| Forest Park Southeast, St. Louis "Virtual Tour" |
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| Friday, 18 April 2008 | |
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Yesterday in the office, I met Dan Schesch, who is running for the City of St. Louis Treasurer position in August. Linda Tatum and I were talking about him after he left and she was asking if I knew who Gregory Freeman was. Dan and Greg had together founded Bridges Across Racial Polorization ® in 1993. Funny enough, since FOCUS St. Louis has been a client for a few years now, I've indirectly helped out with the Bridges project a little myself. I was proud to tell Linda that I had co-produced a documentary for Metropolis St. Louis and the Forest Park Southeast community a few years back, and we were fortunate enough to work with the late Greg Freeman, who narrated the video for us. I couldn't find the video anymore on the new Metropolis website navigation, but an archive of their old site still had a link under the media section. We watched the video and it brought back some great memories of the days Dave and I spent on the project. I uploaded it to YouTube, but it was 1:24 too long. Fortunately Google Video still exists. Here it is: This project started out as a request for a PowerPoint presentation for a community open house at the Adams Park Community Center. It evolved to include some great interviews, photos, and video, and presents a nice snapshot of the Forest Park Southeast community of St. Louis, MO around the turn of the 21st century.
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