The Interstate’s Impact on East St. Louis
Despite nearly two years of planning between St. Louis Mayor Raymond Tucker and Rex Whitton of the Missouri State Highway…
Monthly Archives: April 2012
Young Begins Attempt to Shrink St. Louis Board of Aldermen from 28 War...
In 1950, each member of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen represented more than 30,000 residents, on average. Today the…
St. Louis, Home to GMO Behemoth and Innovative Local Farming Welcomes ...
Anyone interested in land use, economic development, health and nutrition, or workers rights in St. Louis should be thrilled to have…
It’s Time to Listen to MoDOT: Poplar Street Bridge Access to I-70 Need...
In 2001, after many years of study, public meetings, regional discussion, and E/W Gateway approval, the DOT’s received a Record…
So You’ve Lost Accreditation, What Now? A How-To, How-Not-To Gui...
One of the benefits of more regional cooperation and consolidation is that assets and liabilities, problems and solutions become more…
Please Do, Please Don’t: How Can We Address Violence in The Loop...
The Loop has always been one of my favorite neighborhoods in St. Louis. I love it as an example of…
The Incredible Gateway Arch – Popular Mechanics, December 1963
The Incredible Gateway Arch – Popular Mechanics, December 1963 by nextSTL.com…
MoDOT Offers Viable Alternatives to Removing Connections for Misguided...
The Missouri Department of Transportation has gone live with their virtual meeting proposing alternatives to the “lid” over I-70 at…
The Life and Death of Urban Highways
The Interstate highway system through the City of St. Louis was planned, and largely executed in the context of planning…
The Interstate Bridge between St. Louis and East St. Louis
{the interstate bridge at the bottom left provides travelers with a grand entrance into downtown, guiding them through the Gateway…
In St. Louis Population Decline No Longer Good or Bad, “It just ...
In the City of St. Louis, we’re apparently no longer allowed to say that further population decline is bad news.…
In St. Louis Even the Old Bricks Are Leaving Town (still)
The first article was written in 1978, surely not marking the invention, as it is, of brick theft in St.…