Cincinnati vs. St. Louis: Which Riverfront Would You Choose?
A lot has been made of the changes coming the St. Louis riverfront given the Arch grounds competition; rightfully so…
Monthly Archives: October 2010
It’s Not Nostalgia: Streetcars Return with Timeless Function, Appeal...
Nosatalgia: 1: The state of being homesick 2: a wistful or excessively sentimental
yearning for return to or …
Worth a Fight or Time to Let It Go? Parking on an empty residential lo...
The quick story is that the St. Louis College of Health Careers located immediately south of I-64 on Taylor Avenue,…
No Casino at Chain of Rocks
The City of St. Louis is backing a plan for a casino complex to be built at the foot of…
St. Louis Mid-Century Modern Architecture Gets an Online Home
{a Mid-Century Modern home consumed by a McMansion (via B.E.L.T.)}
The effort to save the San Luis ultimately could not…
New Haven Mayor Focuses on Reconnecting City, $16M TIGER Grant Awarded...
Route 34 in New Haven, CT was never completed. In the late 1960's the state took 26 acres of land…
Will Suburban Poverty Dictate a St. Louis City-County Merger?
St. Louis County faces increasing challenges in the form of poverty, crime and disinvestment. It's not apparent to everyone of…
Mapping Decline (online): St. Louis and the American City
If you're reading this, you should read Colin Gordon's Mapping Decline. If you aren't inclined to read much more than…
Arch Design Jury Avoided Choosing Anything that “Maybe Wouldn...
The St. Louis Beacon has an interesting story up about the jury’s selection process in the recently concluded Arch grounds…
The Grove Gets Lit
Almost two years after the idea surface, The Grove has a signature entrance. Looming over the far east end of…
Searching for Leadership to Shift the St. Louis Transportation Paradig...
Yeah, it's New York and not St. Louis. The specific solutions may not always be transferable, but the message should…
South Grand Great Streets Timeline, Design Set
Changes to South Grand Avenue have been in the works for a couple years now. It appears that the wait…