Welcome to the CITY MUSEUM, where the imagination runs wild!
Housed in the 600,000 square-foot former International Shoe Company, the museum is an eclectic mixture of children's playground, funhouse, surrealistic pavilion, and architectural marvel made out of unique, found objects. The brainchild of internationally acclaimed artist Bob Cassilly, a classically trained sculptor and serial entrepreneur, the museum opened for visitors in 1997 to the riotous approval of young and old alike.
Cassilly and his longtime crew of 20 artisans have constructed the museum from the very stuff of the city; and, as a result, it has urban roots deeper than any other institutions'. Reaching no farther than municipal borders for its reclaimed building materials, the CITY MUSEUM boasts features such as old chimneys, salvaged bridges, construction cranes, miles of tile, and even two abandoned planes!
"The CITY MUSEUM makes you want to know," says Cassilly. "The point is not to learn every fact, but to say, 'Wow, that's wonderful.' And if it's wonderful, it's worth preserving."
spend the entire day studying the Ando building, take a brake and go next door to the museum for a little bit, then come back and fondle the concrete at the Ando building some more...
A day in St Louis....
What should I see?
I was there in June and you have to do the following....
"City Museum"
and this!
here's a few more from STL
City Museum...
from their website...
Welcome to the CITY MUSEUM, where the imagination runs wild!
Housed in the 600,000 square-foot former International Shoe Company, the museum is an eclectic mixture of children's playground, funhouse, surrealistic pavilion, and architectural marvel made out of unique, found objects. The brainchild of internationally acclaimed artist Bob Cassilly, a classically trained sculptor and serial entrepreneur, the museum opened for visitors in 1997 to the riotous approval of young and old alike.
Cassilly and his longtime crew of 20 artisans have constructed the museum from the very stuff of the city; and, as a result, it has urban roots deeper than any other institutions'. Reaching no farther than municipal borders for its reclaimed building materials, the CITY MUSEUM boasts features such as old chimneys, salvaged bridges, construction cranes, miles of tile, and even two abandoned planes!
"The CITY MUSEUM makes you want to know," says Cassilly. "The point is not to learn every fact, but to say, 'Wow, that's wonderful.' And if it's wonderful, it's worth preserving."
http://www.citymuseum.org/home.asp
Kinda hard to miss this one:
... take the ride to the top ... it's cramped, but worth the effort. From the windows at the apex, you can look straight down ... a little spooky.
spend the entire day studying the Ando building, take a brake and go next door to the museum for a little bit, then come back and fondle the concrete at the Ando building some more...
Unfortunatelly I didn't make to the ando bldg...
on bab's comment...the ride to the top is very cramped...
but the view is prety cool...
from below...
FLW house in Ebsworth Park:
http://www.ebsworthpark.org/
Saint Louis Union Station:
What can I say ... I love old train stations !
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