Saturday, October 25, 2014

Express Scripts

Prescription Cake


The Express Scripts cake is a new cake and was a late arrival to the 250th birthday party. Good to see that you made it.

Cake artist - Mark Swain

Guest blogger - Rich

One hundred-ninety-six down 54 to go.

Holocaust Museum and Learning Center

Survivor cake

The Holocaust Museum and Learning Center was opened in 1995 and is a department of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis.

The museum provides a chronological history of the Holocaust that include personal experiences of Holocaust survivors who immigrated to St. Louis. There are also photographs, artifacts, and audio-visual displays that show the events that took place in Europe between 1933-1946.

The displays also include pre-war Jewish life and post war life and events. 

Cake artist - Henryk Ptasiewicz

Guest blogger - Diane

One hundred-ninety-five down 55 to go.

St. Joseph's Academy

Girls cake

St. Joseph’s Academy was founded in 1840 by The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. This was the second all-girls Catholic high school established in St. Louis. In the mid 1830’s bishop Joseph Rosati, C.M., requested teachers from the Sisters of St. Joseph in Le Puy-en-Valle, France to come to St. Louis. Mother St. John Fontbonne sent eight sisters over from France. Some of the sisters came to teach the deaf while the others opened Mother Celestine’s School. Mother Celestine’s School started in a log cabin in 1836 but it could not hold the number of students wanting to attend the school. So, in 1840 the first wing of St. Joseph’s Academy was constructed.

The school has been remodeled and relocated several times due to the number of people wanting to enroll.

Cake artist - Laura Genovese

Guest blogger - Diane

One hundred-ninety-four down 56 to go.

Sappington House Museum

Brick cake

The Sappington House was built in 1808 by slaves. It is the oldest brick house in the St. Louis area. The bricks were handmade on site and there are no nails holding the framework together, only wooden pegs. 

It is currently furnished with items made before 1835 and is set up as if the Sappington Family still lived there today.

The Sappington Family were friends of Daniel Boone when he lived in Kentucky. They followed him here to St. Louis in 1804.

The last of the Sappington Family stayed in the house until 1877. It was bought by the city of Crestwood in 1961 after the last habitant of the home left. 

Cake artist - Ursuline Academy Students

Guest blogger - Diane

One hundred-ninety-three down 57 to go.

Grant's Trail

Granted this cake is hard to find.

One of life's' great mysteries is, “Who is buried in Grants' Tomb?” Today that mystery is, “Where is Grants' Trail cake?”

I wonder if the people who made the 250 Cakes really want everybody to see all of the cakes. I've seen quite a few cakes behind doors and windows, in lobbies of certain inaccessible areas, behind gates, or places that have an admission fee.  These are not really totally accessible to the public, for whatever reason I do not know.

I think the latest cake in this style of hard to see cakes is the one on Grants Trail at Clydesdale Park. In order to see the cake you have to go to the other end of the park to a special entrance to get on the trail, but to get to this trail you have to drive through a development down a cul-de-sac that has along the sides of the road by every house a sign that said no parking. You kind of get the idea of driving down this road that you are trespassing. The people in the housing development do not want you driving down the road and I can't really blame them, nobody enjoys strangers driving down their street parking in front of their house, but I want to see the cake.

In order to find this cake this cake if you didn't know the secret entrance to find in this cake and went to Clydesdale Park you would never find it unless you walked down the trail. Even with knowing the secret to finding this cake I ended up somewhere by a baseball field at the other end of Grants Trail.

At least I found this cake, there were times when I could not find the cake.

Cake artist - Corinne Didisheim

Guest blogger - Rich

One hundred-ninety-two down 58 to go.

Jefferson Barracks

Cake salute

Jefferson Barracks Visitors Center

Jefferson Barracks Visitors Center is known as the historic Jefferson Barracks barn. It is where the Army once housed its horses and wagons and has been renovated and converted into a visitors center.
Jefferson Barracks was named in honor of President Thomas Jefferson, who had died on the Fourth of July of the year the post was established.

Cake artist - Paul LaFlam

One hundred-ninety down 60 to go.

Mississippi River Greenway - Trailhead in Jefferson Barracks Park

Great Rivers Greenway continues along the Mississippi into Jefferson Barracks County Park. Manual counts were conducted to track the use of this trail. According to the National Bicycle and Pedestrian Documentation it is estimated that this two mile section of trail is being used for more than 68,000 trips by walkers, runners, and cyclists.

The park is located on a scenic bluff overlooking the Mississippi River on the site of what once was a major U.S. Army installation. Established in 1826, it was the country’s first Infantry School of Practice and served as the primary training and gathering place for the Army of the West. Jefferson Barracks replaced Fort Belle Fontaine, the first U.S. Army installation west of the Mississippi River, which suffered from repeated flooding because of its location on the Missouri River.

Jefferson Barracks Park offers a mix of history, recreational facilities and natural features. Stone buildings from the post now serve as museums for permanent displays, special exhibits, as well as tours, classes and seminars.

Cake artist - Katherine Nelson

I could not do a better job describing this cake than the artist that made it. Katherine Nelslon gives us her insights about the cake at the Mississippi River Greenway. Thank you for telling us about the Raven cake and good luck with your work on the gothic cathedral, St John the Devine in NYC.

Artist comment - Rich

One hundred-ninety-one down 59 to go.

Missouri Civil War Museum

A Cake divided can not stand.

If any state represents the War Between The States it is Missouri. During the war the state itself was bitterly divided. The Dred Scott Decision was past down right here in St Louis and our state gave title to The Missouri Compromise. Lincoln spent much time in the area and Grant lived here.

The Missouri Civil War Museum is a great place to start on a personal journey through one of darkest periods of our history. Every so often there is a Civil War reenactment at Jefferson Barracks and it is a good place to see period weapons in use and infantry drills preformed.

Cake artist - Stuart Schuchardt

Guest blogger - Rich


One hundred-eighty-nine down 61 to go.

St Anthony's Medical Center

Lost and found cake

One of the best things that the nuns taught me was this prayer;

St. Anthony St. Anthony come on down
something is lost and must be found.

I still use it today. I hear it also works with his statue. Turn the statue towards wall and tell St Anthony he will be turned around when this missing object is found.

At the medical center that bears his name I am sure he has helped some find their health again, although turning around the statue in the front of the center is not necessary.

Cake artist - Megan Rieke

Guest blogger - Rich

One hundred-eighty-eight down 62 to go.

Castlewood Park

Picnic cake

Castlewood Park offers fishing and boating on the Meramec River and has a variety of trails hiking, mountain biking, walking paths and dogs, on a leash are allowed.

The most visited section of the park is on the north side of the Meramec River. It includes land on the south side of the river that can be accessed from Lone Elk County Park. The south section of the park includes the World Bird Sanctuary.

We set up a picnic lunch and was swarmed by  pesky bees. There was even an apple core at the edge of our picnic area but they liked us, Diane, better. We lined up the bees we swatted them as a reminder to all other bees that they could end up like their friends if they got too close.

Cake artist - Erik Thompson

One hundred-eighty-seven down 63 to go.

Barrettes Elementary School

Elementary cake

Barretts Elementary School opened its doors in 1895. It was the first school within the Parkway School District. It started off as a one-room brick schoolhouse.

There have been several updates to the building since then bringing it to its current state. The school was named after the popular train station, Barretts Station. The area around the school was sold to the Missouri Pacific Railroad by J.R. Barretts and his wife. 

Guest blogger - Diane

There are times when I look at the picture that I am going to snap and I see how lucky I am. This happened to me at Barretts Elementary School. Seeing my grand children in some of these pictures shows me that there is hope for the future and the present is bearable. Playing the card game war, building a Lego house or watching Sponge Bob reminds me that younger generation is smarter and quicker than I am and that is the way it is supposed to be.

If my grandson can give me the definition of a balloon as an inflatable rubber device and spell every word correct right off the top his head, that leaves me in the dust. As the song says teach your parents well. The fresh face of the future is our most valuable resource care for it with love.

Guest blogger - Rich

Cake artists - Barretts Students

One hundred-eighty-six down 64 to go.

Frank Lloyd Wright House

Be the cake

A beautiful autumn day. Vivid colors of the turning leaves, orange, red, green and golden. A pollution free deep blue sky. Air so fresh that you take deeper breaths to fill your lungs and clear your brain.

Just as Lloyds' architectural designs became the landscape, so did the cake become the landscape and the fall day.


Cake artist - Chris Rice

Guest blogger - Rich

One hundred-eighty-five down 65 to go.

Edward Jones South Campus

Money saving cake

Edward Jones was founded in 1922. It is a full-service brokerage firm. Edward Jones employs over 12,000 financial advisors that work directly with nearly 7 million clients. St. Louis is home to the headquarters of Edward Jones and was ranked number 4 overall in Fortune magazine’s 2014 Best Companies to Work For.

Cake artist - Andy Cross

Guest blogger - Diane

One hundred-eighty-four down 66 to go.

Lodge at Des Peres

Community cake

The Lodge at Des Peres is a community center that includes indoor and outdoor aquatic facilities, fitness center, gymnasium, and meeting rooms. To me if looks like a country club.

Cake artist - Kathy Otto

One hundred-eighty-three down 67 to go.

AKC Dog Museum

Man's best cake

The American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog, located in Queeny Park. It is home to the world's finest collection of art devoted to the dog.

It had the constellation Canis Major above the door and it had the star Sirius which is known as the Dog Star. That's why Sirius radio has a dog and its mascot.

Insider there are over 700 original paintings, drawings, watercolors, prints, sculptures, bronzes, and porcelain figurines, and a variety of decorative arts objects depicting man's best friend throughout the ages.



Cake artist - Lindsay Harmon

One hundred-eighty-two down 68 to go.

Manchester City Hall

Manchester City Hall

Manchester, Missouri was founded in 1812. It was named after the City of Manchester in England. The building that now houses the Manchester City Hall used to be The Lyceum. The building was constructed in 1894 and served as an auditorium, meeting facility, and dance hall. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 


Cake artist - Mike Ochonicky

Guest blogger - Diane

One hundred-eighty-one down 69 to go.

United Hebrew Congregation

Shalom cake

United Hebrew Congregation began in 1837 on 2nd and Spruce Streets, a location that is now part of the Arch grounds. Two Jewish immigrants organized the first minyan ever held west of the Mississippi River in a rented room above Max’s Grocery and Restaurant.

Four years later, the Jewish community adopted a constitution under the name United Hebrew Congregation. It was the first synagogue west of the Mississippi and only the 20th in the nation.

Cake artist - Henryk Ptasiewicz

One hundred-eighty down 70 to go.

Youthbridge

Bridging the cake

Youthbridge helps St. Louis area nonprofits become stronger and more sustainable, to help donors maximize their social impact and to help professional advisors administer their clients’ charitable funds. They particually help those nonprofits that are focused on children and youth causes.

YouthBridge was founded in 1877 as the German General Protestant Orphan’s Home. It is in partnership with Washington University and created the annual YouthBridge Social Enterprise and Innovation Competition.

It also provided funding to help launch HavenHouse St. Louis that provides affordable lodging, care, and support services for out-of-town families with a loved one in a St. Louis hospital.

Cake artist - Rich Brooks

One hundred-seventy-nine down 71 to go.


St. Louis Children's Hospital

Healing cake

St. Louis Children’s Hospital opened in 1879 in St. Louis. It is the first children’s hospital west of the Mississippi River and the seventh oldest in the country. It was founded by a group of eight women in 1879. It was first opened in a small, rented house with only 15 beds.

Today, St. Louis Children’s Hospital has about 250,000 patients yearly and not just from St. Louis. Patients come from all 50 states and 80 countries.

St. Louis Children’s Hospital was one of only 10 to make the U.S. News & World Report Honor Roll of American’s Best Children’s Hospitals, where it ranked number 6 in the nation and the only pediatric hospital in the state of Missouri, in 2013.

Cake artist - April Morrison

Guest blogger - Diane

One hundred-seventy-eight down 72 to go.

Saturday, October 18, 2014

Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis

Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis

The Urban League of St. Louis was founded in 1918, during a time of domestic and foreign conflict with the purpose of defusing racial tensions, stabilizing communities, and improving the living conditions for African Americans in St. Louis.

Today, the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis provides ladders out of poverty for African Americans and others through partnerships with corporations, community leaders, governmental and civic institutions.

Cake artist -  Lynsi Sciaroni

One hundred-seventy-seven down 73 to go.

Saint Louis University

Bilikin cake

Saint Louis University, SLU, is a private research university with campuses in St. Louis, Missouri, and Madrid, Spain. Founded in 1818, it is the oldest university west of the Mississippi River and the second-oldest Jesuit university in the nation. 

The closest St. Louisians get to watching a good basketball game is to follow SLU's men's basketball team, the St. Louis Bilikins, where they play at the Chaifetz Arena.

One hundred-seventy-six down 74 to go.

Centene Center for the Arts & Education

Creative cake

The Centene Center for Arts and Education began in the late 1880s as a dance studio.

In1907, Archbishop John J. Glennon dedicated the new home of the Knights of Columbus. Many of the original architectural features such as the gothic-style white glazed terra cotta façade, the Italian marble in the corridors, the tile and wooden floors, and the ironwork, installed during these days have been preserved.

Later the building was home to the International Machinists Union and the Medinah Temple.

After twenty years without occupancy, all the arts have returned to this space. The center presents the St. Louis Arts Awards honoring individuals who achieve a legacy of artistic excellence, and organizations and businesses that enrich St. Louis’ arts and cultural community.

Cake artist - Emily Cross

One hundred-seventy-five down 75 to go.

Gaslight Square

Gas cake

Gaslight Square was the name of the entertainment district built in the mid-1950s. The district was known for its gas lit street lamps and ornate Victorian style architecture, reflective of the 1800s and the riverboat era around the turn of the century.

The district was popular for music, poetry, comedy, formal and informal dining, and dancing. It was the home to many clubs and restaurants, and entertainment venues

Cake artist - Theresa Hopkins

Sponsored by Laclede Gas

One hundred-seventy-four down 76 to go.

Gaslight Theater

Theater cake

The Gaslight Theater is part of a historic rehab on a 100 year old store front, The Gaslight is attached to The West End Grill and Pub making for a fine culinary and arts experience.

It is also home to St. Louis Actors' Studio.

Entertainment at the Gaslight includes live music, comedy and burlesque.

Cake artist - Alison Rieke

One hundred-seventy-three down 77 to go.


Chase Park Plaza

Chase cake

The Chase Park Plaza is a combination of two buildings, constructed between 1920 and 1930. One is housing a condominium tower, known as the Park Plaza, and a hotel, known as the Chase Hotel. There are restaurants, bars, and five movie theaters for you entertainment pleasure.

Cake artist - Chase Park staff

 One hundred-seventy-two down 78. to go.

St. Louis College of Pharmacy

Rx cake

St. Louis College of Pharmacy is the oldest college of pharmacy west of the Mississippi River.

The College’s 6,000 living alumni represent 50 states and 11 foreign countries. Approximately 72 percent of practicing pharmacists in the St. Louis region are graduates of St. Louis College of Pharmacy.

Cake artist - Andy Cross

One hundred-seventy-one down 79 to go.

St. Louis Arena

Checkerdome cake

The Arena was an oval shaped building, seating nearly 20,000 persons. At one time, Ralston Purina purchased the building and it became home of the St. Louis Blues Hockey team. They put the company logo on top of the roof and it became known as the Checkerdome.
 
It was a great site for conventions, concerts, circuses, ice shows, flea markets, animal shows and sports competitions because of its lamella roof was supported by 20 cantilever steel trusses, eliminated the need for view-obscuring internal support pillars.
 
Cake artist - Sandra Schuchardt
 
One hundred-sixty-six down 84 to go.

Central Institute for the Deaf

Central Institute for the Deaf

The Central Institute for the Deaf started with four children. It takes the acoustic approach to teach deaf children to listen, talk and read without using sign language.
Students are aided by digital hearing aids and cochlear implants allowing for partial hearing, while also learning to read lips.

This year the institute is celebrating its 100th anniversary.
 
Cake artist - April Morrison
 
One hundred-sixty-five down 85 to go.



Cambridge Innovation Center@Center for Emerging Technologies - Cortex

CIC@CET - Cortex

Cambridge Innovation Center offers office space and assistance for start-ups. The center aims to house as many as 75 companies, including entrepreneurs, life  science and non-profit groups.
 
Center for Emerging Technologies provides the specialized facilities, knowledgeable support services, entrepreneur training programs, and access to capital needed to establish and develop bioscience, medical and other advanced technology companies.
 
Cortex is mid-America’s premiere hub for bioscience and technology research, development and commercialization, anchoring St. Louis’ growing ecosystem of innovative startups and established companies. It provides state-of-the-art facilities to support the nation’s most promising technological advances. It offers custom lab and office space, proximity to world-class research institutions, a highly-trained tech workforce, access to venture capital.
 
In other words,  this is like that show shark tank but here they are a more into getting the businesses running and with inclusion of women and minority start ups. Advice and investment and a place to start off are provided.
 
Cake artist - Megan Rieke
 
One hundred-sixty-four down 86 to go.



Harris-Stowe State University

Teachers cake

In 1857 St. Louis Public Schools established a normal school, to train high school graduates to be teachers, for white students; it was subsequently named Harris Teachers College, after William Torrey Harris.

In 1890, the St. Louis school system established Sumner Normal School to train black teachers. In 1929, its name was changed to Stowe Teachers College, after author  Harriet Beecher Stowe.

In response to the U.S. Supreme Court's 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education mandated integration of public-school systems, Harris and Stowe Colleges were merged into one institution. At first it was called Harris Teachers College. At the request of alumni, Stowe was added and the school became Harris-Stowe College.

And in 2005 when the college attained university status, it was renamed Harris–Stowe State University.

Cake artist - Linda Thompson

One hundred-sixty-three down 87 to go.

Scott Joplin House

Ragtime cake

As you tour through the Scott Joplin House you can hear a player piano playing Scott Joplin melodies. It is here that Joplin and his wife Belle lived in during their time in St. Louis. The home is furnished with decor dating back to 1902 when Joplin produced some of his best-known works, including The Entertainer and March Majestic.

He was inspired by the 1904 World's Fair and composed Cascades.

Cake artist - Bruce Howard

One hundred-sixty-two down 88 to go.

Jefferson Bank and Trust

The more things bake the more things stay the same cake.
 
Incorporated in 1892, Jefferson Bank, one of the oldest neighborhood banks in the city of St. Louis, was originally located at the northeast corner of Jefferson and Franklin avenues.
 
The Jefferson Bank and Trust was the scene of one of St. Louis' biggest civil rights demonstrations. When I took this picture the October Ferguson demonstration was in full swing down the street. History repeats itself.
  
Cake artist - April Morrison

Guest blogger - Rich
 
 One hundred-sixty-one down 89 to go.

St. Louis Science Center

Science Fair cake

Across the pedestrian bridge, from the Planetaruim, over the Highway 64/40 is the main building of the St. Louis Science Center. The new building includes an Omnimax, called the IMAX Dome theater,  and The Energizer Machine.

The three stories tall Energizer Machine has balls that are constantly whirling about causing all sorts of noises from over 50 different things ranging from  bells to compressed air blowers, to chimes, to drums.

New exhibits in the main building are devoted to Earth science, emerging technology, life sciences, physical science, and chemistry. Within two months after the remodeled Saint Louis Science Center opened, it became one of the most visited science centers in the world.

The Center is one of only two science  centers in the United States which offers free general admission.

Cake artist - Dennis Smith

One hundred-sixty down 90 to go.

Ameristar Casino

 Cha-Ching cake

Ameristar Casino - St. Charles is a  stationary boat Casino in Saint Charles, Missouri. The casino, with two floors with 2,611 gaming machines and seventy-three table and poker games. There are five restaurants, two bars and a hotel.

I've been to this casino several times. Never won and don't know anyone who has. Now I've been to the Landmark Brunch for the Champagne Brunch and not even step foot in the casino. The Bottleneck Blues Bar sometimes brings in decent music acts, but usually provides local entertainment.

Cake artist - Amanda Leigh Blalock

One hundred-fifty-nine down 91 to go.

Friday, October 17, 2014

Green Center


Nature cake

The Green Center emphasize the arts by hosting nature-related art exhibits which are open to the public throughout the year. It provides a natural laboratory and cultural gathering place for its members.

Programs are provided in conjunction with our ongoing efforts to restore native Missouri habitat. The area Prairies ,Wetlands and Ruth Park Woods are thriving ecosystems that provide much needed habitat for indigenous and migrating species and outdoor classrooms where children and adults can explore the Missouri landscape as it existed prior to westward expansion.

Cake artist - Megan Rieke

One hundred-fifty-eight down 92 to go.

Center of Creative Arts

COCA cake

COCA (Center of Creative Arts) has become the largest multidisciplinary arts institution and one of the most valuable community assets in the St. Louis metropolitan area.
Here you will find performances... classes... art galleries... summer camps... places to hold your special event... exhibits... a world of learning, a world of the arts.

COCA's programs include performances in the 400-seat theatre; educational classes, camps, and workshops serving individuals aged 6 months through adult; artists' residencies; exhibits of contemporary art in the Millstone Gallery at COCA; and an extensive outreach program offered to low-income youth through our nationally recognized Urban Arts Program.

COCA continues to place its students in prestigious post-secondary programs including The Juilliard School, Tisch School for the Arts, and North Carolina School for the Arts. COCA students have been offered positions in nationally known dance companies such as Dance Theatre of Harlem, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Ballet Hispanico and the Joffrey Ballet. Read more about our alumni.

Cake artist - COCA

One hundred-fifty-seven down 93 to go.

Moonrise Hotel

Boutique cake

 The Moonrise Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri, blends cool modern design and quirky sophistication to create a truly unique boutique hotel experience.

Located in The Loop, the hotel offers guests various room types that include Walk of Fame Suites, showcasing some of St. Louis celebrities such as Shelley Winters, Tennessee Williams, Vincent Price and Josephine Baker.


Cake artist - Dan Jaboor

One hundred-fifty-six down 94 to go.



Regional Arts Commission

Arts and Cultural cake

The Regional Arts Commission was founded in 1985 to promote, encourage and foster the arts and cultural institutions in St. Louis City and County, and to contribute to the economic development of the area through a strong presence of the arts.

It leads, strengthens and gives voice to a creative community to transform St. Louis into a more vibrant, creative and economically thriving community through the arts.

It has partner in Cakeway to the West project. I can not find anything on the artists, I wonder if they are members of the Regional Arts Commission?

Cake artist - Alison Rieke and Jess Goldthorpe

One hundred-fifty-five down 95 to go.

SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center

Children's cake

SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center is named after John Cardinal Glennon, the Archbishop of St. Louis from 1903 to 1946. It was the Archbishop's mission to see a health care facility open to all children in need of medical care, regardless of ability to pay.

Cardinal Glennon also serves as a teaching hospital affiliated with the neighboring Saint Louis University Schools of Medicine and Nursing, and nine other education institutes.

The sun displayed prominently atop the SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center name has been the hospital's symbol for many years. It represents hope, warmth, caring, commitment, and excellence.

Cake artist - Rich Brooks

One hundred-fifty-four down 96 to go.