Mark Groth, Author at NextSTL

June 5, 2018 no comments

Back in March 2017, I posted a story about a proposal for a mosque to be built on a current…

March 20, 2018 1 comment

St. Louis has had its fair share of struggles establishing zoning guidelines and enforcing rules on new construction in our…

March 13, 2018 1 comment

I’m always trying to subjectively pinpoint the time period in St. Louis history when the majority of the suburban site…

August 11, 2016 5 comments

The Gateway Region YMCA recently announced the Downtown YMCA will be moving from its current location at 1528 Locust Street…

June 12, 2015 3 comments

Forest Park is one of St. Louis’ 108 parks. It is the largest park and is clearly the crowned jewel…

April 3, 2015 26 comments

The mid-20th Century was good to the Central West End. While St. Louis as a whole started bleeding residents to…

November 9, 2014 no comments

The thing that started me on a personal quest back in 2009 to visit each and every neighborhood in St.…

January 18, 2014 22 comments

The Cortona at Forest Park is a ~278 unit apartment complex rising in the Cheltenham neighborhood. Visible from busy streets…

January 24, 2012 16 comments

Downtown (DT) is an official neighborhood of St. Louis. It is bound by the Mississippi River to the east, Tucker…

November 3, 2011 8 comments

The Central West End is a St. Louis neighborhood bound by Delmar Boulevard to the north, I-64 and Lindell Boulevard…

September 28, 2011 20 comments

Baden is a north St. Louis neighborhood located east and south of the city limits (Riverview Boulevard), north of Calvary…

September 12, 2011 10 comments

St. Louis Place is a neighborhood in north St. Louis, bound by Palm Street/Natural Bridge Avenue on the north, Cass…