SPRING AVENUE BLOCK PARTY & GREENWAY PREVIEW: Check out the new Brickline Greenway expansion along Spring Avenue from Page Avenue to Lindell Boulevard., connecting arts, education, and community destinations in the Grand Center Arts District and nearby neighborhoods. Celebrate with…

A new digital exhibit titled “What Was Here?” is bringing the architectural history of St. Louis to life through cutting-edge 3D rendering technologies. This immersive experience reimagines artifacts from the collection of the National Building Arts Center, focusing on pieces that…

Honoring Mill Creek Valley: Mother Wit Book Discussion

If you missed it live, watch this virtual discussion with author Malaika Horne, PhD, about her book Mother Wit – Exalting Motherhood while Honoring a Great Mother.

The author will read a short excerpt and then be joined by her sister Gwen Moore, curator at the Missouri Historical Society, followed by participant Q&A moderated by journalist Jade Harrell. Having grown up in the Mill Creek Valley community, Dr. Horne’s book is “a moving tribute to a devoted mother whose determination, dedication and strong character allowed her family to breach barriers of race, class and economic want to achieve measurable success.” – Gwen Moore

Stories of Market Street Virtual Panel Discussion

If you missed it live, you can watch here. In conjunction with Metro Theater Company’s production of Last Stop on Market Street, MTC presents a virtual panel discussion exploring the stories of St. Louis’s own Market Street and the people who once lived in the thriving community of Mill Creek Valley which developed along Market Street.

Hear from historians and residents of the neighborhood, which was demolished starting in 1959, leaving 20,000 African American St. Louisans displaced in the name of urban renewal. Also, learn about the developing Brickline Greenway, and how it will commemorate the Mill Creek Valley neighborhood in its former footprint along a one-mile stretch of Market Street.

Honoring Mill Creek Valley: The Last Children of Mill Creek Book Discussion

Join author Vivian Gibson, historian Lois Conley, journalist Jade Harrell, and educator Sarah Miller for a book discussion of The Last Children of Mill Creek.

Hear about the experiences of being part of the Mill Creek Valley community and what we can learn from Mill Creek Valley today. You can pick up a copy of The Last Children of Mill Creek by Vivian Gibson – at your local book store or the library.

Honoring Mill Creek Valley: A Conversation About Art, History & Community Along the Brickline Greenway

In 1959, the once-thriving Mill Creek Valley neighborhood in the City of St. Louis was destroyed and its 20,000 Black residents were displaced in the name of “urban renewal.”

Join us for a streaming panel conversation about a visionary collaboration of local partners, with input from area residents and stakeholders, that is bringing to life a project to commemorate the Mill Creek Valley neighborhood in its former footprint along a one-mile stretch of Market Street.