"[Henry] Shaw’s second gift to the city, of course, is Tower Grove Park. Over the years he became aware of how city politics ran things, so he was very careful in that he wanted to make sure that things he established would stand the test of time. Shaw’s will, in 1859, clearly laid out in legalese how the [Botanical] garden would be established and he did a similar thing for Tower Grove Park. He established Tower Grove Park and actually gives it to the city, but it has its own commissioner; it has its own board. It operates as a St. Louis park, but yet it does not. They have their own grounds keepers and staff. stlbeacon.org/?_escaped_fragment_=/content/31945/shaw_take_5_07182013
Posted on: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 12:45:29 +0000
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