metro area: st. louis, MO-IL
bishop dubourg high school
from jack dorsey, twitter, square posted in technology by tacopolis
Bishop DuBourg High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in St. Louis, Missouri. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Louis.
Jack Dorsey, one of the founders of Twitter and developer of the Square mobile device (ya know, that square thing on the cell phone that the people in the food trucks use), graduated from Bishop DuBourg in 1995.
view full location details...blueberry hill
from chuck berry posted in music by tacopolis
Chuck Berry, American rock and roll legend, is still alive. Born on October 18, 1926 in St. Louis, MO, the 85-year-old still plays at his bar (Blueberry Hill) in St. Louis one Wednesday a month. Go see him while you still can.
view full location details...riverport amphitheater
from guns n’ roses posted in music by nevereatshreddedwheat
The Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion Tour was one of the longest rock tours ever lasting 28 months from the beginning of 1991 until mid-1993. An hour and a half into their July 2, 1991 show at the Riverport Amphitheater west of St. Louis, Axl Rose repeatedly told security to confiscate the camera of someone in the front. When they didn't he dived into the crowd and then threw down the mic when he returned to the stage, ending the show and kicking off a riot in the new venue that had only been open for less than one month.
It wasn't until after GNR returned from the Europe leg of their tour the following year that Axl was arrested on assault and property damage charges. A second riot took place in 1992 after a show in Montreal when the band was on tour with Metallica and Faith No More.
Watch footage of the St. Louis incident here.
view full location details...gaslight square
from miles davis, barbra streisand, lenny bruce posted in music by nevereatshreddedwheat
Gaslight Square was an entertainment district in St. Louis that thrived from the mid-1950s through the '60s. Over three dozen establishments in the area around Olive and Boyle Streets were home to the bohemian culture of the time. The area featured Dixieland jazz, ragtime and cabaret. Some of the legendary performers that made their way through Gaslight Square include Lenny Bruce, Woody Allen, The Smothers Brothers, George Carlin, Miles Davis and Barbra Streisand among others.
Someone told me about this when I lived in St. Louis ten years ago, and I had a hard time believing anything of the sort existed where at the time there were just decrepit, abandoned buildings and vacant lots. I think very little of the original architecture still exists, but development has picked up in the area and there are now condos and residential houses.
wood river dome
from buckminster fuller posted in art and design by nevereatshreddedwheat
Here is a photo of the wood river dome.
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