The university has submitted plans with the city of Clayton to build two new student dormitory buildings for about 600 students near Forsyth Boulevard and Wallace Drive.
By Nassim Benchaabane and Monica Obradovic St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Headlines from the Dec. 22, 1925, front page include: The Missouri Supreme Court affirmed five-year prison sentences for Donald W. Ross and George V. Halliday on embezzlement charges
Contracts that look like rent-to-own agreements leave buyers with high costs and facing eviction. "A model that is selling a dream that is known to be false."
The site has been empty since Wagner Electric closed in the 1980s. Later, the property was at the center of the corruption scandal that toppled Steve Stenger.
Headlines from the Dec. 21, 1925, front page include: Pneumatic tires on Detroit's buses are a success. There's an ordinance pending to equip St. Louis buses with them.