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	St. Louis, MO - Tower Grove Park Fact Sheet
		The grounds of the 289-acre park are punctuated with 10 whimsical pavilions, lily ponds, statuary, fountains, and mock classical "ruins." The park has the most diverse and interesting urban forest in the central United States with a greater variety of trees and shrubs than any other urban park in the country.
		Tower Grove Park was established in 1868 by Henry Shaw, the founder of the Missouri Botanical Garden.
		Tower Grove's Palm House was built in 1878 and was the model for the Linnean House at the Missouri Botanical Garden, which was built four years later.
	www.explorestlouis.com /factSheets/fact_towerGrove.asp (1565 words)

	Welcome to Tower Grove Park: A victorian gem in the heart of South St. Louis
		Henry Shaw gave the citizens of St. Louis the grand pleasure park, known as Tower Grove Park, in 1868.
		The park is home to softball, soccer, tennis, corkball and frisbee games, as well as to the strollers, joggers, and picnickers who revel in the fanciful Victorian pavilions and sculptures Shaw commissioned...
		The mission of Tower Grove Park is “to be an exemplary, well preserved and well presented, wooded Victorian park of national significance that provides important recreational, educational, and cultural opportunities for the public in a way that is compatible with its unique and historic character.”
	stlouis.missouri.org /parks/tower-grove (188 words)

	Great Park Places: Tower Grove Park \| Project for Public Spaces (PPS)
		Tower Grove Park is one of the most beautiful parks I have ever seen.
		This is one of three parks in the U.S. (along with Central Park in NY and Boston Common) listed as a National Historic Landmark.
		Because of this, the colors in Tower Grove are breathtaking in the spring and gorgeous in the fall.
	www.pps.org /upo/greatplaces/one?public_place_id=208 (1153 words)

	Active.com \|
		Tower Grove Park is a wonderful place, with its fanciful buildings, colorful foliage and enchanting sounds that have provided an escape from the stresses of urban life since its creation in the 1860's.
		The park allows visitors to step back into the mid-19th century, and has been designated as a National Historic Landmark, one of only four municipal parks in the nation to achieve this recognition.
		Tower Grove Park is one of only 4 Historic Parks in the United States.
	www.active.com /event_detail.cfm?event_id=1074247 (305 words)

	Tower Grove Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Tower Grove Park in South St. Louis has several miles of trail in varying states of repair.
		The trails seem to be being systematically repaired, as are the pavilions and other facilities in the park.
		The park was donated to the public along with the Missouri Botanical Gardens by Henry Shaw, and is a St.
	www.mv24.org /tg.html (76 words)

	Saint Louis Forest Park - The 'Crown Jewel' of St. Louis
		By the 1890s, the public park was widely used for recreation with bicycle paths, baseball diamonds and lawn tennis courts.
		is connected by a highway overpass and tunnel to its new headquarters, south of Forest Park.
		Forest Park Forever was founded in 1986 to work in partnership with the Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry to rehabilitate and maintain the Forest Park as the "Crown Jewel" of the metropolitan area.
	www.slfp.com /forestpark.html (562 words)

	St. Louis, MO - Grand South Grand & Tower Grove Park
		Combine a visit to the beautiful Missouri Botanical Garden and Tower Grove Park with a stop in the diverse Grand South Grand neighborhood during your next trip to St. Louis.
		Tower Grove Park, an elegant 19th-century Victorian walking park with whimsical pavilions, statuary, fountains and mock classical “ruins,” abuts this neighborhood.
		The park, established in 1868 by Henry Shaw, founder of the Missouri Botanical Garden, is a National Historic Landmark.
	www.explorestlouis.com /neighborhoods/grand.asp?PageType=1 (344 words)

	Tower Grove Park - Great Public Spaces \| Project for Public Spaces (PPS)
		Tower Grove Park is a tremendous resource for nearby neighborhoods and the City of St. Louis.
		As I drive visitors to St. Louis through its historic south side, I always show them the beauty of Tower Grove Park and the beautiful houses that border it.
		This park is great because it has remnants of its original design as a park with two parallel promenades (Victorian style).
	www.pps.org /great_public_spaces/one?public_place_id=208&type_id=0 (1215 words)

	RAC l Public Art in the St. Louis Region
		He chose a 15 foot tree near the park's lake and with chainsaw and mallet, transformed it into a chair whose back is a carved figure of a strong, African-American woman.
		In 1968, at the conclusion of the twenty-third biennial conference of the society, the statue was refurbished and unveiled in its current location in Tower Grove Park.
		The nine-foot, Cor-ten sculpture is a stylized pine tree on a concrete pedestal surrounded by a grove of living trees, one for each recipient of the St. Louis Award.
	www.art-stl.com /PublicArt.cfm?where=Archive (986 words)

	STLtoday - Entertainment - Visit St. Louis
		Tower Grove Park moves at a slower pace than its rival Forest Park.
		Tower Grove has a variety of trees, more than any other urban park in America.
		Parking: Parking is available in the park and on the border of the park on Kingshighway, Arsenal and Magnolia streets.
	www.stltoday.com /stltoday/entertainment/guides.nsf/visitstlouis/guide/A1501D2F3381D8A2862566FA00718AD2?OpenDocument (217 words)

	City of St. Louis: Helpful Information About Tower Grove Park
		Tower Grove Park, although a city park, is managed separately.
		Reservations are made through the park office directly, not through the Parks Division.
		Tower Grove Park was founded by Henry Shaw, also founder of the adjacent Missouri Botanical Garden.
	stlcin.missouri.org /FAQs/displaytopicdetail.cfm?TopicId=505 (58 words)

	South City Open Studio and Gallery for Children \| SCOSAG
		SCOSAG is located in a nationally recognized historic landmark, The South Gate Lodge of Tower Grove Park.
		More recently, for twenty-five years, it was the park office; and for the past two years it has been home to many young artists and their mentors.
		The park is home to over 300 varieties of trees and shrubs, as well as historic sculptures and architecture.
	www.scosag.org /default.asp (250 words)

	South City Open Studio and Gallery for Children \| SCOSAG
		The building housed the park's offices until January, when the park staff moved to larger quarters at the Piper Plant House, a greenhouse that dates from 1885.
		Two boys wandering in Tower Grove Park with nothing to do knocked on the gatehouse door one day recently.
		The South City Open Studio and Gallery for Children in the South Gate Lodge in Tower Grove Park is forming classes in clay, painting, printmaking, photo blueprints and experimental drawing.
	www.scosag.org /News/post.asp (742 words)

	St. Louis Historic Preservation
		"Tower Grove Park is a rectangular tract of almost 285 acres located in the south-central part of the City of St. Louis.
		Although Tower Grove Park has about 8,000 trees of over one hundred varieties, it takes its greatest distinction from its buildings, structures, and objects--its pavilions, gateways, and statues.
		The great majority of these features were built during the lifetime of Henry Shaw, the founder of the park (1800-1889) and thus contribute to the park´s significance.
	stlcin.missouri.org /history/structdetail.cfm?Master_ID=1983 (305 words)

	tower-grove-manor.gif (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Tower Grove Manor is an independent living community for adults age 55 and older.
		St. Louis, the building overlooks beautiful Tower Grove Park.
		Tower Grove Manor • 2710 South Grand • St. Louis, MO 63118 • 314-773-2800
	www.towergrovemanor.org (66 words)

	National Historic Landmarks Program (NHL)
		Officially opened to the public in 1872, Tower Grove has been characterized as the largest and best preserved 19th-century Gardenesque style city park in the United States.
		High winds destroyed a number of the park's trees and a falling branch shattered one of the two historic stag statues at the Magnolia/Tower Grove Avenue entrance.
		New lighting was installed on four of the Park's tennis courts and air conditioning was installed in the tennis center.
	tps.cr.nps.gov /nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1300&ResourceType=District (242 words)

	UMass Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press
		Carol Grove chronicles Shaw’s remarkable story, from his early love of plants to his rising social conscience and his determined and successful quest to create a place of unsurpassed beauty and distinction that would educate and thereby improve American citizens.
		In 1867 he began intense work on Tower Grove Park, a stretch of 276 acres adjacent to the garden’s southern end.
		Carol Grove holds a doctoral degree in art history from the University of Missouri– Columbia, where she teaches courses in landscape studies.
	www.umass.edu /umpress/fall_05/grove.html (543 words)

	Tower Grove Manor offers aging adults luxurious retirement apartments in the Tower Grove Park Area of St. Louis
		Tower Grove Manor offers aging adults luxurious retirement apartments in the Tower Grove Park Area of St. Louis
		The traditional elegance and charm of Tower Grove Manor's 115 retirement apartments are complemented by the hospitable ambiance and many services of this trusted and familiar senior residence.
		Grove Park on the east side of South
	www.standrews1.com /tower_grove_retirement_apartments.html (131 words)

	The Commonspace > December 2001 > The Ordinary Eye
		From Benton Park in '73 - '74, to the Shaw neighborhood '74 - '76, to south of Tower Grove Park '76 - '83, to marriage and buying a house in Dogtown — I've always loved living in the city.
		Tower Grove Park has always been a special place for me. Every Sunday I take my dog, Jazz, to the park and after chasing squirrels and getting some water we conduct our weekly bench patrol.
		Last year we had a contest with all the kids in the extended family to determine how many gazebos there are in Tower Grove Park.
	www.thecommonspace.org /2001/12/eye.php (1056 words)

	HOK Stupp Memorial, Tower Grove (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Stupp Memorial Pavilion is a half-acre landscaped area and a 4,000-square-foot recreational building for older citizens.
		The design of the one-story limestone building reflects the shape and character of the many Victorian pavilions in Tower Grove Park.
		It contains a large meeting / recreational room, a small meeting room, a kitchen, an office, and an equipment storage room.The focal point of the garden is a fountain with an eagle carving at the top — something requested by the late Louise Stupp when she donated money to be used for the garden.
	www.hokplanninggroup.com /projects/portfolio/b3e944a3-1d97-4237-b475-8c5ede0af5ff/Tower_Grove_Park_PLNWeb.htm?sort=Alpha (91 words)

	Tower Grove East (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		When I first moved to the Tower Grove East neighborhood from my parents' home in South County six years ago, I lived in a carriage house studio apartment just three doors away from the bustling Grand South Grand business district.
		Tower Grove East is in the wedge formed by South Grand Boulevard to the west and Gravois Avenue to the east.
		Within walking distance is the pastoral jewel of Tower Grove Park and the Grand South Grand business district.
	www.mstl.org /neighborhood/towergroveeast.html (335 words)

	Atomicdust Portfolio : Tower Grove Park Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Tower Grove Park is a Victorian gem hidden in the heart of South St. Louis City.
		But 'hidden' is not what you want to be, when you have such wonderful facilities available to the public.
		In an effort to enhance the marketing ability of Tower Grove Park to the public, Atomicdust was tapped to improve the look and feel of the site, as well as restructure the navigation of towergrovepark.com.
	www.atomicdust.com /2004/port_dynamic.asp?ID=80 (180 words)

	HABS/HAER/HALS: Titles: 331
		Tower Creek Bridge, Spanning Tower Creek at Grand Loop Road, Yellowstone National Park, Park County, WY
		Tower Grove Park, Shelter Ten, 4255 Arsenal Street, Saint Louis, St. Louis City County, MO
		Tower Grove Park, South Gate Lodge, 4255 Arsenal Street, Saint Louis, St. Louis City County, MO
	lcweb2.loc.gov /pp/hhhtml/hhTitles331.html (1190 words)

	Library of American Landscape History - Books
		Over the next three decades, Shaw transformed his estate, Tower Grove, into one of the nation’s leading botanical gardens.
		In 1867 he began work on Tower Grove Park, a stretch of 276 acres adjacent to the garden.
		Carol Grove chronicles Shaw’s remarkable story, from his early love of plants to his rising social conscience and his determined quest to create a place of unsurpassed beauty and distinction that would educate and thereby improve American citizens.
	www.lalh.org /bkShawMain.html (443 words)

	14th Annual Saint Louis Pagan Picnic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		House of Phoenix Rising is open to all paths and beliefs; we are hoping to develop it into an umbrella organization for networking and communication among the various pagan groups in our community.
		Diana's Grove (http://www.dianasgrove.com) and the St. Louis Mysteries group together are offering this ritual for Pagan Picnic.
		Diana's Grove, located just south of Salem in central southern Missouri, is a retreat center and school focusing on personal growth and it also operates a dog rescue and adoption service - see our booth and our puppies on merchant's row.
	www.paganpicnic.org /2006/ritual.php (1030 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		7:30 A.M. Tower Grove Park is historically known as one of the best migratory stop-over sites in the St. Louis area and offers views of numerous species of warblers.
		The World Bird Sanctuary is located on the northwest side of the Hwy 44 and Hwy 141 intersection: take the North Outer Road as if you are going to Lone Elk Park, the sanctuary entrance is on the right side of the road just before the Lone Elk Park entrance.
		Our area's most urban state park provides excellent riparian habitat for migrating warblers, breeding habitat for songbird species of conservation concern, and year-round habitat for waterbirds.
	www.stlouisaudubon.org /IMBW.htm (639 words)

	International Migratory Bird Week Celebration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		8:00 A.M. Tower Grove Park is historically known as one of the best migratory stop-over sites in the St. Louis area and offers views of numerous species of warblers.
		Park in front of Kaufman Park's tennis courts.
		8:00 A.M. Kennedy Woods in Forest Park is one of the best places in the area to observe warblers and other spring migrants.
	www.stlouisaudubon.org /migratory.htm (706 words)

	VSA Publications
		The park is one of the largest and most complete 19th century urban landscapes remaining the United States.
		The park is especially rich in Victorian buildings, statuary, and other structures erected between 1868 and 1914.
		The support of the Friends of Tower Grove Park was essential.
	www.victoriansociety.org /presawards2003.html (614 words)

	Jack Van Benthuysen Bird Pond - Webster Groves Nature Study Society (WGNSS) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		As for many area birders, Tower Grove Park was one of his favorite destinations.
		With monetary contributions received in Jack's memory, and donations of labor and supplies, the WGNSS has built a small bird-friendly pond in Tower Grove Park to provide some additional habitat for the many migrant birds that use the park as a stopover.
		The pond is located between Humboldt North Shelter (15) and the Cypress Shelters (17) on this map.
	epsc.wustl.edu /~rlk/wgnss/vanbenthuysen.html (123 words)

	Tower Grove Baptist Church
		Since we can trust in an eternal, never changing God, we should be faithful to carry His Message to the world - a Message of Redemption and Love to all mankind (Jn.
		Trusting in His faithfulness we look forward to the many blessings that God has in store for us in 2006 at Tower Grove.
		By the way, if you happen to pass thru St. Louis any time soon we'd love to have you stop by and visit with us.
	www.towergrove.org (149 words)

	TGHNA: WELCOME TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
		The Tower Grove Heights ("TGH") neighborhood is a 12-block area within the south-central area of the city of Saint Louis.
		We are nestled in a corner of the Tower Grove South neighborhood (
		3617 Wyoming, in the basement (enter through the door facing the parking lot)of The First Church of Divine Science.
	towergroveheights.com (199 words)

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