Let’s continue our tour of the Loop Trolley corridor heading west along Delmar from Des Peres.
See the first installment: DeBaliviere
See the second installment: Delmar East of Des Peres.
Things pick up as one heads west. There is a lot of litter especially in front of the inactive properties.
Des Peres is blocked for cars, but not bicycles. Townhomes are planned for the lot on the right.
Redevelopment opportunity at 6045 Delmar
{H3 Studio} The Skinker DeBaliviere Neighborhood Plan shows an ambitious vision for redevelopment of the area.
Rosedale Building waiting for new life.
The southeast corner of Rosedale and Delmar. Anyone remember a time when this was active?
Rosedale is blocked south of Delmar
Rosadale south of Delmar is a moonscape. It desperately needs to be repaved. Shame they couldn’t go a few feet into the side streets during the repaving of Delmar. Also the sidewalk repairs didn’t include the texture that the rest of the sidewalks have.
The Everly and Delmar Hall. No word on possible occupants of the retail space in the Everly. The addition of 400 residents on Delmar will hopefully encourage some of the nearby properties to become active.
The Trolley stop at the Pageant. Poles are meant to keep jaydrivers off the platform. None of the stops on Delmar have seating or shelters. Hopefully that will come later.
The fence in front of the former Mt. Olive Church has been up for 10? years. Joe Edwards purchased it and plans to bring it back to life. Hopefully the empty part to the east will get a 2-3 story building. The sidewalk in front is deteriorating. Its assessed value per acre is $504k.
OMG, the tracks are too close to the curb!
Operation Mirror Saver to the rescue!
The blighting boarded-up low-productivity former fast food building at Delmar and Skinker. Closed for four years. Call now! It may become a Ferris wheel. Its assessed value per acre is $297k. The single-story Pinup Bowl across the street is $821k per acre.
How about something like this?
Approximate size of the proposed Ferris wheel
The northwest corner of Delmar and Skinker. The Shell Station’s assessed value per acre is $221k. Pace plans to redevelop it into a pharmacy and two floors of office space above. Pace has been granted eminent domain power to encourage Circle K to give up their lease. Removal of this vehicle magnet would improve walkability.
What used to be at that corner.
The intersection of Skinker and Delmar. Just a year after its reconstruction the paint is fading. The curb cuts are in line with direction of travel. A goal of the trolley is to strengthen the east-west connection here so people view it as the same place. Development on any of the three nontraditional corners would help. The ferocity of traffic on Skinker will continue to be a hindrance.
The barely used parking lot on the southwest corner of Skinker and Delmar. Word is that AT&T won’t sell it for security reasons. The site almost became a Jack-in-the-Box. Its assessed value per acre is $126k.
What used to be at 6200 Delmar. Despite being occupied it was deemed obsolete in the early 1970s.
What used to be at 6208 Delmar.
The AT&T building- tax exempt
Another barely-used parking lot next to the AT&T building. Its assessed value per acre is $124k.
Eastgate at Delmar. Crosswalk markings are missing.
Awkward crosswalk on the north side of Eastgate and Delmar.
A crosswalk at Limit and Delmar. Before there were no crosswalks between the Tivoli and Skinker.
The Delmar Loop Memorial Puddle and Sometimes Skating Rink has been vanquished! Bless the heart of whomever made this happen!
