October 2011 - NextSTL

October 27, 2011 no comments

It’s been a few months since MoDOT announced that it has been forced to layoff and curtail a large portion…

October 26, 2011 11 comments

The following was jotted down in my notebook shortly after my move to St. Louis City in August of 2010.…

October 25, 2011 21 comments

St. Louis isn't on the forefront on urban change. In a sense, perhaps we were, with the demolition of the…

October 24, 2011 18 comments

It's a bit early to consider turn off the lights and mothball Busch Stadium for the off-season, but win or…

October 21, 2011 7 comments

This is literally just a snapshot of the parking issue in downtown St. Louis: Steve Patterson of Urban Review STL…

October 19, 2011 no comments

As reported in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch this past month, a proposal by the Salvation Army to build low-income housing…

October 18, 2011 no comments

Earlier this year I wrote about the challenges to walkability in the West End/ Cabanne neighborhood. Although progress of removing…

October 17, 2011 7 comments

The 500,000 square foot Jefferson Arms Hotel, long a physical on Tucker Avenue in downtown St. Louis has a new…

October 10, 2011 no comments

East-West Gateway Council of Governments has released its latest "Where We Stand" report. The report, the Council's sixth since 1992…

October 7, 2011 15 comments

So Washington Avenue from the Eads Bridge to 18th Street has been named an American Planning Association Top 10 Great…

October 6, 2011 10 comments

“It’s not that (more parking) is a bad idea…” Actually, yes, it is that more parking is a bad idea,…

October 5, 2011 8 comments

“Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.” – Ovid Four years ago the future…