Columbia Bottoms

The Three R's Reading, wRiting, and River Cake

Columbia Bottoms is a wild life area on the Missouri side of the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. It is a vast and open space and is a great place to enjoy wild Missouri close to St Louis.

 

I enjoy it because most of the times that I go there the place is empty. The cake is at the front of the trail by the nature center. Take the ride to the end of the trail, there are many stops along the way to enjoy the natural beauty.

 

The day I went to look at the cake there was a school there exploring nature and eating lunch at the river lookout. What a great way to spend a day at school, I guess tomorrow they will crack the books. Pay attention kids there is a essay do by the end of the week. Compare and contrast the Big Muddy to the Father of Waters. 

 

Cake artist - Rich Brooks

St. Louis Public Library / Central Library

Century cake

The Central Library building at 13th and Olive was built in 1912 on a location formerly occupied by the St. Louis Exposition and Music Hall and was designed by Cass Gilbert.

The St. Louis Public Library has sixteen locations, including the main Central Library location. Central Library under went a restoration and reopened in 2012. The administration offices, including mine are across the street. Moving these offices allowed more public space with the new renovation.

On the front side of the building is three floors. The rear of the building, the part I miss the most, was seven floors. Here is where the stack tower was. Eight floors and a city block long, it housed library collections and was not opened to the public. The back wall was top to bottom rectangular windows and the floors were glass, to get the most of day light coming through. Some of the glass flooring was preserved and repurposed as a wall in the new atrium.

Cake artist - Andy Cross

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.

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.

Jewel Box

Flower cake

The Art Deco building, with 50 feet tall vertical glass walls in Forest Park, is the Jewel Box. It too has recently been restored and features tropical trees, foliage plants, flowers, and water fountain. 

Surrounded by rose gardens, lily ponds and towering trees, the Jewel Box is the perfect venue for wedding receptions and rehearsal dinners.

Cake artist - Andy Cross

One hundred-forty-nine down 101 to go.

Gateway Arch

Cakeway to the West.

The Arch was built as a monument to Thomas Jefferson and all the pioneers for who St. Louis was the Gateway to the West. The Arch started being built in February 1963 and the last piece was put in on October 28, 1965.

The Arch is 630 feet tall and 630 feet wide. Believe it or not the Arch is the tallest monument in the United States.

Guest blogger - Diane

Cake artist -  Andy Cross

One hundred-six down 144 to go.

Downtown Cl-ake-ton, MO

Historic(ake) Hanley House

The Hanley House is the oldest dwelling in Clayton and was built by Martin Hanley in the 19th century.

The 2 story home with 8 rooms was typical on many Missouri farms back in the day.

When the city of Clayton took ownership of the house, they restored not only the exterior but the interior as well and its original contents.

Cake artist - Andy Cross

Patrotic(ake)

When the city of St. Louis and St. Louis County split up, the county needed a place to establish the County Seat of Government.

It accepted land donated from Martin Hanley and Ralph Clayton and the St. Louis County Courthouse was built.

Cake artist - Rich Brooks



Athletic(ake)

Francis Field was developed for the 1904 World's Fair. Events such as track and filed, tug-a-war and archery gave out gold medals to the top contestants.

It is named after David Francis, past St. Louis Mayor and Missouri Governor, who was president of the fair.

Tug-a-War

Currently the field is being used for Washington University's track and field, football and soccer teams.

Cake artist - April Morrision

Recre-ake-tion

 As I stood in front of the cake, at Shaw Park, I was a bit puzzled as I couldn't figure out what was climbing up the cake. I looked around and then looked up. I was looking at the diving platform and then realized it was on the cake. Its reflection is down in the pool on the cake as it would on a hot summer day.

The park offers year round fun as depicted on the cake; swimming, tennis, ice skating, hockey and more.

The park was named after Charles A. Shaw, Clayton's 6th Mayor.

Cake artist - Rich Brooks






Cake-oration

In 2009 Centene Corporation built its headquarters in Clayton, It manages the government services of Medicaid and related health plan services.

On the font of the cake are the states where they have offices. Can you name the states?

Cake artist - Rich Brooks

31-35 down 215 to go.