Citygarden
The history
801 Market Street — two blocks of the Gateway Mall that sat as empty grass until the Gateway Foundation turned them into a sculpture park in 2009. Twenty-four works by Serra, Bourgeois, Botero, Oldenburg, Dubuffet and others, set among rain gardens and a limestone wall that traces the line of the old Mississippi bluff. No fences, no closing hour, and the children are allowed in the fountains.
In brief
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. It is located between Eighth, Tenth, Market, and Chestnut streets, in the city's "Gateway Mall" area. Before being converted to a garden and park, the site comprised two empty blocks of grass. Citygarden was dedicated on June 30, 2009, and opened one day later, on July 1, 2009. 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, funded the design and construction of the garden. 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. The Gateway Foundation is also in charge of providing additional secu
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