Great River Passage leads guided tour of East Side River District
Tour
explored complex stories of the East Side landscape
Earlier
today, more than 50
stakeholders joined the Great River Passage team for a bus and walking tour of the
newly dubbed East Side River District in Saint Paul. Participants included elected officials, city and county
representatives, business and nonprofit leaders, and community members in the
early stages of building a combined vision for the area bound by the
Mississippi River on the south and west and the bluffs to the east and north.
Today’s
tour included stops at Indian Mounds Regional Park, Bruce Vento Nature
Sanctuary, and Pig’s Eye Regional Park. It included remarks from locally and
nationally acclaimed experts to provide perspective on the landscape, history and
culture of this complex part of Saint Paul. Click here to learn more about
the East Side River District.
Environmental artist Mel Chin returns to
Saint Paul
In 1990, internationally renowned artist Mel
Chin created Revival Field, an environmental art piece aimed at testing
bioremediation at the Pig’s Eye Superfund site on St. Paul’s east side along
the Mississippi River. A small plot planted and harvested over three years,
Revival Field was an experiment as well as an art project, and its findings
proved that certain plants could remove toxic heavy metals from polluted soil.
Now 27 years later, Chin returns to visit the
site of Revival Field and share its story and impact. Join us for this free
public lecture with an artist who continues to intrigue audiences and critics,
and whose work gave momentum to the environmental art movement.
Great River Passage is co-sponsoring
the event with
Public Art Saint Paul, University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis College of Art
& Design, Macalester College Department of Art, and Walker Art Center.
Revival Field Revisited University of St. Thomas O’Shaughnessy Education Center
Auditorium Thursday, October 19 at 7 p.m.
Our #STPriver August winner
Photo by Instagrammer @jcannon1940
Congratulations to @jcannon1940.
Their beautiful photo of the riverfront was
selected as the winner of September’s social media photo contest.
We select a contest winner each month, so make to enter,
simply post your best pictures of the Mississippi River in Saint Paul on
Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram using the hashtag #STPriver. Participants must also follow the Great River Passage on
Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Visit the Great
River Passage website for more information.
About the Great River Passage
In 2013 the City of Saint Paul
developed the Great River Passage Plan, a comprehensive framework for creating
vibrancy in the city’s 3,500 acres of parkland along the river. The Saint Paul
Parks and Recreation Department is now implementing the next phase of the Great
River Passage – a bold, strategic vision to steward and tap into the potential
of the 26 miles of riverfront in Saint Paul. By implementing the plan, the city
will create places and activities that strengthen existing connections and
create new ones along the Mississippi. Learn more at GreatRiverPassage.org.
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