Pictures and ephemera that look back at historical St. Louis, from an everyday perspective

2006
Spring	A World With Mozart	Two hundred and fifty years since the composer's birth, he's still of our time...and I found him all over St. Louis
Summer	Word Up	Get out those walking shoes, it's time for a summer stroll or pedal to ONSL
Fall	Two By Two	The animals persist, for a bit longer, near their ark just off the highway
2005
Jan	Chop Shop	Chop suey takeouts dot the city's north side with incarnations simultaneously similar and yet idiosyncratic enough to stand alone
Mar	Man, She is a DOG!	In which we have fun with dogs dressed like ballerinas, women dressed like dogs, and a lot of confusion about who's in charge here
May	Flower Power	Spring has sprung, bringing with it an explosion of color
Sep	Take the Next Detour	Gandhi said, "There is more to life than increasing its speed." What I saw when I slowed down
Dec	Cloud Chasing	Taking a fresh look at some familiar corners around town
2004
Feb	Decadent Decay	Finding surreal beauty in the midst of industrial abandonment
May	St. Louis by Lomo	Combine one Soviet camera with an eye for barflies and neon signs, and the result is pure magic
Jun	Creatures, Featured	It's not just garden-variety cats and dogs out there in the urban jungle
Nov	Holding Justice in Our Hands	When an artist's projection about the consequences of violence came to town, the controversy surrounding the details almost overtook the important subject matter itself
Dec	I Love a Parade	The St. Louis Thanksgiving Day Parade marked its 20th year...and its status as the second largest televised holiday parade in the country. We've got scenes from the route.
2003
Jan	Step In and Say "Cheese"	Instant gratification in four frames — that's the magic of the photo booth
Feb	Lilly the Cat	Follow along as a very big cat explores St. Louis
Mar	No Rights or Wrongs	St. Louis is my world to enjoy through the viewfinder
Apr	A Harvest of Hope	Mid-stream on the migrant trail, which stretches from South America into the bootheel and even to St. Louis
May	Snapshots of the Sweet Science	An impressionistic collection from the most recent Hoosierweight Boxing bouts
Jun	Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves	Hold onto your handbags, kids; the Gypsy Caravan blows into town with antiques, questionables and junk galore
Jul	The City as Museum	Exploring form and function behind the scenes at City Museum
Aug	Structures and Statues	Turning an eye to the intricate details on architectural features large and small
Sep	A Day in St. Louis	Four Fotologgers freeze the moment to create a still frame in time and place
Oct	The Crappy Digital	Dr. Digital, or How I Learned to Stop Moaning and Pining Away for a Film Camera
Nov	There Goes the Neighborhood!	In Skinker-DeBaliviere, you can't swing a camera without hitting real progress, as promised
Dec	Urban Art-ventures on the Edge	Artica — sounds like a foreign land, and in some ways it was ... all along a forgotten piece of our riverfront
2002
Jan	The Collection of the Century	With downtown's historic Century Building slated for demolition, the arrival of a trove of old St. Louis postcards couldn't be timelier in its ability to show the city's potential
Feb	The Urge is Gone	Fans who wish they could see St. Louis' most beloved band just one more time will have to settle for these pictures from their third-to-last show
Mar	Bosnian Businesses Rising	A walk around our contributor's neighborhood leads from South St. Louis to Eastern Europe, all within a few short blocks
Apr	Shot Through the Ropes	Wayne St. Wayne's wild images of nights at Kiel Auditorium and the Chase remind us of St. Louis' stretch as Wrestle Town, U.S.A.
May	Picture Imperfect	There's a weird beauty in the demise of the 14th Street Mall, though angels (yes, angels) now look over the North City strip
Jun	Signs of the Time	Armed with a digital camera, the Hurleys set out on a quest to save quirky advertisements from the onslaught of the banal
Jul	And to Think That It Happened on Arsenal Street	Hearing the stories of a painful mental health legacy in the abandoned corners of the old State Hospital
Aug	Washington Avenue Moonscape	It is the best of times, it is the worst of times in the Loft District
Sep	Southside Rock'n'Roll Women	Familiarity with females of the species doesn't necessarily lead to understanding them
Oct	FOUND Facts	Don't throw away that grocery list you found tucked in your library book! It might have a new life in FOUND Magazine...
Nov	Radiant Light	The ordinary becomes extraordinary when you see St. Louis on infrared film
Dec	Making Time at the No-Tell Motel	The Coral Court, St. Louis' original "hot sheets" motel, still looms large in the local collective unconscious, years after its demolition
2001
Jan	Pillar of Strength	Friedens Church continues to anchor the Hyde Park neighborhood, even though much has changed
Feb	Camelot in St. Louis	For a brief, shining moment, Gaslight Square was all blacks, whites, artists, musicians and the rest needed to get by
Mar	Recent Works	Jess turns her camera on neighborhoods, industry and "novelty spaces" (you'll see)
Apr	The Sweet Hereafter	Getting close to St. Louis lives now ended
May	A "TREC" Towards Understanding	When participants are talking race and engaging creatively, new dialogues start to emerge
Jun	Local Color	Alleys provide an odd, backwards glance at our town's style
Jul	The Wild Kingdom of St. Louis Lawns	Ornamental animalia around town includes cows, horses, asses and one lovable stump
Aug	River City Phoenix	The burned-out shell of St. John's church is strangely picturesque, horrific and beautiful
Sep	Unorthodox Beauty	Proof that St. Louis is an abundantly beautiful city if you know where to look
Oct	Signs That Make Kids Snicker	Unfortunately named businesses bring out the sophomore in us
Nov	South Grand Lost	Combine a roll of film shot in 1976 and digital pictures taken in 2001 and it becomes clear that often what's passed off as progress isn't
Dec	Extraordinary in the Ordinary	An urban landscape photographer frames some of his favorite St. Louis places

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