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Did somebody say McDonald's? Looking east on Chestnut Street from 4th Street toward the local icon, with the ground floor of a downtown office building on the left. The view is roughly east southeast near sunset.
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From time to time, when I have no new blog material and no ideas, I drive around the older parts of the city looking for things I haven't noticed before. Some may be run-down, some may be shiny, but it's so much more interesting than our sprawling suburbs. (Not that you couldn't find something worth documenting, but it would probably attract the attention of a security guard.)
This wall painting was in what we call Downtown West. The orange facade is a small brewery restaurant. No idea who this person is, except that the lettering, partly blocked by the pole, seems to say "A Brush." (Ha.) Chin stuck out, masculine affect, challenging, proud. Meaning undetermined,
This could be my entry for the City Daily Photo monthly theme, reflections in windows, but it isn't. Directly behind where I stood to take yesterday's photo was another old and possible abandoned building. Someone had some fun with a window. Big Brother may be watching you.
Regular readers of my blog have seen many posts about St. Louis' wildly unusual City Museum. It was founded by the late sculptor and odd-ball entrepreneur Bob Cassilly and his former wife, Gail Soliwoda. They had a workshop where they created sculptures and other decorative elements, including this facade. It has been vacant for years and is badly deteriorated in the rear. The current owner applied for a demolition permit but preservationists are working to save its wonderful terra cotta face.
Gee whiz fact: you oldies may have heard that in 1972, a mentally ill man went after Michelangelo's Pieta in St. Peter's with a hammer. Cassilly, who was in Rome on his honeymoon with his first wife, was the person who tackled him and prevented him from doing further damage. Cassilly grew up in the suburb of Webster Groves, where I live.
A study in concentration and color choices. The art museum's Matisse-themed evening invited children like Ellie to color a turtle, a main visual element in SLAM's best known Matisse painting, https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/5335/ . Once done coloring, the kids were invited to go on a visual scavenger hunt, looking for images that might relate to turtles. Maybe not a good idea since you would have to search every hall and galley. It didn't appeal to our kid.
