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January 20, 2009
- The Water Tower & Park Preservation Society (WTPPS) was pleased to
announce at their annual member meeting that they have 4 new board members.
The new board members are:
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Bob Byrne - retired editor & writer for the City of St. Louis'
Newsgram
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Bob Herleth - Deputy Director, Missouri Botanical Garden
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Steven Kidwell - Vice President - Regulatory Affairs, AmerenUE
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Judy Miniace,- Development Director, Legal Services of Eastern Missouri
August 1st, 2008
- KTVI FOX 2’s
John Auble revisits
the Naked Truth statue, the first statue to a woman in greater St. Louis. She's sat there for 95 years
looking out over Water Tower Park on grand near Interstate 44.
You can see the video here:
http://www.myfoxstl.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7119204&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.1.1
July 28th, 2008 -
St. Louis
Post-Dispatch On Your Side Reporter Matthew Hathaway provided an update
on Reservoir Park and the fountain. Here is the excerpt:
If all goes well, the pond at Compton Hill Reservoir Park should be rebuilt
and filled with water by this time next year, according to a board member
for the private group that's trying to restore the once-elegant park at
Interstate 44 and Grand Boulevard.
I first wrote about the park's pond last summer, when it was empty of water
and filled with weeds and garbage. A few months after that column, I wrote
about a neighborhood initiative to restore the pond and fix up other parts
of the 36-acre city park. In April, I wrote about how the restoration effort
seemed to be gaining steam.
Last week, Rob Rebman of the Water Tower & Park Preservation Society told me
progress has been "slow but steady."
He said work should start in September on removing the pond's cracked
concrete bed. Over the winter, as weather allows, the pond will be rebuilt.
Landscaping around the pond and other detail work should wrap up the next
spring or early summer.
Estimates for the work range between $90,000 and $150,000, and the money
will come from neighborhood improvement funds and private donations. You can
read more about the plans for the park, and learn how to contribute, by
visiting the preservation society's website, www.watertowerfoundation.org.
You can read the full
article here:
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/columnists.nsf/onyourside/story/6021C3DF4A48EE0286257494000E4202?OpenDocument
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