Photos from left to right reveal the new landscaping at St. Louis City Hall, the Metropolitan Square Building and the median along Market Street. CITY CURB APPEAL St. Louis has the horticultural expertise and growing season to use flowers to draw locals and visitors alike to downtown. We need not take a back seat to any other city when it comes to beautiful gardens and landscaping.   Flowers relax people. Flowers inspire long walks. Flowers make us feel safer. Flowers show St. Louis cares about its downtown.  Flowers demonstrate civic pride. We raised lots of money through a two-week auction last Spring on KMOX for this project. Amazingly, most of the donations came from Chesterfield and Collinsville and Belleville, and not just from the City of St. Louis. I think this shows that many people understand downtown St. Louis is the region’s front doorstep. Our whole bi-state area is judged by what’s seen downtown. People know this.  Thus, there is great interest in enhancing our curb appeal. ~ Charlie Brennan, Talk Show Host, KMOX Radio

November 2005 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Nora Akerberg, Vice President and Co-Director of HOK Interiors, shares her thoughts on design. AGC President Len Toenjes comments on construction trends. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - www.stlrcga.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - www.technologygateway.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Director Kevin Dolliole is making a very focused enhancement effort at Lambert. John Pitcher of OPUS gets in on a national trend. McEagle’s Paul McKee loves to build.