainment and simulated archeological digs. ParkPalooza is
free and will be held at the Gateway Arch September 12 & 13
from 10 am to 4 pm.
Also note the Gateway
Arch has returned to their winter hours of operation, 9:00 am to 6:00
pm daily. Winter hours continue until the Saturday of Memorial
Day weekend, May 29, 2010.
Take a piece of All Star history home
by
purchasing one of the All Star Game
Banners that lined the streets during All Star
Summer.The banners cost $250 each, are 2½ ft
x 7 ft.
and include a Certificate of
Authentication from the St. Louis Cardinals. For more
information, click
here.
Retail,
Restaurants & More
Terrace View*800 Chestnut
Street*314.436.8855
Restaurateur Jim Fiala has opened
a beautiful glass pavilion café called the Terrace View on
the site of downtown's newest attraction, Citygarden. The
restaurant offers American Contemporary, Mediterranean, and
Tapas cuisine and is now open for lunch and dinner. Entrée
specialties include Missouri catfish, Greek lemon chicken,
braised lamb and duck confit. Indoor and outdoor seating are
available. Hours of operation are Monday through Thursday, 11
am to 10 pm and Friday and Saturday, 11 am to 11 pm.
Red Kitchen &
Bar*Hyatt Regency
St. Louis
Riverfront*314.259.3244
Red Kitchen & Bar has
opened in the Grand Lobby of the newly renovated Hyatt St. Louis
Riverfront hotel. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, RED's
menu focuses on small plates, creative cocktails, wines by the
glass and a selection of RED specialties from its in-house
smoker and pizza oven. Red also features a farmer's market lunch
buffet, Monday through Friday, complete with an extensive salad
bar featuring fresh, seasonal produce, artisanal cheeses, soups,
desserts and an array of pasta ingredients selected by the guest
and prepared by RED's chefs. RED is one of three new
restaurants opening in the hotel, also
including Ruth's Chris Steak House and Brewhouse, a casual pub
and sports bar. Evening hours are 5 - 10 pm, seven days a
week.
Mango is opening a contemporary
urban style Peruvian restaurant on Friday, September 11th. The
restaurant will feature non-smoking indoor seating, outdoor seating, a private dining room,
full-service bar in the main dining area and a rotating
collection of art work by local and regional artists available
for purchase. Mango will also have an expanded wine list
featuring a variety of international wines with an emphasis on
South America, including many Chilean and Argentinean selections
as well as a number of California varietals. This will be the
second location for Mango originally located at 7307 Watson Rd.
Hours of Operation are Monday - Thursday, 11 am to 11:00 pm,
Friday and Saturday, 11 am - 1 am and Sunday, 11 am - 6:00 pm.
1015 Associates, LLC
Ameren UE
Anderson &
Gilbert
Blue Boat Designs
Bryan Cave, LLP
Bryant Group Inc.
BSI Constructors, Inc.
Building Owners
& Mgr. Assoc-STL
C.E. Jarrell Mechanical
Contractors
Carmine's Steak House
CB Richard Ellis
Citizens for Modern
Transit
City Museum
Colliers Turley Martin Tucker
Copying
Concepts
Crawford, Bunte, Brammeier
Development Strategies, Inc.
Downtown Children's Center
East-West Gateway
Coord. Council
EVS Realty Advisors, Inc.
First Financial Federal Credit Union
Flamingo Bowl c/o Blueberry Hill
Fleishman-Hillard, Inc.
FOCUS St. Louis
Friedman Group LTD. & Friedman Dev. Group,
LTD.
Gateway Taxi Mgmt./ dba/ Laclede Cab
Gentry's Landing/Integrity Real Estate
GlaxoSmithKline
Grand Center,
Inc.
Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale P.C.
HOK Group, Inc.
Holiday Inn
Select Convention Center
Hooters
Jacobs Facilities Inc. (Jacob Engineering)
Jefferson Bank & Trust - Delta Bancshares
Kerber, Eck & Braeckel LLP
Leadership
Council Southwestern Illinois
Lumiere
Place
Macy's Midwest
Mark
Twain Hotel
McBride and Sons
Metro
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer
District
Midwest Sunray Lighting & Sign,
Co.
Mike Shannon's Steaks & Seafood
Rest.
Millennium Hotel St. Louis
Missouri Athletic Club
Missouri
Machinery & Engineering Co./ Hydro Dramatics
Missouri Valley Conference
NSI (The
National System, Inc.)
Oates Associates,
Inc.
Paradowski Creative
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Pulaski Bank
Ralcorp Holdings, Inc.
RCGA
Royal Banks of Missouri, Inc.
RubinBrown
Schlichter, Bogard & Denton
SCI Engineering, Inc.
Sheraton St. Louis City Center
Slay
Industries
St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis Community College
St. Louis
CVC
St. Louis Gateway Classic Sports
Foundation
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis Sports Commission
St. Louis
Union Station Marriott
Trailnet, Inc.
Trivers Associates
Union Station
Holdings, Inc.
University of Phoenix
VSP Construction
Washington
University
Waylon
Westmoreland Associates, LLC
Woolpert,
Inc.
YMCA-Downtown- Marquette
Branches
11 Children's Day, Gelateria
Tavolini, 1327 Washington, Downtown Residents bring your
children by for a
free gelato. Limited to the first
50 children, 6 - 8 pm
12
Kid's Saturday with Puppets and Storytelling, Old Post Office
Plaza, 10:30 am. Enjoy Puppet veterans Salt N' Patter and
Storyteller Sharon Thompson. In October, Kid's Saturday will
return to the first Saturday of the month, October 3.
12, 19, 26 Western/Eastern Downtown
Tour, 10 am - Noon
14-10/15 Fiber Focus 2009, Art Saint Louis, 10 am - 5 pm
17 Fall Spa Beauty Event,
Downtown Macy's - 6th & Olive Streets, 11:30 am - 1:30
pm
17 St. Louis All-Star
Review in Concert at Union Station, 5 - 8:30 pm
18 Levee Stone Award Presented to Kit
Bond, Westin Hotel - Downtown, 12:30 - 1:30 pm
19 POW/MIA March to the Arch &
Ceremony, Soldiers Memorial Park
24 Culinaria, a Schnucks Market Cooking Demo, Downtown
Macy's - 6th & Olive Streets, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
23 Urbanexus, Left Bank Books
Downtown, 321 North 10th Street, 314-436-3049
25 KDHX Lunchtime Series, Old Post Office
Plaza, Noon to 1 pm
26
Gateway Classic Parade, 10 am (Starts at 12th & Market)
26 Gateway Classic Football
Game, Kentucky State & Tuskegee, Edward Jones Dome, 3 pm
Through a series of town hall style meetings and brainstorming
sessions, the first phase of capital improvements for Lucas Park
was created and construction is underway. Over $125,000 has been
allocated to make basic improvements to the park: removing dead
trees, widening the sidewalk along 14th street to make it more
pedestrian friendly, repairing the water faucet, new benches,
and a new downtown DOG PARK. 
are
still needed to complete the park. For more information or to
contribute, contact Alderwoman Kacie Starr Triplett at
314.622.3753.
luncheon on Friday,
September 18, 2009. This annual award recognizes leadership,
extraordinary vision and personal commitment in advancing the
revitalization of downtown St. Louis. Senator Bond is being
honored for his involvement in the revitalization of the Old
Post Office, Affordable Housing Tax Credits, Washington Avenue
Streetscape plan and the New Mississippi River Ridge project.
Along with the award presentation Senator Bond will also give
his reflections and perspective on downtown St. Louis, the
region and the State.
much more! Live music and food
from surrounding restaurants will be available as well. An Art
Affair begins September 19th and continues each Saturday through
October 31st from 11 am to 3
pm. For more information, 
Streets). Highlights include more than 40 restaurants along
Sauce Magazine's Restaurant Row, Top Chef Competition on the
Saint Louis Bread Co. Culinary stage, an International &
Cultural Arts Stage, presented by the Downtown Community
Improvement District, featuring international performance
art, dancing, fashion and music, the Family Entertainment Stage,
music concerts on the U.S. Bank Main Stage by President's of the
United States of America, Tonic and Saint Louis Symphony
Orchestra and the Saint Louis Ballet, ArtDimensions Village, and
much more. For more information, 
Lifetime Achievement Awards Dinner and concludes with the
football game and Battle of the Bands on Saturday, September
26th. Proceeds from the football game go toward full, four-year
scholarships for youths attending historically black
institutions. For more information, contact the St. Louis
Gateway Classic Sports Foundation at 314.621.1994.
returned to their winter hours of operation, 9:00 am to 6:00
pm daily. Winter hours continue until the Saturday of Memorial
Day weekend, May 29, 2010.
called the Terrace View on
the site of downtown's newest attraction, Citygarden. The
restaurant offers American Contemporary, Mediterranean, and
Tapas cuisine and is now open for lunch and dinner. Entrée
specialties include Missouri catfish, Greek lemon chicken,
braised lamb and duck confit. Indoor and outdoor seating are
available. Hours of operation are Monday through Thursday, 11
am to 10 pm and Friday and Saturday, 11 am to 11 pm.
opening in the hotel, also
including Ruth's Chris Steak House and Brewhouse, a casual pub
and sports bar. Evening hours are 5 - 10 pm, seven days a
week.
indoor seating, outdoor seating, a private dining room,
full-service bar in the main dining area and a rotating
collection of art work by local and regional artists available
for purchase. Mango will also have an expanded wine list
featuring a variety of international wines with an emphasis on
South America, including many Chilean and Argentinean selections
as well as a number of California varietals. This will be the
second location for Mango originally located at 7307 Watson Rd.
Hours of Operation are Monday - Thursday, 11 am to 11:00 pm,
Friday and Saturday, 11 am - 1 am and Sunday, 11 am - 6:00 pm.
