Bob Cassilly

Bob Cassilly (1949- ) is an American sculptor and entrepreneur. Based in St. Louis, Missouri, he is best known as the founder of the idiosyncratic City Museum.

Cassilly earned a master’s degree in art from Fontbonne University in St. Louis. His works include hippos for a playground in Riverside Park in Manhattan and two turtles for Turtle Park in St. Louis.cite journal | last=Summers-Sparks| first=Matthew| title= [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/25/arts/design/25ceme.html?fta=y One Part Cement, Two Parts Whimsy, One Odd Park] | journal=New York Times| pages=Art & Design | date=August 25, 2007]

The City Museum was launched after he and his second wife, Gail Cassilly, bought a convert|750000|sqft|m2|sing=on complex, which included the International Shoe Building, offices and a 10-story warehouse, for 69 cents per square foot. It opened in 1998, helping to spark a renovation boom in downtown St. Louis. The Project for Public Spaces listed the museum among the "Great Public Spaces in the World" in 2005. [http://www.pps.org/great_public_spaces/one?public_place_id=860 PPS's The City Museum] ]

Among Cassilly's current projects is Cementland, a repurposing of a former cement factory on a 54-acre site in north St. Louis.

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