Tuesday, June 27, 2006
The Difference Between a “Nice Neighborhood” and a Great Community
A nice neighborhood is one in which the residents tend their lawns and maintain their homes. A great community, however, is one in which residents invest time and energy beyond their own homes. As the photos below show, ONSL is a great community of residents who put in a great deal of time, effort, and care throughout the neighborhood.
Above: Johnnie Owens and Kathleen Wyllie work together at the Hebert Street Community Garden.
Above: Richard Hackman, earlier today, on one of his almost-daily litter patrols on the streets of ONSL.
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With the Arch on the horizon, the cyclists approach the banner at St. Louis Avenue & Blair to read another line from Fulfilment by Langston Hughes.
Amanda Doyle, Jason McClelland, and Bruce Smith take a break along the Riverfront Trail, just one of the unique amenities right outside the borders of Old North St. Louis.
Join us for the Word Up Bike Tour this Saturday, June 24, 2006. Bring your bike to the meeting point (Crown Candy Kitchen at St. Louis Avenue & N. 14th St.) by 10 a.m. We’ll ride an easy 5-10 miles through ONSL and nearby neighborhoods, stopping to enjoy the Word Up poetry banners along the way.
A view of the 1300 block of North Market with historic rehab continuing at 1304, which will include four 2-bedroom apartments; brickwork just getting started at the new construction, for-sale townhouses at 1310-14; the single-family house at 1316 to be rehabbed as part of the North Market Place for-sale development; and the historic rehab in progress at the mixed-use building at N. 14th and North Market in the background.
1440 Monroe before start of rehab
1440 Monroe receiving new drywall, yesterday
Just how cool is Old North St. Louis? In the course of 24 hours this past weekend, we had our first Outdoor Movie Night of the season on Wright Street (thanks to the hard work of Tino Ochoa, Zoila Rendon, Leon Ochoa, and ONSLRG’s Social Outreach Committee); an overnight community patrol by more than a dozen residents, staff and partners from RHCDA, keeping the community and construction sites safe from the type of theft and vandalism that plague construction sites everywhere; and the filming of a short movie along 14th Street as part of the 48 Hour Film Project.
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