AKT is a St. Louis based design studio, specializing in custom furniture and architectural precast concrete.
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A giant ampersand, made from reclaimed wood by Rocca and his team at AKT studios, also adorns the plaza, portraying the connection between nearby Cortex and The Grove, where innovation and culture meld.
More than 100 concrete objects dot intersections throughout the city of St. Louis, and yes, people grumble about them. But they also got a chuckle this year when someone crocheted a huge hat for one, stuck a red leprechaun beard on another and turned one into a giant snail.
Love them or hate them, they are here. More than 100 concrete objects dot intersections throughout the city of St. Louis. Tony Rocca and his team at AKT Studios made the bollards. St. Louis Post-Dispatch features reporter Valerie Schremp Hahn introduces us.
The statue of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was removed from Fountain Park on Wednesday so it can be repaired and restored. The bronze statue, installed in the park in 1978, should be back in place in a few weeks.
Our balls stop traffic, honestly. Everybody likes to give them a nice, long, hard, thick look as they drive by them. And now, our balls are bouncing over to the Grove.
Throughout it all, though, some St. Louis citizen has repeatedly deigned to actually put their mustache on our balls. It seemed a little odd at first, but ultimately we decided we like it.