In this week’s episode, the story behind the “Alton Flyaway” and who the mural is a tribute to, what the Chase Park Plaza hopes their new twenty thousand new tenants will contribute, why the Post Dispatch offered a cash prize to the first pilot to fly through the Eads Bride’s arches, a book explains how Whitey Herzog helped the 1980s Cardinals become the best team in the National League, an updated lab at the Science Center explores medicine and the natural world, and meet the only living botanist responsible for naming 500 new plant species.

Alton Main Street mural project
Birds are an important part of the Riverbend and we’ll see how they were the inspiration for the newest mural in the area, the Alton Flyaway.

What’s the Buzz at The Chase Park Plaza?
Atop The Royal Sonesta Chase Park Plaza are two honeybee colonies, and the honey they’re creating will be used in recipes in The Chase’s restaurants.

History Spotlight: Daredevil Pilots
In 1910 the St. Louis Post-Dispatch offered a cash prize to the first pilot to fly a plane through one of the Eads Bridge’s arches

Dan O’Neill: Celebration: The Magic of the Cardinals in the 1980’s
Switch-hitting, base-stealing, leather-flashing; the St. Louis Cardinals were an exciting team in the 1980’s! Author Dan O’Neill compiles his favorite moments.

The Saint Louis Science Center’s Life Science Lab
The Atrium of the Saint Louis Science Center’s Life Science Lab has undergone an exciting update.

Botanist Charlotte Taylor
Charlotte M. Taylor, Senior Curator at the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Herbarium has named more species of plants than any other woman alive.