Sowing Insolvency: Parking Lot on Kingshighway
Last summer Washington University purchased the properties at 1234 and 1308 S Kingshighway. From the August FPSE Development Committee agenda:…
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Thoughts on the Better Together plan – Part 3 – The Negati...
Editor’s Note – This piece originally appeared on Mark’s St. Louis City Talk on March 2,, 2019
I shared my…
Thoughts on the Better Together plan – Part 2 – The Positi...
Editor’s Note – This piece originally appeared on Mark’s St. Louis City Talk on February 21, 2019
Last week, I…
Thoughts on the Better Together plan – Part 1
Editor’s Note – This piece originally appeared on Mark’s St. Louis City Talk on February 13, 2019
I cobbled together…
The Story of Suburbville and Big City
Editor’s Note: This piece first appeared on Jake’s InMost City Blog
Big City is flourishing. It’s densely populated, full of…
Op-Ed: Is Merger the State’s Business?
No, according to some vested in fragmentation and opposing the Metro City plan. Why should the rest of the state…
Des Peres Discovers Its Fragility
With the “threat” of merger looming, St. Louis’ municipal fragments are evaluating the impact of the Better Together Metro City…
The Strategy to Defeat the Merger
Opponents of the Better Together merger plan are working to find a way to kill it. They’re demanding a local…
Commentary: Five Takeaways From Better Together’s Plan for a St. Louis...
Left to right: Better Together’s Marius Johnson-Malone, Steve Stenger, Lyda Krewson, Mark Wrighton and Arindam Kar, a member of the…
Will the Convention Center Expansion Wall Off North City From Downtown...
When The Pruitt-Igoe Myth appeared on DVD a few years ago, the filmmakers provided a little-known short from 1970 called More Than One…
Op-Ed: TIF Would Help Rebuild University City Budget, Invest in Commun...
As a member of the Missouri Senate and House of Representatives for 18 years, I was never a fan of…