Compton Hill Reservoir Park is a 36acre public park located in the Compton Heights neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Located on one of the highest elevations within the city, the park surrounds a 28e6USgal reservoir used to provide water for many of the city's residents.HistoryJames P. Kirkwood selected the site of the reservoir, one of the highest elevations within the 1855 city limits. As the reservoir occupied only of the site, Kirkwood suggested the remaining land be turned into a park. The top of the reservoir structure was at one time covered with elevated tennis courts; presently, two newer tennis courts lie to the east.The water tower was retired in 1929, after 30 years, when the Howard Bend Plant was put in service: the static head from the Stacy Park Reservoir, in what is now the St. Louis suburb of Olivette, Missouri, caused an overflow of pure chemically treated water into the sewer system. The reservoir and water tower were renovated, in 1999, at a cost of $19 million.In 1969, Interstate 44 was constructed through the northern edge of the park, reducing the area of the park to its present size.
Imagine a forest where almost everything around you is edible. Ripe fruit and nut trees form an open canopy. Fruits and nuts hang from many branches—pears, apples, persimmons, and pecans. Shrubs bear raspberries, blueberries, and currants fill the gaps in the canopy. Native wildflowers, wild edibles, herbs, and perennial vegetables thickly cover the ground. Most of these plants are edible, while others attract beneficial insects, birds, and butterflies. Some act as soil builders, or simply help keep out weeds. Here and there vines climb on trees and shrubs with fruit hanging through the foliage—squash, beans, peas and grapes. There is a synergy that is created as the plants are organized to support each others’ needs. This is an edible forest garden. It will inspire our community to gather together, learn together, grow our own food and rehabilitate our local ecosystem. We will be transforming a vacant LRA lot, which has become a neighborhood eyesore and illegal dumping ground, into a community space that will improve the attractiveness of the neighborhood, support native habitat and wildlife, conserve resources, and encourage healthy living and the interaction of the diverse community that is McKinley Heights. Rather than creating a fenced in, membership garden aka “community garden”, our goal is to open it up to the entire community, providing equal access to produce and all that the space has to offer. The McKinley Meadows Sustainable Neighborhood Project is made possible by a grant from the City of St. Louis, the Local Sustainability Funders Group of St. Louis, and the Funders' Network. Board of Directors: Rocco Danna, Anna Minx & Bryan Dematteis
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Milque Toast Bar grew out of the cultural soil of McKinley Heights—from its rich history to its current resurgence. We have created this inclusive and nurturing space to learn and play while breaking bread together. Though our digs are tiny, we’re dreaming big. We want to be your breakfast nook, your long lunch, your brunch spot, and your neighborhood clubhouse. We will delight your senses, relax your mind, and open your heart. Slow down, take a breath, and experience the good life in our corner of St. Louis.
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McKinley Classical Leadership Academy is a public high school for gifted and talented students in St. Louis, Missouri that is part of the St. Louis Public Schools. McKinley opened in 1904 as the first comprehensive public high school in south St. Louis, then closed in 1988 and operated as a magnet middle school in the 1990s and 2000s. In 2007, it reopened as a high school for gifted and talented students, and in May 2011 it graduated nine students.
We are St. Louis, Mo based "Changing Places Boutique". We are excited to bring you our first location from the humble beginnings of the Grand Slam Marketplace. Founded in late 2014 offering exclusive clothing for the fashion-conscience modern woman. With an ever changing inventory and always exclusive selections, we are eager to impress. So feel free to shop anew because you wont break the bank when you are "Changing Places"...