Greg Johnson, Author at nextSTL

April 14, 2017 37 comments

Thousands of students descended on the modern new campus on opening day in September 1967. There were housewives and veterans,…

April 9, 2016 10 comments

In one of its largest efforts at land assemblage since Ikea, the Cortex Innovation Community is seeing the demolition of…

November 9, 2015 18 comments

It was a sunny afternoon in June of 1948 and the owner of the Missouri Jewelite Company was perfectly positioned…

September 4, 2015 69 comments

By now, the world has witnessed the images of dead Syrian children on European beaches. We’ve heard of the refrigerated…

June 19, 2015 12 comments

A developer has filed a $1 million permit to construct four contemporary townhomes at 519-525 Des Peres Avenue. The…

June 12, 2015 12 comments

Cullinan Properties plans to convert the partially vacant Euclid Plaza Office Building at 625 N. Euclid Avenue into mixed use…

March 19, 2015 16 comments

Straub’s — since 1948 the Central West End’s favorite grocer — is about to experience a transformation. The grocer that…

November 20, 2014 18 comments

The city’s Preservation Board on Monday will hear a request to demolish one of the two remaining historic structures at…

November 6, 2014 12 comments

Four historic city school buildings are among the contenders for the 2015 Missouri Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC). Annual…

October 15, 2014 46 comments

The Independence Center is proposing a mixed use project for the northwest corner of Sarah Street and Laclede Avenue. They…

October 3, 2014 8 comments

I was surprised when an architect friend mentioned to me that Harris Armstrong’s 1954 International Style South Parish Hall (attached…

May 25, 2014 22 comments

With new towers planned, proposed or rumored, we take a look back at the history of high rise living in…