cementland

City Museum has been the best thing to happen to St. Louis since the Gateway Arch opened to the public in 1965. Now, City Museum’s founding visionary Bob Cassilly is building a new outdoor space called Cementland: “One Part Cement, Two Parts Whimsy, One Odd Park” (New York Times, Aug 25). He’s building it in the old factory/warehouse district just north of the Arch, by all counts one of the most desolate parts of St. Louis. I’ve explored it mainly while bicycling on the St. Louis Riverfront Trail or having fun at the freaky Artica Urban Wilderness Festival. It’s crumbling; it’s beautiful, destroyed America. I can’t wait to visit Cementland.