A while back I had a blog called South City Sights. Each day's entry consisted of a photo from the local area and a brief description.
One of the nicest parts of it is the River Des Peres Greenway. I'm not going to kid you. The River Des Peres is nothing more than a long open sewer. The walkway is something else. A lovely and a refreshing change from walking or riding on the streets and sidewalks. It extends in two different directions and affords hours of walking.
I can no longer walk the Greenway. Maybe I can do it in a wheelchair later this summer. I've thought that if we get an out-of-town visitor it would be fun to get a t-shirt with a photo of a yacht at a dock and label it Green Rivers Des Peres Greenway.
More photos and descriptions to come. Enjoy!
I just have to make one teeny, tiny clarification to this post. The River Des Peres is one long, open STORM sewer. I'd hate for people who don't live here to think that St. Louis has open sanitary sewers. Just sayin'...
ReplyDeleteSouth City or South St. Louis? Actually, when I first moved to this fair city way back in 1970 (came here to go to Washington University) and I met my future husband who is a native of South St. Louis, he and his family and his friends always referred to this area as South St. Louis.
ReplyDeleteThis mystified me at first, until I became better acquainted with the many neighborhoods and areas of the city. South St. Louis really has a "small town" atmosphere. But I guess the point of my comment is that some of the natives really do refer to it as South St. Louis.