Neighborhoods. Streetscapes. Where we live. Cities, even CoMo, are made up of neighborhoods, often with a streetscape, a way the area looks that’s uniform — or not. These neighborhoods with their own streetscapes are the places where we live, it’s where you and I might actually know the people (and, for me, the dogs) who…
Month: August 2018
Ready to get plastered? Oct. 13 plaster workshop
A workshop to learn how to make plaster repairs will be held Oct. 13, sponsored by the Columbia Missouri Historic Preservation Commission.
History – use it or lose it?
In 2021, Columbia will be celebrating its 200th anniversary, but will this be a celebration of all of our history or only the history of a few? The next meeting of the Mayor’s Task Force on Bicentennial Celebration Planning Meeting is set for 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 23, 2018, in the Community Room Walton Building…
Slave labor part of Stephens Lake’s heritage
If you’ve ever enjoyed Stephens Lake Park, you’ve enjoyed the fruit of the labor of slaves. According to this history of Grindstone Nature Area, the area that is now Stephens Lake Park was cleared by slave labor in 1823. The history of Grindstone Nature Area includes that nature was also owned by the Gordon family as well…