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Montreal’s Mount Royal Park is getting a makeover. What would architect Olmsted say?

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:15:04 GMT

Montreal plans to fundamentally alter its lush, mountain playground.The decision to close one of two roads up Mount Royal Park is the latest twist in a century-old debate over how to balance conservation of the wooded refuge in the city centre with the transportation needs of the metropolis. The park’s architect, Frederick Law Olmsted, is responsible for some of the most celebrated public green spaces in North America, including New York’s Central Park. But what the famous landscape artist would think of the closure of Camillien-Houde Way is unclear, says University of Pennsylvania professor emeritus and Olmsted biographer Witold Rybczynski.“It’s very tricky to try to figure out what a person like Olmsted would think of our world,” Rybczynski said in a recent interview. “He was a very pragmatic person.”Olmsted died in 1903, before car use became widespread. “I’m sure he would have something interesting to say about automobiles,&#...

Annual Trails for Tails Event: fun for the whole family in St. Charles today

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:15:04 GMT

ST. LOUIS – Today, on September 16, the Five Acres Animal Shelter is hosting its annual Trails for Tails event on the streets of St. Charles. This event is both pet-friendly and family-friendly.Runners have the option to participate in a 10K or 5K race, or they can choose the 1-mile run or walk; families and pets are welcome to join in the races. After the run, attendees can enjoy vendors, music, and family fun. The proceeds from the event go towards supporting the Five Acres Animal Shelter, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization located in St. Charles.The shelter's mission is to combat pet homelessness, encourage responsible pet ownership, and advocate for animal welfare.

Going Beyond Travel visited St. Louis, making travel accessible to all

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:15:04 GMT

ST. LOUIS – Going Beyond Travel is a service that believes that all individuals should be given the opportunity to travel. Visitors from Wisconsin have been in St. Louis for the week, and one of the founders, Pam Hunt, explained what the organization is about.  The goal is to provide adults with cognitive disabilities with the opportunity to enjoy vacations filled with adventure. Their trip began with a train ride from Milwaukee to St. Louis, a vacation that they had planned for a while. Hunt and her group had a well-planned itinerary to explore St. Louis. They visited the Gateway Arch, took a riverboat cruise, explored local parks, and toured the Soldiers Memorial Military Museum and Union Station. Hunt said that the organization has been operating for about 25 years, facilitating around 40 trips annually for adults with special needs, ranging from day trips to longer getaways. The core mission of Going Beyond Travel is to make travel accessible to all, emphasizing that everyo...

Cold front brings showers, storms in the evening

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:15:04 GMT

ST. LOUIS -- A cold front will move through this evening and into tonight. Ahead of that front, today we have mostly cloudy to overcast conditions, and temperatures should stay in the upper 70s to near 80s. Showers that have developed to our west this morning. A few showers will be possible, especially in our western and northwestern counties, later this morning into the early afternoon. Otherwise, later this afternoon and evening, storms will develop along or ahead of the front across northern Missouri and move southeast. There is an isolated threat of a strong to severe storm, but again, this is highest across northern Missouri into west central Illinois. As storms progress southeast into our viewing area, they should weaken, especially after sunset. A few showers, maybe an isolated storm or two, will linger into the overnight hours, shifting southeast. It'll be a cloudy start to Sunday, but clouds should clear west to east through the morning and into the afternoon. Highs on Sund...

St. Louis fatal motorcycle-pedestrian collision under investigation

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:15:04 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY -- The St. Louis Police Department is investigating the death of a pedestrian near South Broadway and Gibson Ave. in south St. Louis. The incident occurred around 2:15 a.m., on September 16, not far from the Riverbend City Apartments, when a person was struck by a motorcycle. The victim was transported to a hospital, where they later passed away. The accident reconstruction team of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police is currently handling this investigation. 

Colorado Rapids fans sound off on state of club as turbulent 2023 season rolls on

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:15:04 GMT

After years of frustration, Colorado Rapids fans have reached a boiling point.Over the last two weeks, supporters have heard from club president Pádraig Smith and executive Josh Kroenke as the team has spiraled down the drain, leading to the firing of head coach Robing Fraser on Sept. 6.Smith addressed the exit of his hand-picked coach and the state of the club, while Kroenke issued a statement that talked more about real estate than it did results. The latter came on the heels of a scathing letter from Centennial 38, the largest independent supporters group of the team, calling leadership to task for the current state of the Rapids.In the wake of these developments, we’re giving Rapids readers their say. Here’s some of the emails The Post has received since the statement. One thing is abundantly clear: Many have had enough.“I am sick of the continuing excuses for a poor product on the field and being told to be patient as ‘we are rebuilding’. I am sick...

Grading The Week: No, Jay Norvell did not call Deion Sanders out to help Coach Prime sell sunglasses

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:15:04 GMT

05We get it, we get it. Everything is stupid now. I mean, some of the new kids from the Grading The Week staff decided to zip up to Boulder Friday morning, getting their new Nikes all muddy in the process, just to land a fleeting, up-close look at Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. (GTW insider tip: The Rock was a heck of a lot taller, and meaner-looking, than all the bodyguards who were flanking him outside the CU Events Center.)Hey, if the Buffs could land one of the hottest actors in Hollywood for 0-1 CSU … what kind of star power is comin’ to town for that showdown with Caleb Williams, Lincoln Riley and USC at Folsom Field in two weeks? Brad Pitt? Beyonce? Tom Cruise? Taylor Swift?But in a Buffs world where suddenly everything and anything is possible, the GTW gang can think of at least one thing that isn’t right now.Jay Norvell unintentionally intentionally pushing Deion Sanders sunglasses sales — F.Full disclosure: Our tin-foil hats are custom made, size ...

Alex Singleton and Josey Jewell, Broncos’ “Bash Brothers,” form tight-knit bond as formidable force on defense: “Those two are inseparable”

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:15:04 GMT

It was a friendship that started on some high school vibes. During Alex Singleton’s first day at the Broncos facility in 2022, the inside linebacker searched for an open seat inside the defensive meeting room, and he happened to stumble across a chair near veteran inside linebacker Josey Jewell.From there, Singleton and Jewell began talking football… and other things… and even more things.Soon enough, they were showing up to a road game against the Tennessee Titans in matching denim Canadian tuxedos, golfing, sporting similar facial hair and eating the same meals. Now, they live four minutes apart on the edge of Aurora.“Those two are inseparable,” said defensive end Matt Henningsen.Inside linebacker coach Greg Manusky said Singleton and Jewell are like “Frick and Frack.” Some might call them Starsky and Hutch or even Maverick and Goose. Ask Singleton, and he would say they’re “The Bash Brothers” from “The Mighty Ducks.”Singleton and Jewell’s bond off th...

Mathews: VR took me to the world’s past — and to its future

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:15:04 GMT

I was more than a little startled when Konrad Adenauer approached me in the Old Market.Sure, I was visiting Cologne, Germany, Adenauer’s hometown. But I had never imagined I’d lay eyes on the German republic’s first post-war chancellor — much less get a wave from him.Not least because he died six years before I was born.But I had traveled back to 1926, when Adenauer was Cologne’s mayor, courtesy of TimeRide, a virtual reality tour.I’m not much for tourist attractions, which TimeRide — which also operates in Dresden, Munich, Berlin, and Frankfurt — most certainly is. But my colleagues at a Cologne-based democracy NGO suggested I try it. I’m glad I did.Because TimeRide suggests possibilities for remembrance of difficult pasts — and for how communities envision their democratic futures.The idea of using virtual reality to document horrors is not new. The state of Bavaria created a virtual reality version of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp to assist with the prosecution of Naz...

Brooks: Departing Utah Sen. Mitt Romney gives us a rare gift

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:15:04 GMT

Sometimes you do things that make you feel ashamed. It was the first day of the Republican convention in 2012, and I had nothing to write about, so I wrote a humor column mocking the Romney family for being perfect in every way. It was a hit with readers, but the afternoon it was published I crossed paths with two of Mitt Romney’s sons, and they looked at me with hurt in their eyes, which pierced me. I’d ridiculed people for the sin of being admirable.A few years later, before he was a senator, Romney asked me to come out to Utah to give a talk to a group he was convening. It’s a pain to write a speech and get on a plane, but I did it in penance for my sins. Of course, all the Romneys were lovely to me, as is their nature. And I learned a lesson: The partisans may applaud if you ridicule those you admire, of any political stripe, but stay faithful to them.We all struggle to be the best version of ourselves we can be, and Romney’s struggle is now taking him into retirement and out of...