Old Man River’s City RevisitedMain MenuOld Man River's City RevisitedAbout the siteEast St. Louis BackgroundBuckminster Fuller and His Utopian VisionBackground info on why he was chosen to helpEvent at the Mary Brown CenterOn February 25, 1971 the designers of the Old Man River and community members from East St. Louis gathered at the Mary Brown Center to discuss the projected idea of a domed city.The Design PathwayA brief look at how the design and description of the Old Man River's City Project shifted from 1971 to 1976Media Coverage of Old Man RiverInterview with the Old Man River's City DesignersDavid Thompson sat down to talk to four individuals involved in the design work of the Old Man River's City project. Thank you to Tom Thomson, Bill Wischmeye, Carl Safe, and Dennis Cope for taking time out of their schedules to answer these questions and being candid about their opinions on the project itself.When Hope and Skepticism CollideAcknowledgements and BibliographyExhibit FeedbackPlease feel free to complete our feedback page and leave comments letting us know what you thought.Stephanie Cuvarf72d31241e6d8c3b45c4337cb676688e83dea0e0Cathy McNeese6a0d33e14329dcb08a2c74d126ca47588f4fd3c2David Thompsonf9dd88556180b38187c27d862fc17e8c454d3fa5
Building A Small City Beneath A Dome
1media/SLPD_1972 01 09_thumb.jpg2020-04-30T22:50:37+00:00Stephanie Cuvarf72d31241e6d8c3b45c4337cb676688e83dea0e05111Post Dispatch - Donald E Franklin describes the plight of people living in industrial cities like St. Louis, who often lack the means to escape "their environmental pollutions" due to lack of time and money. OMR could be the escape St. Louisans need. The way the city was being planned would omit pollution and the aggravation that accompanied it. It would "ease racial tensions, traffic jams, and crimes in the street and other urban offshoots." "Old Man River will show us the way to build harmonius, beautiful, and esthetically pleasing cities that people can live in." "The opportunity to improve our environment is presented in this project. All we need is the will to do it."-Wyvetter Youngeplain2020-05-06T20:34:00+00:0001/09/1972Stephanie Cuvarf72d31241e6d8c3b45c4337cb676688e83dea0e0
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1media/Plans For Domed City Unveiled.jpg2020-04-30T20:34:23+00:00Stephanie Cuvarf72d31241e6d8c3b45c4337cb676688e83dea0e0Media Coverage of Old Man RiverStephanie Cuvar79timeline2020-05-09T04:56:59+00:0001/01/1964 - 12/31/1979Stephanie Cuvarf72d31241e6d8c3b45c4337cb676688e83dea0e0