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Another sore thumb property in the Forest Park Southeast neighborhood is showing signs coming unstuck. 4101 Manchester at Sarah near the eastern end of the Grove commercial strip owned by Spencer Development LLC is listed for $2.2M by CBRE. The land was a surface parking lot owned by the city’s land bank, the LRA, until […]

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As the last golden hour ends for these storied properties on Kingshighway, let’s go down memory lane of Drury’s and Lux Living’s demolition by neglect. The buildings’ condition belied the massive investment in the neighborhood behind. Over $340M in building permits have been issued since 2007 when Drury started buying up properties. A proposal by […]

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In September SSM Health officials announced plans for a new Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital at the corner of Grand and Chouteau in the Tiffany neighborhood. It would replace the current facility further south on Grand. They submitted a $300M building permit application last week. They plan to have it complete in 2027. Unfortunately the rendering […]

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The first buildings of AHM’s Downtown West proposal are proceeding through the approval process. It’s been a year and a half since AHM presented their plan for new builds and rehabs on the block surrounded by 21st, Locust, 22nd, and Washington and a mass-timber tower on the block to the east. NextSTL – AHM Presents […]

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NorthPoint Development of Kansas City and neighborhood residents Derek and Toni Zimmerman purchased the storied properties along Kingshighway in the Forest Park Southeast neighborhood from Lux Living, previously owned and neglected by Drury, last year. Their proposal brings new hope that something will finally happen to the prominent eyesore along Kingshighway that belies the massive […]

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A recent NPR news story focused on how the city of Austin, TX has become the most recent large city to eliminate its minimum parking requirements, joining an increasing number of cities and states in doing so. This has once again touched off discussion of what to do about St. Louis’ parking requirements on various […]

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The Oak Hill Corridor In 1886 a railroad branch was built running south from the Missouri Pacific “MoPac” and St. Louis & San Francisco “Frisco” line near what is now the Hill on land that was just beginning to develop as residences.  Dubbed the “St. Louis, Oak Hill, and Carondelet Branch” often shortened to just the […]

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Road reconfigurations and pedestrian and bicyclist safety are top of mind in St. Louis between last year’s Board Bill 120, the City’s upcoming Mobility Plan, and debate on how to spend the Rams settlement money. With increasing financial resources and support from residents we should closely look at every reconstruction and repaving project as an […]

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Plans and renderings of the project to replace the almost century-old Union-Lindell bridge were presented to members of the Forest Park Advisory Board at their December meeting. Plans show a new entry/exit connector to Forest Park Parkway, as well as new aesthetic elements to form a new gateway into the city’s premier park. HDR is […]

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Spitzberg-Lassen plans to build the “Townhomes at Tower Grove,” a 28-unit apartment building at the corner of Tower Grove and Vista across the street from Adams Elementary School in the Forest Park Southeast neighborhood. They submitted a $4M zoning-only building permit application earlier this month. The architect is Design Alliance, They are also the architect for Spitzberg-Lassen’s development […]

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Gerry Welch served as the Mayor of Webster Groves for no small amount of time, leading that city’s government from 1998-2022. During that stretch, Welch saw the arrival and departure of Better Together, a well-funded and -staffed effort intended to give the region’s myriad municipalities a push towards consolidation. With a blue ribbon board of […]

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The Grim Reaper has been seen lurking around the 3200 block of Olive. Saint Louis University filed demolition permit applications with the city last week to raze 3221 and 3225 Olive. These buildings are not within a Preservation Review District nor a Historic District, so there is no review by the Cultural Resources Office. The […]

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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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