Neighborhood Beautification

Thriving and attractive neighborhoods offer more than friendly people and good building stock. Public parks, clean streets, community gardens, and other green spaces contribute to the high quality of life enjoyed by ONSL’s residents.

Community Gardens
With seven community gardens throughout the neighborhood, Old North residents and visitors alike don’t have to look very far to find living testaments to the neighborhood’s commitment to revitalization.  As with any living thing, gardens take time, patience, and dedication.  Our Green Space Committee is a dedicated group always looking for more volunteers to help with the upkeep of these community gardens. The gardens are located at Hebert & Blair, Wingmann Park (Wright & Blair), St. Louis Avenue & N. 11th Street (the Butterfly Garden), St. Louis Avenue & N. 13th Street, St. Louis Avenue & Blair, Montgomery & N. 13th Street, and at N. Florissant & North Market. For more information or to volunteer, contact the ONSLRG office at 314-241-5031 or info@onsl.org.

“Brightside” Neighborhood-wide Clean-up Days
Every spring ONSL residents and various volunteers from outside the neighborhood take to the streets, vacant lots, gardens, and parks armed with rakes, shovels, trash bags, and assorted other gardening tools. With support from the City’s “Operation Brightside” beautification program, the neighborhood-wide spring cleaning provides an opportunity for neighbors to work side-by-side in sprucing up the heavily traveled and high profile sections of the neighborhood. Watch this space and Upcoming Events for announcements about the 2009 dates.