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America is getting older [1], and American drivers are getting way older [2, Figure below]. This seachange in the demographics of those operating motor vehicles is incredibly important (and, I would argue, underconsidered in the urbanist world). Older adults driving in complex environments (e.g. complicated traffic patterns, lane changes, turns, and congestion) have a much […]

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Extreme Heat Belt (EHB) and Urban Heat Island(UHI) It doesn’t seem fair that the Midwest should be hit hardest by the heat of climate change, but that is apparently what is shaping up to happen.  Last year the First Street Foundation released its 6th National Climate Risk Assessment.  Among the dire predictions is an increase […]

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Tower Grove South is ideally situated close to Tower Grove Park and has two thriving commercial districts for its residents to easily walk to. Amenities like these are why my wife and I decided to buy a home there in 2017, but they have also caused home prices in the neighborhood to skyrocket. This has […]

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Subtext is planning a mixed-use apartment building in The Delmar Loop in University City at Delmar and Leland. The site currently has the buildings formerly occupied by Commerce Bank, St. Louis Bread Co, and Craft Alliance. The property not including the former Craft Alliance building has been for sale for a few years listed at […]

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The remnants of the Liberty Bell Oil Co building on Vandeventer in the Botanical Heights neighborhood were demolished Saturday July 8th. Owner Green Street submitted a demolition permit application May 5th which was issued July 6th. It was in a preservation review district, so the Cultural Resources Office reviewed the demo application and approved it. […]

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Last August I wrote about the need for safety improvements at Forest Park Parkway and Skinker, specifically bollards to protect people from drivers unable to keep their vehicles between the curbs. I’m happy to report that something is happening! NextSTL – Bollards at Skinker and Forest Park Parkway Needed WashU, no doubt well aware of […]

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Construction continues in full swing at many job sites big and small. Below is a sampling. 1014 Spruce – The 11TH & Spruce Apartments. 148 apartments Grand and Papin – Edwin – 196 market-rate apartments, 249 affordable structured parking spaces, 65,000 square feet of retail for Target, and 141 surface parking spaces NextSTL – Target, Incentive […]

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Pictured above is a resident of The Ville neighborhood of North St. Louis who was forced to use his mobility device in a roadway because of an impassable section of sidewalk. This photo is illustrative of a problem in the City of St. Louis that can no longer be ignored. A Complete Neighborhood Sidewalk Assessment […]

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Efficiency Consulting and Development and the North Newstead Association are planning senior housing and a Fields Foods grocery store development between Natural Bridge and Lexington at Clarence in the Greater Ville neighborhood. Rosemann and Associates are the architect. Dubbed 48 Fields Place, the development is a four story building with 50 affordable senior apartments, 20 […]

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Blackline Design+Construction plans to rehab 2500 Ohio Ave, the Koken Barbers’ Supply Co. factory building, at Sidney St in the Fox Park neighborhood. Blackline acquired the property for $1.8M in January. Blackline is the architect and general contractor. NextSTL – Blackline to Build 12 Apartments in Gravois Park NextSTL – Apartments Planned for 2528 Texas […]

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A recent policy change at the Land Reutilization Authority (LRA), the city’s land bank, is concerning for a city seeking to reverse population loss and struggling to keep up with infrastructure liabilities rendered more difficult by the ever-present rip tide spreading out the region. When a property owner doesn’t pay property taxes and no one […]

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One would think that the US would have a museum dedicated to the history, interpretation, and evolution of maps–a National Map Museum if you will–but we do not.  If such a place existed, you might expect to find it on the National Mall in Washington D.C. among all the other great institutions there that hold […]

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Spitzberg-Lassen Holdings of St. Louis and Tailwind Group of Mankato, MN have teamed up to propose a new 12-story, 158-foot tall mixed-use building with student oriented housing at 3800 Laclede Ave in the Midtown neighborhood. Saint Louis University currently owns the land, which is under contract. St. Louis-based Design Alliance is the architect. Spitzberg-Lassen has […]

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Green Street‘s plans have come to light to rehab the old Famous-Barr warehouse next to The Armory at 3728 Market in the Midtown neighborhood. We got an indication that something was cooking when they sought a nomination to the National Register of Historic Places before the Preservation Board last September. The listing paves the way […]

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Between Delmar Divine, the Delmar Maker District, Delmar Main Street, and the Kingsway Elevation District, there is concerted effort to bridge the Delmar Divide underway. There are some new tidbits on planned developments by Kingsway Development in the Kingsway Opportunity Zone, which encompasses Delmar from Kingshighway to Taylor as well as the Fountain Park and […]

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The Independence Center in partnership with ND Consulting Group is planning a new construction apartment building for seniors at 4221 Forest Park Avenue next door to the Clubhouse Shop of Independence Center in the Central West End neighborhood. They submitted a $0 zoning-only building permit application March 6th, 2023. The four story building on 0.65 […]

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AHM Group plans a new construction of an 18-unit apartment development on seven vacant lots on the 3000 block of Minnesota north of Arsenal in the Tower Grove East neighborhood. The architect is studioDVLP. The proposal consists of two two-story buildings fronting Minnesota meant to fit contextually with their surroundings each with six rowhouses. Two […]

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Looking Back to Look Forward The Expo at Forest Park might give a glimpse into the future of the neighborhoods just north of Forest Park. On St. Louis’ west side, DeBaliviere Avenue tells the history of St. Louis from the early 20th century through the present day. What began as a street that operated as […]

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One-hundred years ago this year St. Louis voters passed an $87M ($1.5B today) bond referendum to make major changes to Downtown St. Louis.  Among the projects funded–which included demolition for the Gateway Mall and the suite of municipal buildings built along it–was widening Tucker, Market, and Olive in Downtown West, a project that was complete […]

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AHM Group is proposing what would be their third new construction development along Morgan Ford in the Tower Grove South neighborhood. The four-story apartment building would be at the corner of Morgan Ford and Juniata. The architect is JEMA who were the architects for AHM’s other two developments nearby, MoFo and Yio. AHM already has […]

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