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Benton Park West (BPW) is a south St. Louis neighborhood located west of Jefferson, southeast of Gravois, north of Potomac and Cherokee via Compton. The 2000 census counted 5,438 residents (down 4% over 1990’s count), of which 59% were black, 30% white, 5% Asian and 6% Hispanic/Latino (one of the most diverse in the city). […]

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“Heal the Grid” is a term I’ve read over the years as I try to learn more about what makes a city a city. A grid, in reference to urban planning, means a rectilinear layout of streets. An organized north, south, east, west series of rectangles or squares that make navigation extremely easy. Think Manhattan. […]

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The West End is a north St. Louis neighborhood bound by Page to the north, Delmar to the south, city limits to the west and Union and Belt to the east via Maple. The 2000 census data counted 6,438 residents (down 27% from 1990’s count) of whom 95% were black, 2% white and 1% Hispanic/Latino. […]

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Due to a driver shortage, Metro is cutting bus service on 27 bus lines starting November 29th. Over the last several months bus runs have been cancelled leaving riders waiting, transfers busted, and ruining riders’ day if not worse. The decline in reliability has led to a crisis of confidence. Now the system will be […]

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In the celebration of the signing of the federal infrastructure bill, we got a glimpse of how house poor we are. During a media briefing on Monday County Executive Sam Page said that county had over $200M in unmet needs in fixing county-maintained roads. On top of that “there’s been serious deferred maintenance [on county […]

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Good news, the Tiffany Community Association Board decided not to recommend to its members that they support a QuikTrip gas station at Grand and Lafayette. Whether members go along with that recommendation remains to be seen. In order to help inspire an outcome that meets the vision outlined in the Midtown Redevelopment Plan for a […]

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A couple of weeks ago, I reviewed some of the insights that could be gleaned from the failed Proposition 1 vote (a Transportation Development District (TDD) with a 1% sales tax). This week, I want to offer some ideas to fill the funding hole Prop 1 left. As I said then, Kirkwood still has potholes to fill, […]

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On August 21st , the Emerson Park Transit Transformation Project was officially unveiled.  A partnership between Citizens for Modern Transit, AARP St. Louis, the St. Clair County Transit District, and Metro Transit, the project represents a significant investment in placemaking for transit riders and residents of East St. Louis. A historically Black city, East St. Louis […]

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Bar K welcomed members to a soft opening at its St. Louis location on Sunday. The complex is impressive. It spans several acres and includes a variety of spaces from a groomer to a restaurant to a few different bars. There is no question this will become a very popular space for dog owners throughout […]

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The Carr Square neighborhood is located in north St. Louis. It is south of Cass, north of Cole, east of Jefferson and west of Tucker/N. 13th Street. Carr Square had a 19% decline in residents from 1990-2000. 98% of its 2,339 residents are black, 1% white and 1% Hispanic/Latino. But then from 2000-2010, the neighborhood gained 19% […]

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A new proposal by Lux Living for the Optimist building at Lindell and Taylor in the Central West End neighborhood has emerged. After withholding preliminary approval by the Preservation Board in August, Lux hired HOK to create a design that keeps the pavilion building, razes the taller bit to the east, and builds around it. […]

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Today, the Board of Aldermen for the City of St. Louis is expected to release their initial draft map of a new ward map, which will go into effect for the next round of municipal elections in 2023. The release is coming in advance of an initial round of public input hearings over the next […]

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You and your neighbors care deeply about your place. There’s a planning process to shape what could come for your place over the next decades. You all attend the meetings, the charrettes, read the draft documents, mark up the posters, affix the Post-It notes, talk with your neighbors, your neighborhood association, the consultant, city staff, […]

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A new proposal for 5612 Waterman at Clara dubbed The Marigold in the DeBaliviere Place neighborhood goes before the Preservation Board Monday. 4th Street Partners‘s Chris Stritzel of CityScene STL fame is shepherding the project through the entitlement process (getting all the approvals in order), and then plans to hand it off to a developer […]

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Update Nov 8, 2021 – More/updated renderings The holy grail for Delmar Loop fans may arrive in a few years. Opus Group plans a 14-story building at the southeast corner of Delmar and Skinker in the Skinker DeBaliviere neighborhood. Opus used their in-house architects. Well before and especially since the closure of Church’s Chicken in […]

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The October 27th agenda for the St. Louis Board of Adjustment gives some hints about potential development on the Pruitt-Igoe site by Clayco in the Carr Square neighborhood at Jefferson and Carr as reported by the Post-Dispatch in September. StlToday – McKee, Clayco plan office buildings and hotel on Pruitt-Igoe site near new NGA headquarters […]

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The picture is becoming clearer for the next phase of the burgeoning Steelcote Square development by Pier Property Group northeast of Grand and Chouteau in the Midtown neighborhood. As reported last Saturday by NextSTL (h/t to Urbanitas in the urbanstl.com forum), the tenant is indeed expected to be the rumored and hoped for Target. The […]

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A community improvement district (CID) is proposed for the newest phase of the burgeoning Steelcote development northeast of Grand and Chouteau in the Midtown neighborhood. The Steelcote Square CID, if Board Bill 110, introduced by Alderwoman Davis, is approved by the Board of Aldermen, signed by the Mayor, and approved by property owners in the […]

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The Preservation Board agenda for their September 27th meeting has several developments for consideration. There’s an expansion of the Rung Foundation in Fox Park, a new funeral home on Dr. Martin Luther King Drive in The Ville, and a few infill projects. Infill is a boost to the solvency of a city because the land is rendered […]

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