April 2009

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710 S. Hanley, #6c, Clayton, MO Prudential Alliance Realtors

4954 Lindell, 4E, Central West End, St Louis $179,000 Prudential Alliance Realtors

UNDER CONTRACT, AWAITING CLOSING: 2700 sq ft residence in the elegant and historic St. Regis complex. All on one level, with very generous room sizes, 9 ft ceilings, fine architectural detail and newly installed thermal tilt-in windows throughout. Room sized entry foyer opens to 33 ft long living room with huge bays and magnificent mantelpiece/firebox. Large den adjoins. Spacious dining room with striking corner windows and box beam ceiling. Generous eat-in kitchen includes a built-in gas grill with granite surround! Master suite has walk-in fitted storage closet, additional double closet, vanity wall and separate full bath. Second bedroom (19 x 15) with 2 double closets. Second full bath. Strong management by resident board. Superb 24 hr security, gated resident parking (2 spaces), 40 car guest lot. Walk to Chase hotel/theatre/pool, Forest Park, CWE attractions, medical complexes, MetroLink. Property offered “as is” and priced to allow for renovation.

Joan’s Garden

Not quite a White House garden, but some italian parsley, collards and lettuce are now planted in this University City backyard, replacing the rocks, dandelions and crab grass. Now, if we don’t get as much rain as we did last year, we may get some things to eat.

500 Billion Plastic Bags

500 Billion Plastic Bags, is the number consumed annually, which is about a million a minute. This art video by Dickson Beall has been described as thoughtful, moving, disturbing, disgusting; it is full of reality and beauty, emptiness and fullness.

Music is by Rachmaninoff and performed on the St. Louis Cathedral Basilica organ by Charles Callahan.

The video opened March 16, 2007, at the Bruno David Gallery in Grand Center, St. Louis, Missouri.

Duration: 3:08

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A Fantasy Real Estate Listing: 175 Room Hillside Estate

A Fantasy Real Estate Listing: How does this sound for a real estate listing? “Lovely 175 room hillside estate with beautiful gardens, 30 baths and 40 bedrooms.”

This 19th century home is located in rural Delaware on roughly 1,000 acres. Early American antiques throughout the home. However, this collection of furniture and paintings, including a Gilbert Stuart painting of George Washington, which hangs over the dining room fireplace, are not negotiable. Those items will remain in the collection amassed by Henry Dupont, who was born here, added some 100 rooms to the home and lived here until his death in 1969.

Directions to the home, (now a museum known as Winterthur), are available from Joan Falk, who toured Winterthur last week with her husband (the writer of this little fantasy), along with her brother (who works for Dupont) and his family.

Now the disclaimer (freely re-written): most of this information is not guaranteed and is deemed to be completely unreliable. It is true however, that Joan and I did visit Winterthur last week and I made the photographs.

Enjoy the fantasy of living on this hillside (if living a little bigger than human scale is your style), listing the house (if you’re a real estate agent), or just imagine how good it is to not have to dust all those collectibles and keep up with that garden.  (more: Winterthur)
–Dickson

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