Lunch time trips to Forest Park during the North American Cartographic Information Society, NACIS, conference meeting in St. Louis. Conference site: Frontenac Hilton. Photos shot with a nifty camera phone. "Forest Park, officially opened to the public on June 24, 1876, is one of the largest urban parks in the United States. At 1,293 acres, it is approximately 500 acres larger than Central Park in New York. In 1904, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition..The St. Louis World's Fair...drew more than 20 million visitors from around the world to Forest Park." The Jewel Box, The Art Museum, The Zoo, Gateway Arch, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial