Preservation Week Begins This Friday

This Friday starts Preservation Week, sponsored by Landmarks Association of St. Louis. This year's events include a tour of Prospect Avenue in Bellefontaine Cemetery with historian and architect Gary Tetley, a lecture by historian Esley Hamilton on the origins of the American preservation movement, open house at Friedens UCC Church in Hyde Park and a happy hour at Blu, one of the midcentury Plaza Square Apartment buildings undergoing rehabilitation.

The calendar in online in PDF format; I will post selected events in plain text in the blog throughout the next week.