On June 4th, 2026, executive director Stuart Keating spoke with Elaine Cha of St. Louis on the Air about Landmarks’ mission to advocate for the preservation of St. Louis’ historical built environment. The interview featured details of the 2026 Most Enhanced Awards.
In this issue, we explore the design process behind the Hesch House donor recognition board, dive into a brief history of lawyer-poet McCune Gill, interview Franz Arzt House rehabber Joy Christensen, and more!
Stuart Keating presents research done by Landmarks volunteer Marci Snow-Perry into all the different locations where Landmarks Association has been located since its start in 1959.
On April 26th, 2016, Kelly Moffitt from St. Louis on the Air interviewed former Landmarks executive director Andrew Weil regarding our “Most Endangered” list we released earlier that year.
Exec. Director Stuart Keating unpacks the 1969 Heritage/St. Louis project, and sits down with board member and former Heritage/St. Louis volunteer Bill Seibert for an interview on the project’s scope and impact.
Amanda Doyle and Cameron Collins, co-authors of the upcoming Forest Park book from Reedy Press, will explore the creation and preservation of Forest Park in St. Louis.
Nick Sacco, historian and curator, will share an exploration of pre-Civil War St. Louis through the daguerreotype photographs of Thomas Easterly that are housed at the Missouri Historical Society. No other photographer in St. Louis captured the city’s built landscape of the 1840s and 1850s quite like Easterly.
Amanda Clark, public historian with the Missouri Historical Society, will trace the cycles of reinvention that have defined Laclede’s Landing by diving into how the neighborhood’s fortunes have shifted over time as well as how its story mirrors the evolving challenges of historic preservation today.
Peter Hoffman, managing attorney for Legal Services of Eastern Missouir, will examine the legal framework that governs vacant and nuisance property in Missouri and explore why traditional public enforcement tools—while essential—often fall short of achieving timely stabilization and rehabilitation.
On March 30th, 2023, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch released a a YouTube video showcasing the recently completed rehabilitation of the new Landmarks headquarters.
