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
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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
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Take shelter cake
The World's Fair Pavilion was built in 1909 with proceeds from the 1904 World's Fair. It is an open-air shelter located in Forest Park that sits atop Government Hill with dramatic views of the park.
It was recently renovated with the addition of new restrooms, a catering kitchen, new lighting was installed, and the twin towers were reconstructed.
Cake artist - Henryk Ptasiewicz
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Old Cakes.
Old Courthouse
In 1816, August Chouteau and Judge John B.C. Lucas donated land to St. Louis County for a courthouse. The original courthouse was completed in 1828. However, St. Louis grew so much during this time that the courthouse was outgrown within ten years. A second courthouse was designed and incorporated the original courthouse as the east wing of the building.
The Old Courthouse was the site of the first two trials of the Dred Scott case in 1847 and 1850. Also in the 1870s, it was the location of the Virginia Minor case for a woman’s right to vote trial. The Old Courthouse is also listed in the National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.
Cake artist - Henryk Ptasiewicz
Old Post Office
In 1865, after the Civil War ended, five grand Federal Buildings were ordered to be built in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, and St. Louis. These were the fastest growing cities in America at the time. The Post Office opened in 1884 and hundreds of millions of mail were handled all by hand, in the first year alone. By 1942 all of the other buildings in the other cities had been demolished, except for ours here in St. Louis, The Old Post Office.
Guest blogger - Diane
Cake artist - Rich Brooks
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Via the Delmar Loop.
The St. Louis Walk of Fame was dedicated in 1988 in University City, Missouri. It has more than 80 brass and bronze stars that line the sidewalks on Delmar Boulevard. In order to be nominated for a St. Louis Walk of Fame star, nominees must have been born in St. Louis or have spent their formative or creative years here and their accomplishments must have had a national impact on our cultural heritage. Every year new nominees are inducted.
Some of the inductees include, Ozzie Smith, John Goodman, Nelly, Dick Weber, Bob Costas, the 5th Dimension, Stan Musial, Vincent Price, Brad Pitt and Chuck Berry.
This cake was decorated with some of the stars from the Walk of Fame.
While we were looking at the stars on the Walk of Fame, we found the cake at the Tivoli Theater. The Tivoli opened on May 24, 1924. A photoplay called “The Confidence Man” was played that first night and was accompanied by music from the Jules Silberberg Orchestra.
The Tivoli Theatre closed in 1994 but was reopened after a $2 million renovation it in 1995. Today the theatre houses 3 screens. It also has movie memorabilia inside that includes Marilyn Monroe, The Wizard of Oz, the Marx Brothers, and Vincent Price. Vincent Prices’ picture is painted on the cake outside the Tivoli.
The Tivoli is also listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Thanks Diane!
Cake artist
Gina Harmon
Henryk Ptasiewicz
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St. Louis knew you were coming so they baked a cake.
That's what I told my niece, Jessica, when she came to visit.
The cake, at Lambert Field, was located upstairs, where the ticket counters are. Where people are leaving St. Louis. I thought it should be downstairs where planes are arriving to welcome visitors to St. Louis.
It had parts of the airport painted around it. There were the arched windows that you can see from the highway. There was also the control tower in which Jessica pointed out as we drove past the airport.
The cake was roped off and I wonder if that was part of the TSA security. That's not for us to worry about, we have lots of other things to do!
Cake artist - Henryk Ptasiewicz
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