2014 season of tower openings...
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2014 Season of Tower Openings ‘Spectacular’
With a total of 4,458 visitors, the Compton Hill Water Tower in 2014 had a spectacular, record-setting season, the largest since regular Tower openings began in 1990. The April-thru-November tally was 72 percent greater than 2013’s total of 2,598, and 328 per cent greater than the 1,358 total in heat-depressed 2012. Most popular, by far, were the Full Moon openings, attracting 2,595 visitors. The Saturday afternoon total was 1,682, and there were 181 visitors in specially scheduled group tours. Total revenue from visitor admission fees amounted to some $20,800, which we put to upcoming improvements to the Park and Tower The Saturday afternoon tally for eight monthly openings aver-aged 210, slightly above prior year averages. But the six Full Moon open-ings (two were rained out) averaged 431 each. WTPPS President John Maxwell explained that a special effort was made to promote the June, July and August evenings, each of which fell on a weekend. “We lined up food trucks, had live entertainment each of those nights and our media volunteers, Samantha Fisher and Joan Briccetti, were extraordinarily successful in getting advance radio, TV and newspaper publicity,” he said. June and July’s crowds were 768 and 785, respectively, with that second tally an all-time record for a single opening event. “Thanks to good weather, we had visitors lined up for hours-sometimes as late as midnight-waiting to climb the Tower,” he said. The season’s success has prompted the WTPPS to begin the 2015 season in March, a month earlier than prior years. (See separate story).
For several years, this identification sign was painted in a hard-to-read combination of white lettering on a pink background. Until this summer, however, when Tammie Williams and Erik Helwig of the T.E. Williams & Co. contracting firm volunteered time, effort and ma-terials for a repainting. Thanks so much to them---and to the many other generous volunteers who make the Compton Hill Water Tower and Reservoir Park a beautiful and attractive asset to our City.
Spiffed Up Sign
Applause for All Our HandsPRESIDENTS’ MESSAGE
I WANT TO PUT MY HANDS together and applaud each and every one of our mem-bers and friends who helped to make the 2014 season of Water Tower openings the most suc-cessful in our history! As our story above describes, nearly 4,500 people came and toured our magnificent historical treasure this season, an all-time visitor high.
Such a success didn’t just “happen.” Our Board mem-bers planned and scheduled an exceptional number of openings, and made the most of the fact that three of the Full Moon open-ings took place on weekends, making them prime opportuni-ties for visitors. This included the complicated tasks of placing publicity in local media and lining up the food trucks and the entertainment for those weekend openings. I want to applaud, too, those who made our Park and gardens so attractive this year, including the all-new garden area surrounding the “Naked Truth” statue.
See Message, Page 4
PRESIDENTS’ MESSAGE
LET ME MAKE MY POINT CLEAR. Harvey El-lis’s beautiful tower is a City landmark just by standing there atop Compton Hill. But those of you who volunteered made it a visitor experience, an enjoyable and instructive human “hap-pening.” You enabled them to touch the carved limestone; to see the photos of the engineering-marvelous even today-that built the Tower; and to see this Cityscape in a manner impos-sible from any other vantage point. Every visitor who exited the doorway with a “Great view! or “Terrific experience!” or “Thanks for letting us come!” is really patting each of you on the back for making it all possible.
I certainly applaud the “hands” who made time in their personal lives to volunteer for the Tower events. You greeted arrivals cheerily; you kept things moving during the heaviest flow up and down the stairways of the Full Moon openings; and you stood by on the viewing deck to answer questions and keep the visitor turnover steady.
Because they enjoyed it—even those who waited in line for an hour or so in June, July and August—they’ll tell their relatives, friends and neighbors, at some point in the future, about their Tower climb. I assure you, that person-to-person recommendation will generate more visitors in seasons still to come. ONCE AGAIN, I offer you my deep, sincere thanks for what you’ve done for the Water Tower this year. It’s important to raising funds for improvements we make to the Tower and the Park. But I also hope that you enjoyed it while you were participating; your comments are always appreciated. Another viewing season, longer than before, is coming up, and wouldn’t it be great to duplicate, or even exceed, this year!
John Maxwell
Mission
The central purpose and role of the Water Tower & Park Preservation Society is defined as:
TO RESTORE, PRESERVE AND PROMOTE THE COMPTON HILL WATER TOWER
AND ITS IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS AND TO FACILITATE COLLABORATIVE
RELATIONSHIPS WITH NEIGHBOURHOODS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES.
The Water Tower & Park Preservation Society Inc.Post Office Box 2156St. Louis, MO 63158
Presort STD-AUTOU.S. Postage
PAIDSt. Louis, MO
Permit No. 5555
WINTER 2015
Water Division Pledges to Find, Fix ‘The Leak That Just Won’t Quit’
Over the past 5 or 6 months, workers from the City Water Div., plus other private drain specialists, have been working to stanch the flow of water from the .27-acre pond in Reservoir Park. As of late December, the leak is winning. A number of diagnoses have been made, and attempts to plug the loss have been tried, but nothing has yet solved the problem, reports John Maxwell, WTPPS President. Initially, the electrical conduit that runs underground to the lighted, electrified fountain in the center of the pond was suspected, but that was refilled with soil, and the leak continued. Small, fist-sized holes in the side wall in the southeast quad-rant of the pond were suspect, and those were filled-in with expand-
ing-soil plugs. That slowed the water loss somewhat, but the pond level continued to fall. A private drain engineering firm was hired by the City, and they discovered an abandoned sewer line just west of the pond wall, and that was promptly filled in. They also discovered a crushed outlet drain, and that was repaired. No improvement noted. City workers dumped several cubic yards of Bentonite, a soil component which, when mixed with water, expands multiple times to fill any cracks and leaks. They raked it across the entire floor of the pond. Still, the water level sinks. “City Water Commissioner Curt Skouby says the City is committed to finding and resolving the issue,” Maxwell says, “and I know he means it. It’s just a mystery that hasn’t been solved-yet.”
Gardening Efforts Saluted and Rewarded ! And, she continued, our gardening efforts have gotten more than kind words. The St. Louis Master Gardeners, an organization focused on training and assigning eager horticulturalist to beautify the greater St. Louis area, has selected the WTPPS to receive a “Com-munity Service Award.” The recognition didn’t specify any particular accomplishment, but is for our “contributions to the St. Louis commu-nity.” It also included a check for $500, presented to Taillon-Miller at the Master Gardeners’ holiday party in early December. Our sincere thanks for the award, and for including Reservoir Park in their locales of Master Gardener assignments!
Despite a steady drizzle and chilly temperatures, a hardwork-ing crew of volunteers cleaned up the garden area at the Russell Blvd. entryway to the reservoir in mid-October. Valuable work in pulling weeds, removing expired annuals and otherwise clearing the space for next spring were Linda Lesh, Jeanne Ortega, Mary Deschene, Terry Lay, Margaret Allen, Phyllis Nolan and Kathy Greminger. “We’re very grateful for their work and we salute them all,” declared Patty Taillon-Miller, Planting and Gardening Coordinator for the WTPPS.
A worker from Mid-America Drain Contractors peers into a hole where the private firm discovered a collapsed sewer line. In foreground, City Water Div. workers spread Bentonite, a soil-expanding component, on the floor of the Reservoir Park pond. These and other efforts have not yet halted the cause of water loss in the .27-acre pond which was rebuilt by the city and the WTPPS in the Fall, 2009. When the pond is re-filled, the center fountain pump, with replacement lights, will be restored.
Park, Tower Improvement Projects Approvedand contracts to accomplish those projects are close to being awarded by the City. Estimated costs for tennis courts, including new light towers, is $75,000. Cost of the bronze light fixtures, including custom-cast, vandal-resistant lenses, is $45,000. The total cost, $120,000, will be met by Reservoir Park’s $440,000 share of bond issue funds passed by the Board of Aldermen last summer. Commissioner Skillman said the City also approves another WTPPS request, a complete rebuilding of the Park’s interior lighting system. This would include replacing all underground electrical supply circuits, 96 lightpoles along the walking paths and 40 wall-mounted lamps to illumine the track along the reservoir walls. Although many details remain to be decided, the City also approved that the 96 14-foot lightpoles be of the pink granitoid style, with period appropriate lamp-heads, as seen along S. Grand Blvd. All lighting would use long-life, low-cost LED lamps. Total cost of this work, estimated by a commer-cial electrical contractor, is $835,000. Because the remaining City bond funds, $320,000, would cover only about 38 per cent of the cost, the WTPPS has launched a capital fund drive to get the remaining $515,000 for the lighting proj-ect, and hopefully another $400,000 to pursue a solar lighting installa-tion inside the walls of the reservoir. Maxwell and Wolkoff showed City officials a 5-minue video presentation, prepared by Wolkoff at no cost to the WTPPS, that outlined the financial needs. The attractive, quick-paced video reviews the history of the park and reservoir, the dozens of park improvements already accomplished by the WTPPS in its 15 years of work, and an overview of the lighting project, including a cost breakdown. Maxwell said the fund-raising committee is drawing up a list of possible donors who might find the park projects worthy of their support. The targeted donors would be shown the video and receive a full explanation of the planned improvements, and the impact they would have on park users and the City in general. “We’ll be asking our own members to be a part of this fund-raising appeal,” Maxwell said. “I’m excited about the immense impact this can have on our park, and hope that each of our members will discover for themselves how important this effort can be.”
Approval by City officials for several Reservoir Park im-provements, and efforts to raise funds to accomplish them, have advanced several important projects being pursued by the Water Tower and Park Preservation Society (WTPPS). In late November, City Parks Commissioner Dan Skillman, Water Commissioner Curt Skouby and Water Div. Executive Assistant Jim Sondermann reviewed the financing of park improvements and WTPPS project goals in a meeting with John Maxwell, president, and Keith Wolkoff and Bob Byrne of the WTPPS board. Two long-sought improvements to the Park--reconstruction of the two tennis courts on the east side and replication of two ornate bronze light fixtures--have been approved by the City, Skillman said,
Important Dates to Note Because of growing attendance in Compton Hill Water Tower public openings, the WTPPS board has decided to begin the 2015 viewing season with two openings in March. Thursday, Mar. 5 will be the first Full Moon opening of the year, and Saturday, March 7 will be the first afternoon opening. Of course, weather conditions will be a determining factor. If there’s snow on the ground, the openings will be cancelled inasmuch as the organization doesn’t have the means or manpower to clear sidewalks and stairways. Further, the board has determined that Sunday, May 3, will be “Member Appreciation Day” at the Tower. All WTPPS members, as well as those who have given volunteer service to the Tower and Park, will enjoy buffet snacks, beverages and updates on all the Park and Tower projects, including our major capital fund drive. The low-er level of the Tower, a space usually closed to visitors, will be open for the event. Guests will also enjoy free admission for that evening’s Full Moon viewing. Mark your calendars, and look for more details as the event draws closer.
Anarchism on Display
In a display of their anarchist social concepts, vandals defaced the “Naked Truth” statue the night of Sunday, Nov. 23. with ‘FTP,’ the acronym for ‘F*** The Police.’ The display was discovered early the next morning and power-washed away by City Parks work-ers by 10 a.m. Similar spray-painted messages defaced the limestone entry gates to Flora Place, on Grand Blvd., nearby.
Tower Openings for 2015 SATURDAY FULL MOON AFTERNOONS EVENINGS
March Sat, 7th Thurs. 5th 12 noon - 4 p.m. 5: 30 p.m. -11 p.m.
April Sat 4th Sat. 4th 12 noon - 4 p.m. 5:30 p.m. - 12 Midnight
May Sat 2nd Sun. 3rd 12 noon - 4 p.m 5:30 p.m. - 12 Midnight June Sat. 6th Tues. 2nd 12 noon - 4 p.m. 5:30 p.m. - 12 Midnight July Sat. 4th Wed. 1st 12 noon - 4 p.m. & Fri. 31st 5:30 p.m. - 12 Midnight Aug. Sat. 1st 12 noon - 4 p.m Sat 29th 5:30 p.m. - 12 MidnightSept. Sat. 5th 12 noon - 4 p.m Sun. 27th 5:30 - 11 p.m.
Oct. Sat. 3rd Tues 27th 12 noon - 4 p.m. 5:30 - 10 p.m.
Nov. Sat. 7th Wed. 25th 12 noon - 4 p.m. 5:30 - 9 p.m.
OFFICERS
John Maxwell. . . . . . . . . . PresidentJohn Palmer. . . . . . . . . . SecretaryDavid Seifert. . . . . . . . . . . Treasurer
DIRECTORSBob Byrne Ken Chapman Fran Fanara Karen Goering Bob Herleth
Alderwoman Christine Ingrassia (Ex-officio)Steven KidwellPatricia Taillon Miller Judy Miniace Joel Pesapane Rob Rebman Christian Saller Curtis Skouby (ex officio)George Thornburgh (emeritus) Keith Wolkoff
C O N T A C T I N F O R M A T I O N
Water Tower and ParkPreservation SocietyP.O. Box 2156St. Louis, MO 63158314.552.9000
EDITOR - Bob Byrne
Water Division Pledges to Find, Fix ‘The Leak That Just Won’t Quit’
Over the past 5 or 6 months, workers from the City Water Div., plus other private drain specialists, have been working to stanch the flow of water from the .27-acre pond in Reservoir Park. As of late December, the leak is winning. A number of diagnoses have been made, and attempts to plug the loss have been tried, but nothing has yet solved the problem, reports John Maxwell, WTPPS President. Initially, the electrical conduit that runs underground to the lighted, electrified fountain in the center of the pond was suspected, but that was refilled with soil, and the leak continued. Small, fist-sized holes in the side wall in the southeast quad-rant of the pond were suspect, and those were filled-in with expand-
ing-soil plugs. That slowed the water loss somewhat, but the pond level continued to fall. A private drain engineering firm was hired by the City, and they discovered an abandoned sewer line just west of the pond wall, and that was promptly filled in. They also discovered a crushed outlet drain, and that was repaired. No improvement noted. City workers dumped several cubic yards of Bentonite, a soil component which, when mixed with water, expands multiple times to fill any cracks and leaks. They raked it across the entire floor of the pond. Still, the water level sinks. “City Water Commissioner Curt Skouby says the City is committed to finding and resolving the issue,” Maxwell says, “and I know he means it. It’s just a mystery that hasn’t been solved-yet.”
Gardening Efforts Saluted and Rewarded ! And, she continued, our gardening efforts have gotten more than kind words. The St. Louis Master Gardeners, an organization focused on training and assigning eager horticulturalist to beautify the greater St. Louis area, has selected the WTPPS to receive a “Com-munity Service Award.” The recognition didn’t specify any particular accomplishment, but is for our “contributions to the St. Louis commu-nity.” It also included a check for $500, presented to Taillon-Miller at the Master Gardeners’ holiday party in early December. Our sincere thanks for the award, and for including Reservoir Park in their locales of Master Gardener assignments!
Despite a steady drizzle and chilly temperatures, a hardwork-ing crew of volunteers cleaned up the garden area at the Russell Blvd. entryway to the reservoir in mid-October. Valuable work in pulling weeds, removing expired annuals and otherwise clearing the space for next spring were Linda Lesh, Jeanne Ortega, Mary Deschene, Terry Lay, Margaret Allen, Phyllis Nolan and Kathy Greminger. “We’re very grateful for their work and we salute them all,” declared Patty Taillon-Miller, Planting and Gardening Coordinator for the WTPPS.
A worker from Mid-America Drain Contractors peers into a hole where the private firm discovered a collapsed sewer line. In foreground, City Water Div. workers spread Bentonite, a soil-expanding component, on the floor of the Reservoir Park pond. These and other efforts have not yet halted the cause of water loss in the .27-acre pond which was rebuilt by the city and the WTPPS in the Fall, 2009. When the pond is re-filled, the center fountain pump, with replacement lights, will be restored.
Park, Tower Improvement Projects Approvedand contracts to accomplish those projects are close to being awarded by the City. Estimated costs for tennis courts, including new light towers, is $75,000. Cost of the bronze light fixtures, including custom-cast, vandal-resistant lenses, is $45,000. The total cost, $120,000, will be met by Reservoir Park’s $440,000 share of bond issue funds passed by the Board of Aldermen last summer. Commissioner Skillman said the City also approves another WTPPS request, a complete rebuilding of the Park’s interior lighting system. This would include replacing all underground electrical supply circuits, 96 lightpoles along the walking paths and 40 wall-mounted lamps to illumine the track along the reservoir walls. Although many details remain to be decided, the City also approved that the 96 14-foot lightpoles be of the pink granitoid style, with period appropriate lamp-heads, as seen along S. Grand Blvd. All lighting would use long-life, low-cost LED lamps. Total cost of this work, estimated by a commer-cial electrical contractor, is $835,000. Because the remaining City bond funds, $320,000, would cover only about 38 per cent of the cost, the WTPPS has launched a capital fund drive to get the remaining $515,000 for the lighting proj-ect, and hopefully another $400,000 to pursue a solar lighting installa-tion inside the walls of the reservoir. Maxwell and Wolkoff showed City officials a 5-minue video presentation, prepared by Wolkoff at no cost to the WTPPS, that outlined the financial needs. The attractive, quick-paced video reviews the history of the park and reservoir, the dozens of park improvements already accomplished by the WTPPS in its 15 years of work, and an overview of the lighting project, including a cost breakdown. Maxwell said the fund-raising committee is drawing up a list of possible donors who might find the park projects worthy of their support. The targeted donors would be shown the video and receive a full explanation of the planned improvements, and the impact they would have on park users and the City in general. “We’ll be asking our own members to be a part of this fund-raising appeal,” Maxwell said. “I’m excited about the immense impact this can have on our park, and hope that each of our members will discover for themselves how important this effort can be.”
Approval by City officials for several Reservoir Park im-provements, and efforts to raise funds to accomplish them, have advanced several important projects being pursued by the Water Tower and Park Preservation Society (WTPPS). In late November, City Parks Commissioner Dan Skillman, Water Commissioner Curt Skouby and Water Div. Executive Assistant Jim Sondermann reviewed the financing of park improvements and WTPPS project goals in a meeting with John Maxwell, president, and Keith Wolkoff and Bob Byrne of the WTPPS board. Two long-sought improvements to the Park--reconstruction of the two tennis courts on the east side and replication of two ornate bronze light fixtures--have been approved by the City, Skillman said,
Important Dates to Note Because of growing attendance in Compton Hill Water Tower public openings, the WTPPS board has decided to begin the 2015 viewing season with two openings in March. Thursday, Mar. 5 will be the first Full Moon opening of the year, and Saturday, March 7 will be the first afternoon opening. Of course, weather conditions will be a determining factor. If there’s snow on the ground, the openings will be cancelled inasmuch as the organization doesn’t have the means or manpower to clear sidewalks and stairways. Further, the board has determined that Sunday, May 3, will be “Member Appreciation Day” at the Tower. All WTPPS members, as well as those who have given volunteer service to the Tower and Park, will enjoy buffet snacks, beverages and updates on all the Park and Tower projects, including our major capital fund drive. The low-er level of the Tower, a space usually closed to visitors, will be open for the event. Guests will also enjoy free admission for that evening’s Full Moon viewing. Mark your calendars, and look for more details as the event draws closer.
Anarchism on Display
In a display of their anarchist social concepts, vandals defaced the “Naked Truth” statue the night of Sunday, Nov. 23. with ‘FTP,’ the acronym for ‘F*** The Police.’ The display was discovered early the next morning and power-washed away by City Parks work-ers by 10 a.m. Similar spray-painted messages defaced the limestone entry gates to Flora Place, on Grand Blvd., nearby.
Tower Openings for 2015 SATURDAY FULL MOON AFTERNOONS EVENINGS
March Sat, 7th Thurs. 5th 12 noon - 4 p.m. 5: 30 p.m. -11 p.m.
April Sat 4th Sat. 4th 12 noon - 4 p.m. 5:30 p.m. - 12 Midnight
May Sat 2nd Sun. 3rd 12 noon - 4 p.m 5:30 p.m. - 12 Midnight June Sat. 6th Tues. 2nd 12 noon - 4 p.m. 5:30 p.m. - 12 Midnight July Sat. 4th Wed. 1st 12 noon - 4 p.m. & Fri. 31st 5:30 p.m. - 12 Midnight Aug. Sat. 1st 12 noon - 4 p.m Sat 29th 5:30 p.m. - 12 MidnightSept. Sat. 5th 12 noon - 4 p.m Sun. 27th 5:30 - 11 p.m.
Oct. Sat. 3rd Tues 27th 12 noon - 4 p.m. 5:30 - 10 p.m.
Nov. Sat. 7th Wed. 25th 12 noon - 4 p.m. 5:30 - 9 p.m.
OFFICERS
John Maxwell. . . . . . . . . . PresidentJohn Palmer. . . . . . . . . . SecretaryDavid Seifert. . . . . . . . . . . Treasurer
DIRECTORSBob Byrne Ken Chapman Fran Fanara Karen Goering Bob Herleth
Alderwoman Christine Ingrassia (Ex-officio)Steven KidwellPatricia Taillon Miller Judy Miniace Joel Pesapane Rob Rebman Christian Saller Curtis Skouby (ex officio)George Thornburgh (emeritus) Keith Wolkoff
C O N T A C T I N F O R M A T I O N
Water Tower and ParkPreservation SocietyP.O. Box 2156St. Louis, MO 63158314.552.9000
EDITOR - Bob Byrne
2014 Season of Tower Openings ‘Spectacular’
With a total of 4,458 visitors, the Compton Hill Water Tower in 2014 had a spectacular, record-setting season, the largest since regular Tower openings began in 1990. The April-thru-November tally was 72 percent greater than 2013’s total of 2,598, and 328 per cent greater than the 1,358 total in heat-depressed 2012. Most popular, by far, were the Full Moon openings, attracting 2,595 visitors. The Saturday afternoon total was 1,682, and there were 181 visitors in specially scheduled group tours. Total revenue from visitor admission fees amounted to some $20,800, which we put to upcoming improvements to the Park and Tower The Saturday afternoon tally for eight monthly openings aver-aged 210, slightly above prior year averages. But the six Full Moon open-ings (two were rained out) averaged 431 each. WTPPS President John Maxwell explained that a special effort was made to promote the June, July and August evenings, each of which fell on a weekend. “We lined up food trucks, had live entertainment each of those nights and our media volunteers, Samantha Fisher and Joan Briccetti, were extraordinarily successful in getting advance radio, TV and newspaper publicity,” he said. June and July’s crowds were 768 and 785, respectively, with that second tally an all-time record for a single opening event. “Thanks to good weather, we had visitors lined up for hours-sometimes as late as midnight-waiting to climb the Tower,” he said. The season’s success has prompted the WTPPS to begin the 2015 season in March, a month earlier than prior years. (See separate story).
For several years, this identification sign was painted in a hard-to-read combination of white lettering on a pink background. Until this summer, however, when Tammie Williams and Erik Helwig of the T.E. Williams & Co. contracting firm volunteered time, effort and ma-terials for a repainting. Thanks so much to them---and to the many other generous volunteers who make the Compton Hill Water Tower and Reservoir Park a beautiful and attractive asset to our City.
Spiffed Up Sign
Applause for All Our HandsPRESIDENTS’ MESSAGE
I WANT TO PUT MY HANDS together and applaud each and every one of our mem-bers and friends who helped to make the 2014 season of Water Tower openings the most suc-cessful in our history! As our story above describes, nearly 4,500 people came and toured our magnificent historical treasure this season, an all-time visitor high.
Such a success didn’t just “happen.” Our Board mem-bers planned and scheduled an exceptional number of openings, and made the most of the fact that three of the Full Moon open-ings took place on weekends, making them prime opportuni-ties for visitors. This included the complicated tasks of placing publicity in local media and lining up the food trucks and the entertainment for those weekend openings. I want to applaud, too, those who made our Park and gardens so attractive this year, including the all-new garden area surrounding the “Naked Truth” statue.
See Message, Page 4
PRESIDENTS’ MESSAGE
LET ME MAKE MY POINT CLEAR. Harvey El-lis’s beautiful tower is a City landmark just by standing there atop Compton Hill. But those of you who volunteered made it a visitor experience, an enjoyable and instructive human “hap-pening.” You enabled them to touch the carved limestone; to see the photos of the engineering-marvelous even today-that built the Tower; and to see this Cityscape in a manner impos-sible from any other vantage point. Every visitor who exited the doorway with a “Great view! or “Terrific experience!” or “Thanks for letting us come!” is really patting each of you on the back for making it all possible.
I certainly applaud the “hands” who made time in their personal lives to volunteer for the Tower events. You greeted arrivals cheerily; you kept things moving during the heaviest flow up and down the stairways of the Full Moon openings; and you stood by on the viewing deck to answer questions and keep the visitor turnover steady.
Because they enjoyed it—even those who waited in line for an hour or so in June, July and August—they’ll tell their relatives, friends and neighbors, at some point in the future, about their Tower climb. I assure you, that person-to-person recommendation will generate more visitors in seasons still to come. ONCE AGAIN, I offer you my deep, sincere thanks for what you’ve done for the Water Tower this year. It’s important to raising funds for improvements we make to the Tower and the Park. But I also hope that you enjoyed it while you were participating; your comments are always appreciated. Another viewing season, longer than before, is coming up, and wouldn’t it be great to duplicate, or even exceed, this year!
John Maxwell
Mission
The central purpose and role of the Water Tower & Park Preservation Society is defined as:
TO RESTORE, PRESERVE AND PROMOTE THE COMPTON HILL WATER TOWER
AND ITS IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS AND TO FACILITATE COLLABORATIVE
RELATIONSHIPS WITH NEIGHBOURHOODS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES.
The Water Tower & Park Preservation Society Inc.Post Office Box 2156St. Louis, MO 63158
Presort STD-AUTOU.S. Postage
PAIDSt. Louis, MO
Permit No. 5555
WINTER 2015