{the Big Bend reopening – the sign reads “Our trips to the bridge were so much fun. We will miss
… Monthly Archives: November 2009
The Stapleton Green Book: A How-To Guide for Building a 4,700 Acre Dev...
The development timelines to this point are different. Stapleton: site control, public planning, public planning, adoption of the “Green Book”
… New Infill for The Grove South of Manchester? It’s Being Planned...
It’s just an image and a twinkle in someone’s eye at RHCDA at the moment as a funding request awaits
… A Quick Driving Tour of Stapleton Gives Some Insight Into 4,700 Acre D...
Stapleton may be the nearest development to what Paul McKee envisions for NorthSide. But that only goes so far as
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Lin, Van Valkenburgh BioMed21 Plaza a Step Closer to Reality With New ...
{a rendering of the BioMed21 plaza}
Comments on the last post regarding the participation of two world-renowned architects in the
… St. Louis Police Mounted Patrol Unit to Return to Historic Location i...
{St. Louis Mounted Patrol at Forest Park headquarters c.1902 – image courtesy of Missouri History Museum}
I imagine that most
… What’s Wrong With Calling St. Louis the Nation’s Second Wo...
So the City of St. Louis is #2 of 393 cities ranked for "worst crime". At least they've dropped the
… St. Charles Continues Struggle With New Urbanism: Noah’s Ark Amb...
There's something fitting about the old Noah's Ark site in St. Charles being converted to a New Urbanism community. After
… Freakonomics Tackles Public Transit Fares: Progressive Fares More Equi...
In a recent New York Times Freakonomics blog post writer Eric Morris makes the case for progressive fares on public
… Zombie Buildings the Next Threat to American Cities?
First it was Zombie Highways and now Zombie Buildings?! That’s the fear of many. Residential real estate fell off a
… St. Louis Suffers From Pedestrian Disinvestment, New FTA Policy Statem...
The excellent NextStop blog brought this to my attention: St. Louis has been named one of the top 25 most
… When Big Box Attacks: Local Pet Groomer Served With “Non-compete...
Sometimes it’s just not enough for a Big Box retailer to dominate a market segment, to move into a TIF-created
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