PLEASE NOTE: THE MUSEUM WILL CLOSE AT 5PM ON DECEMBER 3 ABOUT US PLAN YOUR VISIT EVENTS GROUPS PRIVATE EVENTS SHOP MEMBERSHIPS TICKETS NEW YORK TIMES Home/ About Us/ News/ New York Times ARTICLE BOB CASSILLY, PLAYSCAPE CREATOR FUELED BY WHIMSY, DIES AT 61 In his native St. Louis he built a children’s paradise of tree houses, caves, slides and odd treasures he found and called it City Museum. It became a leading tourist attraction. ONE PART CEMENT, TWO PARTS WHIMSY, ONE ODD PARK In an industrial area here known for truckyards, not art, a sculptor and entrepreneur named Bob Cassilly stands on a 100-foot-tall hill, created from some of the 182,000 truckloads of dirt that have been unloaded and applied to the skeleton of a former cement factory. IN ST. LOUIS, OLD WAREHOUSES, NEW PROMISE Bob Cassilly doesn't want you to learn anything at his museum. "I'm not into education," he said while welding a "beanstalk" out of twisted, rusted metal tubes. "I'm into experience." LUXURY LIVING IN A HYPERACTIVE BUILDING When Bob Cassilly made a bid to buy the International Shoe Company building in 1993, he half hoped he would be turned down. "It was just so big and intimidating," he said of the 10-story, 670,000-square-foot building. "I made this ridiculously low offer. But it was accepted." ← Back to News EXTRA LINKS News Contact Us Jobs Donations Lost & Found Gallery DON’T MISS A THING Join the City Museum Newsletter Never Miss New Installations, Events or Exhibitions Email address* * required OPERATING HOURS Monday CLOSED Tuesday CLOSED Wednesday CLOSED Thursday 10AM - 5PM Friday 10AM - 5PM Saturday 10AM-9PM Sunday 10AM - 5PM Bank Holidays 10AM-5PM WHERE 750 North 16th Street St. Louis, MO. 63103 314-231-2489 fax 314-231-1009 ©2021 City Museum. Website designed by Back40 Design & managed by Javelin CMS