Wilmore Park revisited
Lately I have been sorting my old photos from south St. Louis, home of richly beautiful streets where my love for the city was first kindled over a decade ago.
It is with some amusement that I noticed how many photographs I took in Wilmore Park, which was a favorite biking destination of mine in college. I spent many sunny afternoons wandering its grassy fields and curving ponds, and apparently I found quite a bit of aesthetic interest in its trees, fields and waters.
I look at them now and my reaction is: jeez, it's just a park, isn't it? It's pretty ordinary compared to Tower Grove, Carondelet, Francis...
But it says a lot about where I was coming from. Before coming to St. Louis, I'd never been in such a lovely park, such a delightful and relaxing place. Yet by the standards of St. Louis, it's ordinary!
I wonder how many natives of the city realize what a collection of gems they have in their midst?
It is with some amusement that I noticed how many photographs I took in Wilmore Park, which was a favorite biking destination of mine in college. I spent many sunny afternoons wandering its grassy fields and curving ponds, and apparently I found quite a bit of aesthetic interest in its trees, fields and waters.
I look at them now and my reaction is: jeez, it's just a park, isn't it? It's pretty ordinary compared to Tower Grove, Carondelet, Francis...
But it says a lot about where I was coming from. Before coming to St. Louis, I'd never been in such a lovely park, such a delightful and relaxing place. Yet by the standards of St. Louis, it's ordinary!
I wonder how many natives of the city realize what a collection of gems they have in their midst?
posted by Robert Powers at
8:36 PM
1 Comments:
i LOVE YOUR SITE, I WAS WONDERING IF YOU HAD ANY PICTURES OF SOUTH ST.LOUIS, I GREW UP AROUND ST.LOUIS HILLS AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME OLD PICTURES OF THE NEIGHBOORHOOD.
THANKS
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