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12/30/11
Holiday Inn- Forest Park/ Tom Paule Photography
Tom Paule Photography recently photographed the Holiday Inn in Forest Park as the new logo for the building exterior and lobby were installed.
A great hotel in a great St. Louis location!
A great hotel in a great St. Louis location!
10/26/11
Groundbreaking: Three Springs at Shiloh
Three Springs at Shiloh will offer a classic mix of quality residential options, commercial office space and modern retail, all carefully planned in a sustainable environment.
A carefully planned development, unlike any other in Southwestern Illinois, Three Springs at Shiloh will include something for everyone
- More than $5 Million every year in new taxes to reduce the burden on home owners by generating new tax dollars to support schools and local government.
- 10-to-12-Year phase-in to assure the smoothest development and planned growth with minimal disruption for current residents and businesses. Roads and infrasructure provided by the development.
- 3,500 new jobs in landscaped commercial district.
- Owner occupied, flexible living options for tomorrow's needs. Aimed at families with estimated prices ranging from affordable to the elegant at more than $400,000.
- A pedestrian-friendly walking environment with office space, restaurants, neighborhood retail and regional retail services.
- Carefully landscaped and meticulously maintained grounds, clearly separated and buffered from neighboring subdivisions.
- One plan, with one proven developer committed to becoming an active member of the Shiloh community and to guaranteeing a quality development and a self-sustaining Shiloh into the next century.
10/24/11
Jefferson Barracks- Bldg. 51
Recently it was my privilege to photograph Building 51 at Jefferson Barracks, the Mental Health Clinic Expansion.
10/21/11
The Cheshire Inn in St. Louis is a beautiful property--- a top notch hotel for visitors and locals alike.
The pool does not look nearly as inviting this cool fall week as it did on the day I photographed it but I know that soon enough that refreshing water will be a great idea!
Staying at The Cheshire is like experiencing the best of Great Britain right in the heart of the Midwest. Whether staying in one of our Themed Suites or our comfortable and uniquely appointed guest rooms, guests will experience a seamless blend of traditional touches and modern amenities.
In keeping with our theme, each of our rooms pays tribute to a great British author. Guests will discover a framed biography alongside a hard-cover copy of his or her works. Request a favorite author or discover a new favorite!
The pool does not look nearly as inviting this cool fall week as it did on the day I photographed it but I know that soon enough that refreshing water will be a great idea!
Staying at The Cheshire is like experiencing the best of Great Britain right in the heart of the Midwest. Whether staying in one of our Themed Suites or our comfortable and uniquely appointed guest rooms, guests will experience a seamless blend of traditional touches and modern amenities.
In keeping with our theme, each of our rooms pays tribute to a great British author. Guests will discover a framed biography alongside a hard-cover copy of his or her works. Request a favorite author or discover a new favorite!
10/17/11
It's always an honor to photograph a school and this one is one of St. Louis's newest.
The $21.4 million transformation of the old Beaux Arts Building and Pythius Hall into a charter school with science labs, classrooms and dance studios is nearly complete, with code inspectors scheduled to walk through the building next week.
And then Grand Center Arts Academy will move into the six-story building that had been largely vacant for more than two decades. Principal Lynne Glickert led members of the media through the building Wednesday, pointing out the visual art studios, theater classrooms, chemistry lab, rows of lockers and views of the city's arts district. (St. Louis Today)
The charter school, which opened last year in the Third Baptist Church across the street, is among several schools in the city dedicated to the arts. Central Visual and Performing Arts High, Carr Lane VPA Middle School, Ames VPA Elementary and Shaw VPA Elementary — all part of St. Louis Public Schools — are the others.
Last year, 200 sixth- and seventh-graders enrolled at Grand Center, Glickert said. This year, she is hoping for 400 seventh- through ninth-graders. The school, part of the Confluence Academy system, plans to add a grade each year through 12th grade.
Many of the original architectural details have been restored in the building at 711 North Grand Boulevard, which once served as headquarters for Carter Carburetor.
The renovation work was financed through loans and historic tax credits and was designed and developed by the Lawrence Group. The school will pay back the loan through its lease payments, with the option of buying the property after seven years, said Steve Smith, chief executive of the Lawrence Group.
The $21.4 million transformation of the old Beaux Arts Building and Pythius Hall into a charter school with science labs, classrooms and dance studios is nearly complete, with code inspectors scheduled to walk through the building next week.
And then Grand Center Arts Academy will move into the six-story building that had been largely vacant for more than two decades. Principal Lynne Glickert led members of the media through the building Wednesday, pointing out the visual art studios, theater classrooms, chemistry lab, rows of lockers and views of the city's arts district. (St. Louis Today)
The charter school, which opened last year in the Third Baptist Church across the street, is among several schools in the city dedicated to the arts. Central Visual and Performing Arts High, Carr Lane VPA Middle School, Ames VPA Elementary and Shaw VPA Elementary — all part of St. Louis Public Schools — are the others.
Last year, 200 sixth- and seventh-graders enrolled at Grand Center, Glickert said. This year, she is hoping for 400 seventh- through ninth-graders. The school, part of the Confluence Academy system, plans to add a grade each year through 12th grade.
Many of the original architectural details have been restored in the building at 711 North Grand Boulevard, which once served as headquarters for Carter Carburetor.
The renovation work was financed through loans and historic tax credits and was designed and developed by the Lawrence Group. The school will pay back the loan through its lease payments, with the option of buying the property after seven years, said Steve Smith, chief executive of the Lawrence Group.
9/30/11
Coming Up This Weekend
To begin with, can you believe that tomorrow is OCTOBER FIRST? How in the world did that happen, it seems as if the kids were just getting out of school for the summer and here it is Fall!
I've had the pleasure and privilege of photographing the 'old' Kiel Opera House, now the beautifully restored and magnificent Peabody Opera House--- and tomorrow is the Big Night---!!! It doesn't get much bigger than “An Encore 77 Years in the Making” starring singer Aretha Franklin and comedian Jay Leno, along with other special guests in a celebration of the beloved venue’s past, present and future. Proceeds from opening night will benefit the John L. Trotter Multiple Sclerosis Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine.
I'm excited to be part of the festivities, something HUGE in the history of St. Louis!
Hard to believe the Peabody Opera House started here:
I've had the pleasure and privilege of photographing the 'old' Kiel Opera House, now the beautifully restored and magnificent Peabody Opera House--- and tomorrow is the Big Night---!!! It doesn't get much bigger than “An Encore 77 Years in the Making” starring singer Aretha Franklin and comedian Jay Leno, along with other special guests in a celebration of the beloved venue’s past, present and future. Proceeds from opening night will benefit the John L. Trotter Multiple Sclerosis Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine.
I'm excited to be part of the festivities, something HUGE in the history of St. Louis!
Hard to believe the Peabody Opera House started here:
8/31/11
Westminster High School- St. Louis
It has been a thrill to watch the project progress from the air--- the Westminster High School Campus is really something else!
From the Post-Dispatch on July 24: "The word "big" only begins to describe the new Westminster Christian Academy.
A 2,000-seat arena, two smaller gyms and an eight-lane swimming pool. Two theaters, a 400-seat cafe and a hundred classrooms. And the list goes on.
The 320,000-square-foot school is among the St. Louis area's largest recent construction projects. Initial enrollment will exceed 900 - up from 872 last year - but the school can accommodate 1,200 students in grades seven through 12.
The $70 million school, scheduled to open for classes Aug. 22, has been a boost to the area's struggling construction industry. The privately financed development has provided 14 months of much-needed work for more than 150 people employed by project manager Brinkmann Constructors and its subcontractors.
The Westminster project is among the area's 10 largest recent construction jobs, said Len Toenjes, president of Associated General Contractors in St. Louis.
"A $70 million project is significant in today's market," Toenjes said. "The number of companies competing is at an all-time high. The bids are more competitive than they've ever been."
Westminster's new school, double the size of the current facility in Creve Coeur, is on a 70-acre site on Maryville Centre Drive, just south of Highway 40 (Interstate 64) in Town and Country. The school has come a long way since classes for 72 students began in 1976 in rented space at Missouri Baptist College.
Outside the new building is Westminster's vast athletic complex of a dozen tennis courts, fields for baseball, lacrosse, soccer, field hockey, softball, a track and field facility and a football stadium with a synthetic turf field and bleachers for 2,000 spectators. Overlooking the stadium is a plaza that will provide picnic-style seating and a concession stand.
Westminster's new softball field has transplanted outfield turf from Busch Stadium - grass removed to accommodate the U2 concert.
Pulling off the $70 million project took a vigorous fundraising effort, a key donation and sale of Westminster's current school to the Ladue School District, which bought the property for an early childhood development center. Last year, Ladue district voters approved a bond issue for the center.
Planning for Westminster's Town and Country campus began in 2003, when the school bought the 40-acre site of the former West County Tech for $14.25 million. A $5 million pledge in 2007 propelled the project, helped by an anonymous gift of $7.1 million to add 30 acres to the West County Tech site. But when the economy slumped in 2008, fundraising lagged and Westminster put the project on hold.
"The economy was failing," said Charles Waldron, a former Westminster board president and the school's liaison to Brinkmann. "We rolled the plan up and said the plan can't go forward now."
But the deal with the Ladue School District produced $18 million and prompted Westminster to revive the project.
"Frankly, we look at it as a gift from God," Waldron said.
The Ladue district owns the property for the second time. Ladue West Junior High was on the site in 1980 when the district sold the tract to Westminster.
With fundraising back in full swing, Westminster has so far raised $45 million, including $13 million in pledges last year. No student tuition, currently $12,800 annually, goes toward construction, school officials said.
By "cramming" what had been an 18-month construction schedule into 14 months, Westminster saved $1.3 million, Waldron said.
Another cost-saving measure was to remodel and reuse much of the 80,000-square-foot West County Tech building. Its spacious kitchen, built for West Tech's culinary program, will serve as Westminster's cafeteria, which school officials refer to as a "cafe."
Contractors eager for work in a slow economy offered Westminster their best craftsmen and other workers, officials said.
"They manned up for the job," Waldron said. "It's kept some of the subcontractors afloat."
To gain an edge in winning the business, many contractors' project managers "got their tool boxes back out and went back out in the field," Toenjes said. "You have some folks with tremendous experience back on the job."
The facility also will give administrators the power through their smartphones to control lighting and other building systems.
Keith Shahan, a retired head of John Burroughs School and current president of Chicago-based Independent Schools Association of the Central States, said the new Westminster is by far the largest recent construction project among the group's 230 member schools.
"What Westminster Christian has done is extraordinary in these times," he said."
From the Post-Dispatch on July 24: "The word "big" only begins to describe the new Westminster Christian Academy.
A 2,000-seat arena, two smaller gyms and an eight-lane swimming pool. Two theaters, a 400-seat cafe and a hundred classrooms. And the list goes on.
The 320,000-square-foot school is among the St. Louis area's largest recent construction projects. Initial enrollment will exceed 900 - up from 872 last year - but the school can accommodate 1,200 students in grades seven through 12.
The $70 million school, scheduled to open for classes Aug. 22, has been a boost to the area's struggling construction industry. The privately financed development has provided 14 months of much-needed work for more than 150 people employed by project manager Brinkmann Constructors and its subcontractors.
The Westminster project is among the area's 10 largest recent construction jobs, said Len Toenjes, president of Associated General Contractors in St. Louis.
"A $70 million project is significant in today's market," Toenjes said. "The number of companies competing is at an all-time high. The bids are more competitive than they've ever been."
Westminster's new school, double the size of the current facility in Creve Coeur, is on a 70-acre site on Maryville Centre Drive, just south of Highway 40 (Interstate 64) in Town and Country. The school has come a long way since classes for 72 students began in 1976 in rented space at Missouri Baptist College.
Outside the new building is Westminster's vast athletic complex of a dozen tennis courts, fields for baseball, lacrosse, soccer, field hockey, softball, a track and field facility and a football stadium with a synthetic turf field and bleachers for 2,000 spectators. Overlooking the stadium is a plaza that will provide picnic-style seating and a concession stand.
Westminster's new softball field has transplanted outfield turf from Busch Stadium - grass removed to accommodate the U2 concert.
Pulling off the $70 million project took a vigorous fundraising effort, a key donation and sale of Westminster's current school to the Ladue School District, which bought the property for an early childhood development center. Last year, Ladue district voters approved a bond issue for the center.
Planning for Westminster's Town and Country campus began in 2003, when the school bought the 40-acre site of the former West County Tech for $14.25 million. A $5 million pledge in 2007 propelled the project, helped by an anonymous gift of $7.1 million to add 30 acres to the West County Tech site. But when the economy slumped in 2008, fundraising lagged and Westminster put the project on hold.
"The economy was failing," said Charles Waldron, a former Westminster board president and the school's liaison to Brinkmann. "We rolled the plan up and said the plan can't go forward now."
But the deal with the Ladue School District produced $18 million and prompted Westminster to revive the project.
"Frankly, we look at it as a gift from God," Waldron said.
The Ladue district owns the property for the second time. Ladue West Junior High was on the site in 1980 when the district sold the tract to Westminster.
With fundraising back in full swing, Westminster has so far raised $45 million, including $13 million in pledges last year. No student tuition, currently $12,800 annually, goes toward construction, school officials said.
By "cramming" what had been an 18-month construction schedule into 14 months, Westminster saved $1.3 million, Waldron said.
Another cost-saving measure was to remodel and reuse much of the 80,000-square-foot West County Tech building. Its spacious kitchen, built for West Tech's culinary program, will serve as Westminster's cafeteria, which school officials refer to as a "cafe."
Contractors eager for work in a slow economy offered Westminster their best craftsmen and other workers, officials said.
"They manned up for the job," Waldron said. "It's kept some of the subcontractors afloat."
To gain an edge in winning the business, many contractors' project managers "got their tool boxes back out and went back out in the field," Toenjes said. "You have some folks with tremendous experience back on the job."
The facility also will give administrators the power through their smartphones to control lighting and other building systems.
Keith Shahan, a retired head of John Burroughs School and current president of Chicago-based Independent Schools Association of the Central States, said the new Westminster is by far the largest recent construction project among the group's 230 member schools.
"What Westminster Christian has done is extraordinary in these times," he said."
8/26/11
Have You Been to 360 Yet?
cHave you been to 360 yet?
It is nothing short of fantastic!
THE HOURS:
Monday - Thursday: 4PM - 1AM
Friday - Saturday: 4PM- 2AM
Sunday: 4PM- 11PM
The DETAILS:
*Open at least 3 hours prior to all Cardinal home day games
*All patrons must be at least 21, nightly after 7PM.
*DJ starting at 9pm every Wednesday - Saturday
*$10 cover charge at the door Friday and Saturday nights beginning at 10PM. Hotel guests and Cardinals Fans with that night's ticket stub are complimentary.
*Enter from main hotel lobby entrance off Broadway- Take east tower elevator to 26th floor.
THE THREE SIXTY EXPERIENCE:
Soaring nearly 400 feet above downtown St. Louis, Three Sixty is the ultimate rooftop bar. Located atop the perfectly positioned Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark, Three Sixty offers sweeping views in all directions – hence the name – including a birds’ eye view right into Busch Stadium. With a cocktail in hand and a tasty bite to savor, it is the perfect perch to take in the Cardinals, the Gateway Arch, the mighty Mississippi and the sites of St. Louis near and far.
Open daily at 4 pm, Three Sixty has an extensive wine, beer and cocktail selection as well as a delicious assortment of small plate fare expertly prepared by Chef Rex Hale. Hale, whose culinary experience has taken him to kitchens around the world, has created a menu that’s globally inspired but bursting with locally sourced ingredients. Signature items include Mini New England Lobster Rolls, New York Strip Crostini and Roasted BBQ Oysters. There is also a Woodstone gas firedeck oven that reaches the ideal temperature to produce perfectly cooked pizzas.
The stunning 6,000 square-foot space features indoor and outdoor seating, accommodating guests year-round with its flexible layout. With a giant outside bar, several indoor bars, an open kitchen, a dramatic wine wall, flat-screen TVs, Zen-like fire pits and contemporary styling, its sleek, urban vibe is a perfect addition to the downtown entertainment scene. Already known for its stellar location and first-class amenities, the Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark has now been crowned with a rooftop bar on par with the best in the country.
I thoroughly enjoyed photographing this project for Paric and watching it as it went through the phases of construction.
If you haven't been, I urge you to go! Make it a special part of a great STL day!
Come experience the new Three Sixty. Take in the stunning view, enjoy an expertly crafted cocktail, nosh on the flavors you crave. Sip.See.Savor. There is truly nothing like Three Sixty.
It is nothing short of fantastic!
THE HOURS:
Monday - Thursday: 4PM - 1AM
Friday - Saturday: 4PM- 2AM
Sunday: 4PM- 11PM
The DETAILS:
*Open at least 3 hours prior to all Cardinal home day games
*All patrons must be at least 21, nightly after 7PM.
*DJ starting at 9pm every Wednesday - Saturday
*$10 cover charge at the door Friday and Saturday nights beginning at 10PM. Hotel guests and Cardinals Fans with that night's ticket stub are complimentary.
*Enter from main hotel lobby entrance off Broadway- Take east tower elevator to 26th floor.
THE THREE SIXTY EXPERIENCE:
Soaring nearly 400 feet above downtown St. Louis, Three Sixty is the ultimate rooftop bar. Located atop the perfectly positioned Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark, Three Sixty offers sweeping views in all directions – hence the name – including a birds’ eye view right into Busch Stadium. With a cocktail in hand and a tasty bite to savor, it is the perfect perch to take in the Cardinals, the Gateway Arch, the mighty Mississippi and the sites of St. Louis near and far.
Open daily at 4 pm, Three Sixty has an extensive wine, beer and cocktail selection as well as a delicious assortment of small plate fare expertly prepared by Chef Rex Hale. Hale, whose culinary experience has taken him to kitchens around the world, has created a menu that’s globally inspired but bursting with locally sourced ingredients. Signature items include Mini New England Lobster Rolls, New York Strip Crostini and Roasted BBQ Oysters. There is also a Woodstone gas firedeck oven that reaches the ideal temperature to produce perfectly cooked pizzas.
The stunning 6,000 square-foot space features indoor and outdoor seating, accommodating guests year-round with its flexible layout. With a giant outside bar, several indoor bars, an open kitchen, a dramatic wine wall, flat-screen TVs, Zen-like fire pits and contemporary styling, its sleek, urban vibe is a perfect addition to the downtown entertainment scene. Already known for its stellar location and first-class amenities, the Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark has now been crowned with a rooftop bar on par with the best in the country.
I thoroughly enjoyed photographing this project for Paric and watching it as it went through the phases of construction.
If you haven't been, I urge you to go! Make it a special part of a great STL day!
Come experience the new Three Sixty. Take in the stunning view, enjoy an expertly crafted cocktail, nosh on the flavors you crave. Sip.See.Savor. There is truly nothing like Three Sixty.
7/11/11
The Cheshire Inn--- St. Louis
Capturing images for commercial clients is a pleasure for Tom Paule Photography, we enjoy photographing hotels, construction in progress and seeing it all unfold. Recently we were honored to photograph a St. Louis landmark, the Cheshire Inn--- what a gorgeous boutique hotel that has undergone a stunning renovation.
"A St. Louis tradition with roots dating back to the 1920s, The Cheshire embodies the charm and authenticity of a traditional British inn with all the modern conveniences of today. Generations of St. Louisans and thousands of visitors to our city came to love the old world feel and quirky charm of The Cheshire Inn and Lodge. Now, after undergoing a multi-million renovation, this local treasure will be been reborn.
Today’s Cheshire retains all the charm and authentic detail for which it is known, yet seamlessly blends the past with the future. Eighteenth century antiques and historical fixtures live alongside flat-screen TVs and granite bathrooms. Even the popular Fox & Hounds Tavern is being reinvented.
Throughout the renovation process, no detail will be overlooked. From a suit of armor painstakingly restored to a stained glass window given new life, the rich patina of tradition is alive and well. The storied history of this iconic hotel has been preserved, her grandeur restored in a clever blend of old and new. The Cheshire’s timbered walls house decades of special memories. We look forward to a new chapter in the great story that is The Cheshire, and we look forward to making our home yours."
"A St. Louis tradition with roots dating back to the 1920s, The Cheshire embodies the charm and authenticity of a traditional British inn with all the modern conveniences of today. Generations of St. Louisans and thousands of visitors to our city came to love the old world feel and quirky charm of The Cheshire Inn and Lodge. Now, after undergoing a multi-million renovation, this local treasure will be been reborn.
Today’s Cheshire retains all the charm and authentic detail for which it is known, yet seamlessly blends the past with the future. Eighteenth century antiques and historical fixtures live alongside flat-screen TVs and granite bathrooms. Even the popular Fox & Hounds Tavern is being reinvented.
Throughout the renovation process, no detail will be overlooked. From a suit of armor painstakingly restored to a stained glass window given new life, the rich patina of tradition is alive and well. The storied history of this iconic hotel has been preserved, her grandeur restored in a clever blend of old and new. The Cheshire’s timbered walls house decades of special memories. We look forward to a new chapter in the great story that is The Cheshire, and we look forward to making our home yours."
The Cheshire Inn says that they look forward to "making their home yours"... and in this very attractive and comfortable hotel it is easy to see how anyone would enjoy the same thing!
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