Habitat Continues to Build in Carondelet and The Patch
When headed up Virginia, about to get on I-55, one might take notice of the old bungalows that appear on…
Category Archives: Urban Living
Fields Foods Planning Downtown Grocery
Independent grocer Fields Foods is planning another location along the western edge of Washington Avenue in Downtown St. Louis. The…
$3.7 Million Development on Morganford Blends Old & New
At the end of July, plans were announced for a $3.7 million mixed-use development at 3201 Morganford in Tower Grove…
No More Gay in the Grove
It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday and Rehab, the prominent Grove patio bar has its door propped for boys who…
Open Streets Re-Launching in St. Louis in June 2018
Imagine if your street was open to activities other than driving cars. What if for a day, it was safe…
Planning Commission Adopts Gravois-Jefferson Neighborhood Plan
Today, the City’s Planning Commission voted on and adopted the Gravois-Jefferson Historic Neighborhoods Plan. This plan, some two years in…
A Quirky Music Festival Demonstrates Its Community Development Value f...
Urban Density. Walkability. Local economy. Transit oriented development. Built environment. These are some of the terms that come to mind…
Tiny Houses for St. Louis’ Homeless
Tiny houses typically crop up in trending articles for DIY communities or “downsizing” one’s lifestyle. But in North St.…
Rascal Flatts Planned Across from Blues Museum Downtown
The Country music trio Rascal Flatts plans to open The Rascal Flatts Bar and Grill across the street from the…
City’s First Hi-tech Smart Apartments to Open April 1
“Charley, bring me a beer.” Charley is the botler or in-house robo-butler set to live in Tribeca apartments at 5510…
The loss of an urban intersection at Skinker and Delmar – A look...
I’m always trying to subjectively pinpoint the time period in St. Louis history when the majority of the suburban site…
95-unit residential development planned in The Grove
Restoration St. Louis is planning a new 95-unit residential development on the 4200 block of Arco Ave, overlooking Manchester in …