It was a big year for urbanSTL. The oldest urban news and issues website and forum in St. Louis was revitalized. The forum, which had been neglected for some time, received a modern makeover. With the IT infrastructure in place, we were free to focus on covering timely topics, exploring new options for St. Louis and seeing what we could learn about our city. There's more to come, but here's the countdown of our most popular posts of 2010 by number of reads. In all, six of the top 10 stories were related to design reviews of the Arch grounds competition. They're excluded from this list, but can all be found on the Arch competition page.

10. What Does an Interstate Removal Study Look Like?

  9. Armstrong Wins Jefferson Memorial Competition, Runner-up Saarinen’s Arch Deemed High-risk

  8. New Shriners Hospital in St. Louis City Closer to Reality, Project Team Shares Images, Thoughts on Project

  7. New $27M Grand Avenue Bridge Design Complete

  6. Report: St. Louis Leads the Way in Central City Development

  5. Great Streets Come from Great Effort, Is Vandeventer Next?

  4. Loop Trolley Lands $25M in Federal Support

  3. The History and Possibilities of a St. Louis City-County Reunification

  2. Thomas Coffee Reinvented in The Grove: Aims to Capture Local Market, Make St. Louis a Roasting Haven

  1. MVVA Team Wins Arch Design Competition