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5 Ways Interior Design Can Improve Health + Create Happier Spaces

3 years 1 month ago
Creating a space that positively impacts people and the community is at the core of our design philosophy at Gray Design Group. Developed in 2013, the WELL Building Standard improves people’s lives by creating spaces that enhance occupant health and quality of life. To create an environment that improves the mind, body and performance of […]
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Veteran Artists Will Participate In Edwardsville Art Fair

3 years 1 month ago
EDWARDSVILLE - This is another in a series of articles with photos and descriptions of entries in the Edwardsville Art Fair at City Park on September 23-25. Featured today are artists Niko Culevski, Reinhard Herzog and Susan Kunz. Artist Name: Niko Culevski Location: Mukilteo, WA. Artist Statement: "Chule wool blankets are all hand-woven by Niko Culevski, a sixth-generation weaver from Macedonia. The wool blankets are woven on floor looms built by Niko's dad Chule with 100% very soft Merino wool at Chule, a weaving studio in Torrance, CA." Artist Name: Reinhard Herzog Location: Ballwin, MO. Artist Statement: "I began my profession as a boy apprenticed to a laboratory glass factory in Germany. Being drawn to its creative possibilities, I have spent over 55 years mastering the flame, which has allowed for both power and precision in creating pieces that have fine detail and clean lines." Artist Name: Susan Kunz Location: Trenton Artist Statement: "

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Lux Living Planning 7-Story Apartment Building in the Loop

3 years 1 month ago
From CityScene STL:  Continuing on their quest for new developments in St. Louis, Lux Living has proposed a 7-story apartment building at 6630 Delmar on the Delmar Loop, tentatively, and apparently, named “The Bond”. You might recall that the OPUS Group planned a building here back in January 2021, but that project failed to materialize. […]
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Thieves Target Kia, Hyundai Cars In Alton

3 years 1 month ago
ALTON - The City of Alton has experienced a “handful of thefts of Kia/Hyundai vehicles over a summer,” Deputy Police Chief Jarrett Ford said, commenting on a recent trend in St. Louis and across the country. The chief reported that Alton had “several unsuccessful attempted car thefts throughout the summer.” “Several of the vehicles that were stolen have since been recovered,” he said. “Various leads on the cases are still being pursued at this time.” Adam, an Alton man, who didn’t want to use his last name, said he lives in the Fifth and Sixth Street areas in Alton. He said over the past few weeks he knew of a person who had a Kia stolen and it was found, but very damaged, and he stopped the theft of a Hyundai vehicle when he confronted four individuals attempting to steal the vehicle. Adam had only one reason to contact the media, to raise awareness in Alton that they need to do something to protect those vehicles. He suggested

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Installation of Final Truss Marks One of the Last Major Milestones for Merchants Bridge Reconstruction Project

3 years 1 month ago
ST. LOUIS - The $222 million project to replace the Merchants Bridge that links Missouri and Illinois near downtown St. Louis is nearing completion, and the St. Louis Regional Freightway gave invited guests and the public the opportunity to see one of the last significant milestones in the project firsthand from the special vantage point of a riverboat cruise on August 26. Passengers on board witnessed history in the making as preparations continued for the third and final bridge truss to be floated into place. The installation is a crucial phase of the project underway to replace the vital rail artery across the Mississippi River, which is one of the nation’s primary east-west rail corridors serving one of America’s largest rail hubs by car interchange volume and gross tonnage. Dating back to the 1890s, the Merchants Bridge serves six Class I railroads and Amtrak as a bridge crossing across the Mississippi River at St. Louis, and replacement of the structure has been

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