Citygarden

For the residential development, see City Garden.

Citygarden
The word "Citygarden" in gold metal letters is fixed to a low wall made of golden-yellow rock bricks.
The restaurant building is visible behind this sign for Citygarden.
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TypeUrban park and sculpture garden
LocationBetween Eighth, Tenth, Chestnut, and Market streets, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Coordinates38°37′37″N 90°11′38″W / 38.627°N 90.194°W / 38.627; -90.194
Area2.9 acres (1.2 ha)
CreatedJuly 1, 2009 (2009-07-01)
Operated byGateway Foundation
Visitors1,000,000+ (estimated)
StatusOpen year round
Public transit accessBus interchange MetroBus
Light rail interchange Red Blue
At 8th & Pine station
Websitecitygardenstl.org

Citygarden is an urban park and sculpture garden in St. Louis, Missouri owned by the City of St. Louis but maintained by the Gateway Foundation.[1] It is located between Eighth, Tenth, Market, and Chestnut streets,[2] in the city's "Gateway Mall" area. Before being converted to a garden and park, the site comprised two empty blocks of grass.[3] Citygarden was dedicated on June 30, 2009,[4] and opened one day later, on July 1, 2009.[1]

Citygarden is 2.9 acres (1.2 ha) in size—occupying two square city blocks—and cost US$30 million to develop. St. Louis' Gateway Foundation, a not-for-profit organization supporting public art,[3] funded the design and construction of the garden.[2] While the city owns the land on which Citygarden was developed, the foundation owns the statues and covers all park maintenance costs except water and electricity.[5] The Gateway Foundation is also in charge of providing additional security for the garden.[6]

There is no admission fee for visitors of Citygarden, which is located close to St. Louis' Gateway Arch and Busch Stadium.[5] The park is open year-round[7] and complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.[8]

  1. ^ a b Howard, Hilary (June 28, 2009). "Art Gets Its Space In the Midwest". The New York Times. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
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  3. ^ a b Gay, Malcolm (July 1, 2009). "Sculpture to Invigorate a Shrinking City". The New York Times. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
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  6. ^ Holland, Elizabethe (July 2, 2009). "New garden gets raves". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, LLC. Archived from the original on May 15, 2011. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
  7. ^ "Citygarden wins ULI award". St. Louis Business Journal. American City Business Journals, Inc. May 19, 2011. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved May 19, 2011.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference STL PD 2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).