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10:25 am
Tue December 27, 2011

Best-selling books in St. Louis for the week ending December 18

Main Street Books in St. Charles.

Below is the top-ten list of the St. Louis region's best-selling adult and children's books, according to the St. Louis Independent Bookstore Alliance.

For the week ending December 18:

Adult:

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A Good Year St. Louis: Historic Preservation
12:00 pm
Sat December 24, 2011

2011 more practice than preaching for St. Louis preservation enthusiasts

Credit Michael Allen, Preservation Research Office
4500 block of Athlone Avenue in the O'Fallon historic district

 

2011 was an excellent year for historic preservation in the region, and here are some of the reasons why.

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Arts & Culture
4:55 pm
Wed December 21, 2011

Arch grounds renovation project gets grant; could be scaled back

Credit (Bill Raack/St. Louis Public Radio)
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar await their turn to talk about the federal grant for the CityArchRiver intitiative at the Old Courthouse in St. Louis on Wendesday.

The renovation of the Gateway Arch grounds is being called a “magnificent project” by two presidential cabinet members. 

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood were in St. Louis Wednesday to celebrate a new $20 million federal grant for the project. The grant will help pay for a new “pedestrian lid” over Interstate 70 so people can move more easily between the Arch and downtown St. Louis.

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