Question: Who deisgned the fountain that is named after a New York congressman and publisher of the "St. Louis Post Dispatch"? 

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St. Louis Star-Times: The St. Louis Star-Times was a newspaper published in St. Louis.  The newspaper was founded as The St. Louis Sunday Sayings in 1884.  The newspaper ended in 1951 when it was purchased by the St. Louis Post Dispatch.

St. Louis Bears: The St. Louis Bears are a set of Provisional stamps issued by the St. Louis Post office in 1845-46 to facilitate prepayment of postal fees at a time when the United States Post Office had not yet issued postage stamps for national use.  St. Louis, whose postmaster, John M. Wimer, instigated the production, was one of eleven cities to produce such stamps.  Bears were offered in three denominations: 5¢, 10¢ and 20¢; the earliest known postmark date on a stamp of the issue is November 13, 1845.

Charles Edward Pearce: Charles Edward Pearce (May 29, 1842 – January 30, 1902) was a United States Congressman from Missouri.  He was born in Whitesboro, Oneida County, New York.  He attended Fairfield Seminary and graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York in 1863, where he been a member of The Kappa Alpha Society.  He enlisted in the Union Army and was commissioned captain of Battery D, Sixteenth Regiment, New York Heavy Artillery in 1863.  He was promoted to the rank of major in June 1864.  On the occupation of Wilmington he was detailed as provost marshal general of the eastern district of North Carolina.  He resigned from the Army in the fall of 1865; settled in St. Louis, Missouri in 1866.  He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1867 and commenced practice in St. Louis.  He was also interested in the manufacture of bagging, rope, and twine.  He organized and commanded the First Regiment of the Missouri National Guard in 1877.  He was delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1888 and appointed chairman of the commission to treat with the Sioux Indians of the Northwest in 1891.  He was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901).  He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1900.  He died in St. Louis, Missouri; interment in Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, New York.

Fountain Park, St. Louis: Fountain Park is a neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri.  Originally the Aubert Place subdivision, it was laid out by John Lay in 1857.  The Fountain Park neighborhood is located in north St. Louis, Missouri with Martin Luther King on the north, Delmar on the south, Walton on the east, and Kingshighway on the west.  It is just two blocks north of the Central West End of the city.  The Fountain Park neighborhood is named after Fountain Park, an oval shaped city park near its center.

Pulitzer Fountain: Pulitzer Fountain is an outdoor fountain located in Manhattan's Grand Army Plaza in New York.  The fountain is named after newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer who died in 1911 having bequeathed $50,000 for the creation of the fountain.  Pulitzer intended his fountain to be "like those in the Place de la Concorde, Paris, France."  The fountain was designed by the architect Thomas Hastings, and crowned by a statue conceived by the sculptor Karl Bitter.  The fountain was dedicated in May 1916.

Better Courts for Missouri: Better Courts for Missouri is an American 501(c)(4) organization that has proposed changes be made to the Missouri Plan for selecting judges.  The St. Louis Post Dispatch has described it as an opponent of the Missouri plan.

Irene S. Taylor: Irene Tilka Taylor ("née" Silverstein May 28, 1902 – September 2, 1989) was a Missouri journalist, a public information specialist for the U.S. Women's Army Corps during World War II, and an Intelligence Officer after the war in Austria.  During her career as a journalist, she reported on many major events such as the 1938 Windsor Wedding, the Spanish Civil War, life as an American Expat, and the evacuation of Americans during the start of World War II in Paris.  She worked at a variety of newspapers including the "St. Louis Post Dispatch" and also was a correspondent for the "Chicago Tribune", the "New York Herald Tribune", "New York Daily News" and the "United Press International".

Joseph Pulitzer: Joseph J. Pulitzer ( ; ] ; born József Pulitzer; April 10, 1847 – October 29, 1911) was a newspaper publisher of the "St. Louis Post Dispatch" and the "New York World".  Pulitzer introduced the techniques of yellow journalism (a type of journalism that presents little or no legitimate well-researched news) to the newspapers he acquired in the 1880s.  He became a leading national figure in the Democratic Party and was elected congressman from New York.  He crusaded against big business and corruption, and helped keep the Statue of Liberty in New York.

Bernie Miklasz: Bernie Miklasz (born Bernard Joseph Miklasz February 15, 1959) is an American sportswriter and sports radio personality.  He was the lead sports columnist at the St. Louis Post Dispatch from 1999 to 2015.  He hosts the morning show on 101 ESPN in St. Louis.

Bryan Burwell: Bryan Ellis Burwell (August 4, 1955 – December 4, 2014) was an American sportswriter.  He wrote for the "St. Louis Post Dispatch" and as on-air talent on CBS Sports 920 in St. Louis, weekday afternoons.  He worked as an on-air talent at 101 ESPN Radio in St. Louis, Missouri.  He was featured on ESPN's "Jim Rome is Burning" and ESPN's "The Sports Reporters".  Burwell also was a co-writer and host of a documentary on the baseball's Negro League called "The Color of Change".

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Answer: Thomas Hastings