City Of St. Louis Park: New Sidewalk Poetry Installed

Press release from the City of St. Louis Park:

November 12, 2021 12:11 p.m.

St. Louis Park has installed new sidewalk poetry near bus stops on Texas Avenue South between Minnetonka Boulevard and 36th Street, and near the bus stops on 36th Street West from Aquila Avenue South to Texas Avenue South. Through the city’s sidewalk poetry program, nearly 70 people that live, work, study or have other meaningful connections to St. Louis Park submitted 101 original poems this year. Poems were reviewed and selected by a five-person community panel. The 13 selected poems, two of which are in Spanish, were sandblasted into city sidewalks by a locally owned and operated company.

Congratulations to selected poets Jenny Dillon, Warren Djerf, Kari Koshiol, Eloise Krill, Shira Kusnetz, Avi Nieves, Lisa Pannell, Fiona Penna, My Linh Sanchez, Scot Slaby, Thomas Strong and Melissa Wehrle.

Thank you to everyone who participated and submitted their poems this year! Visit the city’s website at the beginning of 2022 for more information on how you can submit poems for 2022.

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