This is as true today as ever, shown not only by the fact that 10.7% of 2008 fine art graduates were unemployed after leaving university (see graphic), but also by the high proportion listing catering or retail work as their primary occupation.
Lambert Airport. The Hill is a quiet area south of Forest Park and west of Kingshighway in St. Louis where Italian immigrants from Lombardy settled in the early 1900s. The neighborhood, once called Fairmount Heights, also had many German and Irish immigrants who worked in the clay mines.
102 South Beach Boulevard. With an elevation of 31 feet, this park is located on the point of highest elevation on the Gulf of Mexico. A life-sized bronze statue commemorates the French explorer Bienville, who sailed into the Bay of St. Louis over 300 years ago. A granite marker on the site also honors Bay St. Louis benefactor Bill Eastburn, a Pennsylvania native whose volunteerism here post-storm led to an honorary citizenship.