St. Louis is 103rd Most Dangerous Metro Area November 22, 2010 5 comments According to CQ Press, the St. Louis area is the 103rd most dangerous in the nation. That would make St.…
The Soul of the Community Survey: What Attaches People to Their Commun... November 19, 2010 no comments If those surveyed in Ft. Wayne, IN, a city I am very familiar with, can cite “social offerings”, “aesthetics”, and…
Fairground Park: What History Remains November 18, 2010 24 comments For many St. Louis area residents, Fairground Park is a faded memory, or an unrecognized part of the city and…
Modern Infill by UIC Comes to The Grove November 17, 2010 17 comments {photo of the completed home – added 2012} The Park Central FPSE Development Committee has voted to support the sale…
Prop A Puts Earnings Tax Where It Belongs: Right in Front of Us November 16, 2010 no comments The passage of Proposition A means that, starting in the Spring 2011 election cycle, a vote will exist on whether…
City to River Shows Flexibility: A Lid and Boulevard Can Work Together... November 15, 2010 no comments For some time, the City to River organization (of which I am a part), had advocated against the building of…
Is More Demolition the Way Forward for The Grove? November 9, 2010 no comments A demolition permit is being sought for 4217 and 4221-4225 Arco Avenue in Forest Park Southeast. The single-story brick shotgun…
False Connections: The Flawed Premise of Closing Streets at the Arch t... November 5, 2010 no comments Call it "Isolating a Modern Masterpiece": Three city streets are being considered for closure or elimination as part of the…
More People Feel Secure Visiting Downtown Indy. What About St. Louis? November 2, 2010 no comments Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI) has released their annual survey of downtown safety perception. What they found was that people…
Cincinnati vs. St. Louis: Which Riverfront Would You Choose? October 29, 2010 14 comments A lot has been made of the changes coming the St. Louis riverfront given the Arch grounds competition; rightfully so…
It’s Not Nostalgia: Streetcars Return with Timeless Function, Appeal... October 27, 2010 17 comments 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... October 26, 2010 no comments The quick story is that the St. Louis College of Health Careers located immediately south of I-64 on Taylor Avenue,…