WELCOME!

WHY WE’RE DOING THIS:

• GROUPHUG St. Louis, in its second year, is an annual

event that celebrates the people, places, and things

that make St. Louis great.

• As a city and region we seem to be well aware of our

deficiencies. By sending people out to hug their

favorite St. Louis assets, we get a better sense of what

we’ve done right, what we’re doing right as a city—

what we love about ourselves.

• Plus it’s just another excuse to throw a big party and

watch as our friends literally hug our fair city’s stock

of fountains, bike lanes, and landmarks.

WHO IS DOING THIS?

Organizers: CITY AFFAIR

http://cityaffairstl.tumblr.com

•We love St. Louis and recognize that it is an undercover world-

class city with innovative things happening and amazing places to

discover.

•St. Louis is a city of opportunity—affordable, accessible, open to

new ideas and ripe to re-establish itself as the center of our region

while uniting with surrounding communities for the common

good.

•St. Louis is a dynamic American city with a unique architectural

heritage that contributes significantly to our quality of life.

•One of the major strengths of St. Louis is the determination of

its citizens, who through collaboration can bring about real and

positive change to our community.

•With a spirit of openness, we as a group and as individuals can

begin to erode the fragmentation within the St. Louis community

and connect those with a common goal – enhancing the place we

all call home.

SPECIAL THANKS TO:

-OLD NORTH ST. LOUIS RESTORATION GROUP

(Our wonderful venue!)

-THE GRAMOPHONE

(Beer donation!)

-DJ ALEXIS

(Music)

-MARTIN CASAS and FRONTYARD FEATURES

(Projection Screen)

-DO314.COM, R&R MUSIC LABS, ST LOU FRINGE FESTIVAL, ST.

LOUIS CURIO SHOPPE, STL-STYLE, AND MORE!

(Event Promotion)

-ROBERT BECK

(Street Art)

“The Cherokee clock is one of my

proudest accomplishments, because I

spearheaded the effort to restore it. The

old, battered clock stood dormant for

years, mirroring the decline of the

commercial district itself. Today, it once

again shines bright (and keeps the

correct time!)-- a testament to the

exciting resurgence of this colorful

street. Viva Cherokee!”

-JEFF VINES

SEE NEXT SLIDE!

Jeff Vines

((NEWLY

RESTORED

CHEROKEE

STREET

CLOCK))

Andy Berkhout (Far L), Grace Woodward (L) and

Regina Martinez (R)

((BROWN SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK – WASH U))

April Regester

((SHAKESPEARE IN THE STREETS –

CHEROKEE STREET PRODUCTION))

MARTIN

CASAS

((LIFE IN

ST.

LOUIS))

Brian Frick and

Amy Michael

((CHUCK

BERRY STATUE

– DELMAR

LOOP))

Ben, Maggie and

Andrew Groth

((FOX PARK))

MARK

REGESTER

((HOME IN

BENTON

PARK))

Amy Lampe

((ST. LOUIS SKYLINE))

((VICTORIAN FOOTBRIDGE – FOREST PARK))

Amy

Lampe

Amy

Lampe

((FOREST

PARK

RUNNING

PATH))

Amy Lampe

((MOONRISE

HOTEL –

DELMAR

LOOP))

Amy Lampe

((MURAL ON

NORTH

BROADWAY))

Amy

Lampe

((VINCENT’S MARKET IN SOULARD))

Amy Lampe

((GRAND BASIN – FOREST PARK))

Matt Mourning &

Company

((KARAOKE))

Matt Mourning

((RIPPLE ROW -

SOULARD))

Matt Mourning

((ELLEN CLARK HOPE PLAZA - BJC))

Matt Mourning

((SILVER TREE –

FOREST PARK))

Matt Mourning

((GIVENS ROW

BUILDING –

JEFFVANDER

LOU))

Matt

Mourning

((IRON

HORSE

TRESTLE))

Matt Mourning

((BRICK STREET

- DUTCHTOWN))

Matt

Mourning

((LASALLE

PARK))

Matt Mourning

((“CITY OF NEW

ORLEANS”

LAMP POST

EMBEDDED IN

A TREE IN

BENTON PARK))

Chrystal Garcia

((FOREST PARK))

Em Piro, St Lou Fringe

((LOCUST BUSINESS DISTRICT))

Tara Daniels, St Lou Fringe

((LOCUST BUSINESS DISTRICT))

Nick Schnelle

((IN DENMARK,

HUGGING A

MAP OF ST.

LOUIS))

The love and laughter of

my friends flows and

bubbles and delightfully

buoys my spirit, making

St Louis a beautiful place

to live!

-STEPHANIE

ARNDT

Stephanie

Arndt

((LIFE,

FRIENDS, ST.

LOUIS))

Kara Clark

Holland

((BENTON

PLACE –

LAFAYETTE

SQUARE))

Jessica Hollis

((PAT’S IN DOGTOWN))

Briana

Motley

((THE

GROVE))

Chloe and Alla,

submitted by

Teresa Dickson-

Apresova

((FOREST PARK))

Jennie Bates

((MODERN

VINTAGE

DÉCOR,

11433

GRAVOIS

RD))

Kelsey Mourning

((ST. LOUIS))

Kelsey

Mourning

((“EYE HEART

ST. LOUIS”

MURAL IN

GRAND

CENTER))

Michael Powers

((MUNY))

Michael Powers

((GRAND CENTER))

Michael Powers

((MURAL IN THE GROVE))

Kelsey

Mourning and

Ryan Albritton

((“EARTH

RABBIT” IN

GRAND

CENTER))

RYAN ALBRITTON set out

to hug ALL St. Louis

Microbreweries.

See the following slides

for the results.

He got 3 out of

in the

region.

((It’s our fault for having so

many microbreweries!))

Randy and Ben

Vines

((DEL TACO

FLYING

SAUCER))

Alyssa Waring

((HAPPY JOE’S))

Kelsey Mourning & Alyssa Waring

((HAPPY JOE’S))

Michael Allen

((ST. MARY’S

INFIRMARY))

TITLE:

GET WELL

SOON

Otis Regester

((SKATE RAMP – BENTON PARK))

Paisley

Regester

((BOB

CASSILLY

SCULPTURE –

NEW CITY

SCHOOL))

Rebecca Marler, submitted by Aunt, Michelle Lowe

((MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN))

Emily Beck &

Zachary Heath

((GREAT HOSPITALS &

RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS))

Mathilda Rose

((MAUDE’S MARKET IN DUTCHTOWN))

Steve Patterson

((EADS BRIDGE))

A “T-REX”-SIZED

HUG DESERVES A

WHOLE PAGE…

((T-REX = Technology

Entrepreneur Center @

Railway Exchange Building))

Peter Lacy

((LACLEDE’S LANDING))

Kristen Lewis

Thom Fletcher

((BIG MOUND MARKER – NORTH BROADWAY))

Becca Lozano

((LAFAYETTE

PARK))

John Clopton

((LAFAYETTE

PARK))

James McKee

((BIKE RACK – MARINE VILLA))

Carrie Lee

Freeman, Tom

Hanson, and

James McKee

((O’MALLEY’S

IN MARINE

VILLA))

Carrie Lee

Freeman, Tom

Hanson, and

James McKee

((MARINE VILLA

NEIGHBORHOOD))

"I grew up and remain

in the zip code

distributed around the

world on bottles, cans,

and on draft.“

-Emily Beck

Emily Beck

((63118 ZIP Code))

Emily Beck

((WINKELMANN’S PHARMACY - DUTCHTOWN))

Emily Beck

((HARTFORD COFFEE – TOWER GROVE SOUTH))

Emily Beck

((TED DREWES DUTCHTOWN LOCATION))

Emily Beck

((ST.

ANTHONY’S

PARISH -

DUTCHTOWN))

Emily Beck

((ST. ANTHONY’S PARISH - DUTCHTOWN))

Linda Hennigh

((BENTON PARK WEST COMMUNITY GARDEN))

Mercy Paka

((SCULPTURE IN FOREST PARK))

Autumn Marie, Mercy Paka, and Sam Mueller

((SCULPTURE IN FOREST PARK))

Sam Mueller

((AUDI K’S IN

THE CENTRAL

WEST END))

Mercy Paka

((COFFEE

CARTEL -

CENTRAL WEST

END))

Mercy Paka and Sam Mueller

((GRAND BASIN AT NIGHT))

Autumn Marie, Mercy Paka, and Sam Mueller

((MOOLAH THEATER))

Mercy Paka

((BEN & JERRY’S IN THE LOOP))

Sam Mueller

((NEWS CHANNEL 4 KMOV))

Mercy Paka

((NEWS CHANNEL 4 KMOV))

Sam Mueller

((LOOP

TROLLEY))

Sam Mueller and Mercy Paka

((ESQUIRE THEATER))

Ven

((TOWER GROVE PARK))

Ven

((TOWER GROVE PARK))

Growing American Youth, MLK Day Parade @ Old

Court House, downtown

((SOCIAL JUSTICE IN ST. LOUIS))

“This photo encapsulates much of

what I love about St. Louis...a

fantastic local restaurant with

friendly staff and outstanding

food, an eclectic storefront, the

diversity of cultures demonstrated

here through food, and the

beautiful brick buildings and

unique architecture of STL.”

–Michelle Wiegand

(SEE NEXT SLIDE)

Michelle Wiegand

((EVEREST CAFÉ – THE GROVE))

Jennifer

Fenwick,

submitted by

husband Frank

DeGraaf

((LACLEDE’S

LANDING))

Deborah and

Jordan

Mourning

((SOULARD))

Deborah and

Randall

Mourning

((SCULPTURE

NEAR NEW

CATHEDRAL))

Andrew Riganti

((BALI CARGO – SOUTH GRAND))

Jennie Bates

((HERBARIA SOAP – THE HILL))

Dr. Michael Frachetti

((ST. LOUIS ART MUSEUM))

Nathalie Frachetti

((TURTLE PARK))

Myles Colvin

((TURTLE PARK))

Ryan Haynes

and Max

Montaldo

((TASTE BY

NICHE –

CENTRAL WEST

END))

Vincent

Haynes

((BOWOOD

FARMS and

Café Osage

– CENTRAL

WEST

END))

Vincent

Haynes

((CULINARIA -

DOWNTOWN))

Vincent

Haynes

((MAGIC CHEF

MANSION –

COMPTON

HEIGHTS))

Vincent

Haynes

((PARK

AVENUE

COFFEE))

Vincent

Haynes

((MODERN

VINTAGE

DÉCOR))

Vincent Haynes

((TOWER GROVE PARK SUPERINTENDENT

HOUSE))

Paul Hohmann

((RAILWAY EXCHANGE BUILDING - DOWNTOWN))

Paul Hohmann

((SCULPTURE AT DELMAR METROLINK STATION))

Paul Hohmann

((THE DELMAR

LOOP))

KDHX submitted an

entire photo shoot

hugging their building

in Tower Grove East.

Here’s a BEST OF.

Grace Mueller

((GREEN

BRICK))

Milo,

submitted by

Amanda Doyle

((FUN AT THE

MISSOURI

BOTANICAL

GARDEN))

Allison

McCartney

((JEWEL BOX))

Alice Hintermann

((GASLIGHT SQUARE))

Submitted by Montrinaa Hill

Submitted by

Montrinaa

Hill

Lawrence Leto

((TOWER

TACOS –

BENTON PARK

WEST))

Scott McIntosh

((TOWER TACOS – BENTON PARK WEST))

Kate Howell

and Whitney

Sewell

((GATEWAY

ARCH))

TITLE:

WE BUILT THIS

CITY

Michael

Keimeg and

Whitney

Sewell

((WORLD’S

LARGEST

CHESS PIECE

– CENTRAL

WEST END))

Whitney Sewell

((WORLD’S

LARGEST CHESS

PIECE))

Whitney Sewell and Kate Howell ((Cathedral Basilica))

Kate Howell,

Michael

Keimeg, and

Whitney

Sewell

((CENTRAL

WEST END

LAMPS))

Juard Van

Dijkhorst

((POCKET

DOORS!))

“This sculpture, by Bill Christman, has

become not just a geographical landmark

but a landmark of personal growth, too.

My bandmate and I started playing open

mics at Foam a little over a year ago, and

the Cherokee Business District and

community within has become an integral

part of my life in St. Louis.

... I gave this sculpture that Christman

hates, but I so dearly love, a long-overdue

hug” –KATE PETERSON

SEE NEXT SLIDE

Kate

Peterson

from the

SpotOns

(FOAM Open

Mic)

((CHEROKEE

STREET

SCULPTURE))

Kate

Peterson with

Maude, her

rescued

Dachshund

((GATEWAY

LOCAL

DACHSHUND

OWNERS

SOCIETY [LO-

DOWN]))

“Law is part of Law and Order created by

Benjamin Hawkins as a Federal Public

Works Administration project. They are

sculpted out of Indiana limestone and

were completed in 1935. I just think

they are cool in all their Art Deco

goodness. They are a hell of a lot

bigger then you think.”

-RYAN REED, LANDMARKS

ASSOCIATION OF ST. LOUIS

Ryan Reed

((“LAW” AT THE

CUSTOMS HOUSE,

A.K.A.

CARNAHAN

COURTHOUSE –

DOWNTOWN))

Mallory

Nezam

((BIKING

OVER THE

HIGHWAY 40

OVERPASS))

R. Mutt ((THE LOO))

Rob Holzrichter ((FAMILY))

Emily Beck,

Clark Kent,

Kevin Ellison

((Saint Louis

Superman))

Submitted by Jeremy Mehrle

((STL STyLeHOUSE ON CHEROKEE))

Jeanette Reynolds, Program Manager, St. Louis Earth Day

((RECYCLING IN ST. LOUIS))

Mary Cullins

((JACK BUCK))

Mary Cullins

((JACK BUCK))

TITLE:

HUGGING MY

IDOL, JACK BUCK!

Kara Bellavia

((PEARSON HOUSE – WEBSTER UNIVERSITY))

Christina Chulka

((VESS BOTTLE –

520 O’FALLON))

Kara Bellavia

((TOWER GROVE

PARK))

Christina and Raleigh Chulka

((PEGGY, OWNER OF WORLD’S FAIR

DONUTS))

Kara Bellavia

((OLD NORTH ST. LOUIS))

Christina Chulka

((THOMAS COFFEE

– FOREST PARK

SOUTHEAST))

Christina and Raleigh Chulka; Kara Bellavia and Henry

Bellavia-Lang

((HARTFORD COFFEE COMPANY))

Matt Fernandez

((REHABBING IN

OLD NORTH ST.

LOUIS))

Matt Fernandez

((REHABBING IN

OLD NORTH ST.

LOUIS))

METRO ST. LOUIS (Bi-State)

((METROLINK))

METRO ST. LOUIS (Bi-State)

((METRO CALL-A-RIDE))

METRO ST. LOUIS (Bi-State)

((METROBUS))

Court Sloger

and Chris

Mueller

((FERARO’S

PIZZA -

SOULARD))

Court Sloger

((4 HANDS BREWING CO.))

Chris Mueller

((BOGART’S - SOULARD))

Court Sloger

((SOULARD MARKET))

Chris Mueller

Brian ((TOWER GROVE PARK))

Brandon Willams

((SAINT LOUIS BLUES))

Karen Hoyt

((LAMBERT AIRPORT))

Karen Hoyt

((BISSINGER’S CHOCOLATES))

Louie Quigle ‘hugs’ ((BUSCH STADIUM))

Louie Quigle

((VIVIANOS ON THE ‘HILL’))

Vadim Scoreatin

((SCIENCE CENTER – BLUE ANGEL’S PLANE))

Nick Frisella

((METRO LIGHTING))

Christa

Frisella

((FOUNDATION

GROUNDS))

Nikki and Lindsey

((CITY ACADEMY))

City Officials

Working and

Playing Together!

((Neighborhood

Stabilization

Officer Michael

Powers & Alderman

Scott Ogilvie, @

Cinco de Mayo on

Cherokee))

Grace, Jake, Pradeep, Greg,

Dr. Devi States, and Connie States

((EVEREST CAFÉ, THE GROVE))

Greg Cooper, Jake

Narup, Pradeep

Rajendran

((HANDLEBAR,

THE GROVE))

Jake Narup,

Grace

Hogan, Greg

Cooper

((NEBULA

COWORKING,

JEFFERSON &

CHEROKEE))

Jake Narup, Pradeep Rajendran, Greg

Cooper

((CITYGARDEN))

Josie Griffin

((ST. LOUIS ZOO

SCULPTURE))

Cameron and Janine Gassel

((TURTLE PARK))

Kristin Gassel and “St. Louis Superman”

((BUSCH STADIUM))

Kristin Gassel

((ST. LOUIS

CURIO SHOPPE -

2301

CHEROKEE))

Laura Wimmer

((CITY OF

ST. LOUIS))

Laura Wimmer

((CITY OF

ST. LOUIS))

Dana Gray

((CYCLING IN

ST. LOUIS))

I’m Lewis Reed President of the

Board of Aldermen in St Louis City.

I’m hugging MO one of my favorite St

Louisans and one of the owners and

operators of MoKaBe’s. We are at

MoKaBe’s located at Arsenal and

Grand, my favorite St Louis Coffee

House. MO and MoKaBe’s represent

what I love about St Louis: the rich

Cultural Diversity, Friendly People,

Neighborhood Businesses and

Community Pride.

LEWIS REED, PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN

((MO COSTELLO OF MOKABE’S))

SEAN THOMAS

((CROWN SQUARE, OLD NORTH ST. LOUIS))

SEAN THOMAS

((FAMILY, IN CITYGARDEN))

Ebony Wilson

((THERAPY

BOUTIQUE,

OLD NORTH ST.

LOUIS))

PHIL JARVIS

((MORGAN STREET BREWERY))

Kathy Piloski,

submitted by

Christopher

Castellanos

((WORLD’S

LARGEST CHESS

PIECE))

((AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

ST. LOUIS LOCAL GROUP #105))

THE END!

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AFFAIR