by jfawcett | Feb 14, 2014
Material: Bronze Owner: City of St. Louis
by jfawcett | Feb 14, 2014
This monument is in the shape of a bench with a colossal head of Jahn in the center and an athletic figure on either end. Jahn, the father of systematic physical culture, was the founder of the Turnverein, a German gymnastic and social organization. The memorial,...
by jfawcett | Feb 14, 2014
Year Completed: 1999 Material: Bronze Owner: City of St. Louis
by jfawcett | Feb 14, 2014
Animals Always is the world’s largest public zoo sculpture. It contains more than 60 recognizable animals, including elephants, penguins, giraffes and a giant salamander, as well as exotic vegetation. “It’s about how we relate to a threatened...
by jfawcett | Feb 14, 2014
The Court of Honor, completed in 1948, is the World War II companion to the Soldier’s Memorial, which is a monument to victims of World War I. Eugene Mackey, Jr. was the architect for the court and Hillis Arnold designed the forty-foot limestone pillar in the...
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