The Maplewood Pool is an extraordinary asset to our life in this small town. It opens once again this Memorial Day weekend just as it has for the last (approximately) 85 years. I’m not exactly sure what year it opened. Here is a popular summer rerun about the pool. Hard to believe that I first […]
Maplewood Planning and Zoning in June will consider rezoning an empty lot on Hazel Avenue from single family residential to community business district. Side Project Brewery bought the empty lot in December last year from Dan Lesseg. On the other sides are a residence, and parking for JB Smith Funeral Home. On June 11 at […]
Prioritized Pastries is set to open June 1, at 2719 Sutton Boulevard, according to Feast Magazine and the Riverfront Times. Prioritized Pastries will be open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays and take online and specialty orders throughout the rest of the week. McDonnell says in a release, “Patrons can expect a vibrant atmosphere filled with music, […]
Friday morning the owners of Airedale Antics announced the results of their rebranding. Co-owner Tony Phipps climbed a ladder, held by Maplewood Mayor Barry Greenberg, and cut the lines, unveiling their new name: The Healthy Pet House.
Let me begin this one with a little personal history. I initiated a community history book project about 2005 while I was a member of the Maplewood Historical Society which I had helped form. I resigned from that organization at the end of June in 2006. It disappeared shortly thereafter. In 2007, I got a […]
Developer Chad Hartle, who didn’t show up at last week’s Historic Preservation Commission meeting to present his senior housing project at the current Immaculate Conception site, talked with Maplewood Mayor Barry Greenberg on Greenberg’s front porch for about an hour since missing the meeting, Greenberg said in the Tuesday city council meeting. Hartle said he […]
Before conducting business as the Maplewood Historic Preservation Commission, the same group served in its function as the Design and Review Board. Among other considerations the board looked at proposed changes to 7415 Elm Avenue, which is being rehabbed. The company Beyond Housing is rehabbing the house to flip, and wanted approval for their front […]
Developer Chad Hartle didn’t show up at the Maplewood Historic Preservation Commission meeting Thursday evening to present his senior housing project on Anna Avenue that would require demolishing the Immaculate Conception school building. As a result, the commission didn’t vote on the demolition. The meeting was held in the Maplewood Fire Department’s training room, full […]
The issue we have before us at present is the preservation of the original church/school building of the Immaculate Conception parish. It currently occupies land that a developer would like to have to build 42-2 bedroom units of senior housing. I have nothing against having a development of that sort within our community. But it […]
Please note that the location and time of the Historic Preservation Commission meeting on Thursday May 9, have both been changed. The meeting will now be at 7:30 in the Maplewood Firehouse just west of the city hall. Folks, 7240 Anna is not just some rundown commercial building. It is a bona fide historic building, […]
The Maplewood Design & Review Board and Historic Preservation Commission on Thursday is set to vote on demolishing the building at 7240 Anna Avenue, which contains a gymnasium and rooms rented to artists on the Immaculate Conception Church property. Developer Chad Hartle of RCH Development has submitted the demolition approval request for the building. Hartle […]
Hi Folks, This is Part Two of a walking tour that I was asked to lead by the Ten Toes Walking Group from Citizens For Modern Transit. If you missed the first part, here is the link. Maplewood History: From Bartold’s Grove to the Maplewood Mill – Part One For the second part of this […]
Sauce Magazine has reported that Donut Drive-In, at at 6525 Chippewa Street, is opening a second location in Brentwood. It will be called Donut Drive-Up, and will open at 8950 Manchester Road by the end of May in the former To Go Sushi space. Because of limited space doughnuts will need to be pre-ordered by […]
Hi Folks, I have been asked to lead the Ten Toes Walking Group from Citizens for Modern Transit on a short history walk on Friday May 3rd. I decided to post this guide on my blog so anyone can use it that wants to. Due to the space requirements of this guide, it will be […]
You Sutton family descendants are going to love this one. At some time in the distant past, I searched for information about an iron plowshare that had been invented and manufactured by Maplewood’s own original pioneer, James Compton Sutton Sr. Of course, Mr. Sutton, who passed away in 1877, could not possibly imagine that his […]
Maplewood Deputy Mayor Shawn Faulkingham read a resolution that “honored, commended and thanked” Nikylan Knapper for her service as mayor of Maplewood at the beginning of the city council meeting on Tuesday (see page nine of the agenda). Knapper then thanked the council members individually. New Maplewood mayor Barry Greenberg’s pick to be the new […]
I reran this post a little over a year ago so many of my readers will remember it. It’s one of my all time favorites. I have many new eyes on this blog so I’ve decided to run it again. Maplewood History: A Hunk, A Hunk of Burning… Hobby? There is just a wealth of […]
St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Joe Holleman continues his coverage of the Maplewood mayoral election, Black Market (BLK MKT) opens and more in the news. Legacy — Virginia Gaus Obituary Riverfront Times — St. Louis Restaurant Openings and Closings: March 2024 St. Louis Post-Dispatch — Holleman: Defeated Maplewood mayor remains mum after last council meeting St. Louis […]
There will be no YouTube video posted on the Maplewood city website of the April 9 city council meeting due to “another technology failure,” City Manager Amber Withycombe said in an email. Withycombe said the failure was “related to the connection between the video camera and the Zoom feed. The 13-minute Zoom recording did not […]
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