Wednesday, May 11, 2011
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SistaSistaSister Talk ...Poetry Comes ALive
Sit Back Relax~Take In The View ~&~ Enjoy the Tunes ~SistaSistaSister Serenade~
Eads Bridge completed in 1874,was the longest arch bridge in the world.
The first link to Illinois over the Mississippi River at St. Louis.
Flood 2008
The James S. McDonnell Planetarium
First opened in 1963.
The Saint Louis Zoological Park ~The 1904 St. Louis World's Fair is credited with it's birth.
Admission is free.
Graffiti
Art Comes In Various Forms
Graffiti
In ancient Rome, public messages were scratched on a walls.
The custom of wall writing has occurred worldwide and continues to the present.
It was the example of Pompeii that gave the world, and the English language, an Italian word for it: graffiti.
During the 20th century, graffiti in the U.S. and Europe was closely associated with gangs.
The modern graffiti movement, is associated with the hip-hop culture.
Elaborate masterpieces.
An art form which spread across the United States and Europe.
