Pevely Dairy Complex at Grand and Chouteau to be redeveloped

[Presbyterian]

From the SLU Dept. of Internal Medicine's Chairman's Summary of 2012, file dated January 28, 2013:

"We end the year with some questions still unanswered. One of them is the fate of a much discussed new ambulatory care center. During the last year, a very large tract of land immediately north of Saint Louis University Hospital was cleared in preparation for the possible construction of a new ambulatory care center. At the time of this writing, no plans have been finalized with regard to the exact location of the building, who will occupy it, or how it might be financed. Nonetheless, this initiative remains very important to the future of SLUCare and the University Medical Group."

http://internalmed.slu.edu/uploads/fy12/chair.pdf

Note: "...unanswered ... possible construction ... no plans haven been finalized ... location ... who ... how it might be financed."

[stlgasm]

^ Thanks for the update. The planning commission should be publicly called out on this fiasco. Sam Levin of the RFT is asking for news tips (go to riverfront times.com and read the article). I say we flood his inbox pitching this for a story. His email is: [email protected]

[olvidarte]

Note: "...unanswered ... possible construction ... no plans haven been finalized ... location ... who ... how it might be financed."

It's interesting how some of these things were set in stone while they fighting to demolish Pevely.

[moorlander]

^ Biondi blatantly lied, on record, that no other site could possibly work for their ambulatory center. oh, and he lied (or at least hyperbolized) about moving the entire hospital to the suburbs. sadly, it's unlikely that he'll ever be held accountable for his underhanded B.S. my hope is that the current turmoil over his ousting will somehow turn into a win for Pevely.

Biondi is in direct violation of the HONOR CODE & ACADEMIC INTEGRITY PLEDGE.

Or is Honesty and Integrity not THAT important at a Jesuit University?

Honor Code and Academic Integrity Pledge
http://www.slu.edu/Documents/public-hea ... 080511.pdf

[imran]

One e-mail on its way to Sam Levin. Thanks for the tip STLgasm !

[stlgasm]

One e-mail on its way to Sam Levin. Thanks for the tip STLgasm !

Thanks, Imran! I actually talked to Sam on the phone today. Hopefully he can shed some light on this subject.

[RuskiSTL]

Some pics I took on Saturday

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[quincunx]

Check out the Google Maps of the area (the not 45 degree angle ones are newer). Empty!

[bigreid74]

I recently received a response to my complaints about the current state of this corner from Alderman Roddy. He indicated that he has met with SLU to express his disappointment and that it is a complex issue. He also anticipates that the problem to persist for some time. He said their were confidential issues involved that he was unable to discuss.

This part of the response made think of a quote from The Big Lebowski:

The Dude

look, man, I've got certain information, all right? Certain things have come to light. And, you know, has it ever occurred to you, that, instead of, uh, you know, running around, uh, uh, blaming me, you know, given the nature of all this new sh*t, you know, I-I-I-I... this could be a-a-a-a lot more, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, complex, I mean, it's not just, it might not be just such a simple... uh, you know?

I have also submitted complaints through the CSB, but I don't anticipate that changing anything.

[wabash]

Thanks for the background and for the Lebowski.

Perusing Father Biondi's Wikipedia page I came across this little factoid:

SLU-owned Buildings 62 (1987) 131 (2009)
SLU-owned acres in Midtown St. Louis 113 (1987) 286 (2009)

So for each building they've added since 1987, they've also added 2.5 acres.

I guess they're presenting this as an accomplishment, but it really just shows how he's suburbanized the campus and Midtown in general during his tenure.

[olvidarte]

This is how the Business School is marketed

[stlgasm]

In today's RFT: http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2013/02/pevely_dairy_demolition_saint_louis_university_preservation_landmark.php

[Presbyterian]

Great article.

I hate to be negative, but after reading this again, it's hard to come to any conclusion other than that Father Biondi deliberately deceived the city's Planning Commission. I would think that sort of thing could have consequences.

I'm not casting stones or anything — I've told more than a few fibs in my life. But one has to wonder...

[stlgasm]

Great article.

I hate to be negative, but after reading this again, it's hard to come to any conclusion other than that Father Biondi deliberately deceived the city's Planning Commission. I would think that sort of thing could have consequences.

I'm not casting stones or anything — I've told more than a few fibs in my life. But one has to wonder...

That is precisely why the Planning Commission needs to be called on the carpet and held accountable for this utter failure to confirm that SLU actually had the intention and financial capacity to follow through.

[Mark Groth]

that is precisely why the Planning Commission needs to be called on the carpet and held accountable for this utter failure to confirm that SLU actually had the intention and financial capacity to follow through.

I was hoping the RFT article would have reported the names of the people on the Planning Commission. Who is that group of people? It's worth submitting it as a comment to the RFT story.