IS THE MAPLEWOOD BUSINESS DISTRICT’S GLASS HALF EMPTY OR HALF FULL? By Rob Birenbaum Is the proverbial glass that represents downtown Maplewood’s business climate half empty or half full? It would be disingenuous to say that there haven’t been some spills lately, but we had avoided issues like these for a long time while they […]
A single-family home at 7201 Southwest Avenue, in St. Louis city, just outside of Maplewood, which was demolished in the beginning of this year, is being replaced with a duplex. The original home was built in 1892, according to Redfin real estate site. Flip Squad Monopoly LLC, with a mailing address in Pico Rivera, California, […]
I remember reading somewhere, perhaps in the comments of one of my posts, someone wrote that he would wait in the Maplewood White Castle for the streetcar. I’ve been curious ever since about just where was the White Castle before it occupied its current location at Manchester and Big Bend. A recent discovery on Ebay […]
Following the Aug. 13 council meeting, Community Development Director Laura Miller discovered that there was both audio and visual failures with the YouTube recording of the meeting, so there will be no usable video of the meeting, according to City Manager Amber Withycombe. Withycombe said it’s ironic because in that meeting the council approved a […]
Twenty years ago, the city of Maplewood successfully ended a multi-year dispute with a local property owner—a dispute that started when a large derelict building went on the market in 1999 and the city subsequently denied the new owner’s request for a demolition permit. The owner took the city to court over their right to […]
The wine shop and bar, Chateau Maplewood, 7326 Manchester Road, closed its door for good on Wednesday, posting on Instagram that wine would be sold at 50% off later that day. On Thursday a second sign said all the 50% off wine had been sold, and the remainder would be sold in an auction next […]
A Message from the Mid County Chamber of Commerce By: Executive Director, Jeannine Beck Is the Maplewood business community going to be okay? Yes! In light of the recent string of businesses that announced closings, we feel compelled to reassure the community that downtown Maplewood remains a vibrant business hub for dining, shopping and entertainment. […]
The owner and founder of Speakeasy Therapies and Fitness, Celia Montes, which opened and closed (recently) on Sutton Boulevard, said the business closed in Maplewood because she lost her staff, and subsequently had to dissolve the business. Montes said that upon moving the business from Kirkwood to Maplewood her staff decided that they were going […]
This is a good example of the sort of images that I have looked for decades to find. It is a gold nugget in the history stream of our community. The creme de la creme of the many thousands of images I have looked through. I found this by accident. Reader Lew alerted me to […]
Barry Williams reports from Brentwood that “very expensive” signal lights, bells, gates, and a cantilevered structure were installed where the Union Pacific Railroad’s Lake Branch crosses Brentwood Boulevard in Brentwood, and all for a short freight train that serves a single customer in Rock Hill — the Forest Products Supply Co. — once a day. […]
The incoming manager for St. Mary Magdalen, Rebecca Goetz, is applying for a new liquor license for Immaculate Conception Parish Hall. Tuesday night at the city council meeting she said the license is necessary for the facility to continue leasing the space to various groups that bring in their own liquor for events such as […]
…is a brand new shiny red super stock Dodge. So go the lyrics to The Little Old Lady From Pasadena who had a pretty little flowerbed of white gardenias. (now insert my leadoff line). TLOLFP was a hit for Jan and Dean reaching number three on the Billboard chart in 1964. I turned fifteen that […]
Stories of Black residential displacement in St. Louis County are not hard to come by. Meacham Park. Brentwood Promenade. Downtown Clayton. One of these stories—the one still playing out here in Maplewood—is a little harder to place a label on, but in the end, its outcome may be no less drastic. Today, the U.S. Census […]
A man was hit and killed while crossing S. Hanley Road in Maplewood early Wednesday morning according to reports. Fox 2 (July 3) — Man killed after being struck by vehicle in Maplewood KSDK (July 3) — Pedestrian fatally struck Wednesday morning in Maplewood KMOV (July 3) — MSHP identifies man struck, killed in Maplewood […]
Nationally-known country music singer-songwriter Zach Bryan chose 23 bars throughout the US to break some new music, and among them was Maplewood’s Saratoga Lanes. Co-owner Paige Barton told Fox 2 that she was “extremely shocked.” She said, “His whole message of ‘The Great American Bar Scene’ is truly what we are.” It’s going to be […]
The Maplewood City Council, Ethics Review Committee will meet in closed sessions on June 25 and 27, according to the city council agendas posted on the city website. The Ethics Review Committee also met on May 9 and 14. Last year the City Council Ethics Review Committee cleared Maplewood City Council member Chasity Mattox of […]
In loving memory, Keith Anthony Campbell, Sept. 5, 1968 – June 15, 2024 Visitation will be June 29, 11am – 1pm at Schrader Funeral Home, 14960 Manchester Road, Ballwin, MO, 63011. Memorial service at 1pm.
Hi Folks, Friday, I received the following email from Mary Katherine at the Maplewood Public Library; Good morning, Doug, I just received an unusual phone call from Nancy at Moultrie County History Center, near Decatur, Illinois. She said that a family brought in a wooden object that is labeled “El Mart Recreational Products, Maplewood, MO.” […]
The St. Louis County Department of Public Health Vector-Borne Disease Prevention Program sprays for mosquitos for the majority of the 523 square miles that comprise St. Louis County, according to its website. But anyone who wants to can request that the truck not spray near their house. To do that, email Stephen Dlugos (SDlugos@stlouiscountymo.gov), vector […]
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