{"id":10319,"date":"2021-10-22T18:42:57","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T18:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lafayettepark.org\/staging_5\/?p=10319"},"modified":"2021-10-23T18:21:34","modified_gmt":"2021-10-23T18:21:34","slug":"history-of-the-lafayette-park-fence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lafayettepark.org\/staging_5\/history-of-the-lafayette-park-fence\/","title":{"rendered":"History of the Lafayette Park Fence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">An LPC Presentation; November 14, 3:00 pm<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lafayettepark.org\/staging_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Valentines-Fence-2-2-1024x505.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7826\" width=\"782\" height=\"385\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lafayette Park Conservancy presents A History of the Lafayette Park Fence in it&#8217;s autumn speaker series; Sunday, November 14, 2021 at the Kern Pavilion in Lafayette Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert Frost wrote that &#8220;good fences make good neighbors.&#8221; We propose that the inverse holds; that good neighbors make for good fences too.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lafayette Park is the only park in St. Louis completely enclosed by a fence. A lovely old Victorian era cast and wrought iron fence dating back to 1869. Over those 150 years, parts have been knocked down, pilfered, nearly sold for scrap, rusted and restored.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This fence forms a hem around the heart of historic Lafayette Square. It has a remarkable tale to tell, paralleling the development and rebirth of both park and community.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>What: &nbsp; &nbsp; A History of the Lafayette Park fence<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp;When: &nbsp; &nbsp; Sunday, November 14, 2021 at 3:00pm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Where: &nbsp; &nbsp;Kern Pavilion (Boathouse); Lafayette Park<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Who: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Mike Jones &#8211; Lafayette Park Conservancy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Save the date and join us for the saga of our fence. Get to know the legacy behind the landmark. 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