Counting the Costs of Cupples 7 Demo or Redevelopment May 31, 2013 63 comments Cupples 7 is a seven-story, 200,000 sq ft brick building and the last remaining building in the historic Cupples Station…
Biondi Before and After May 5, 2013 51 comments In the wake of Saint Louis University President Father Lawrence Biondi's announcement that he will step down, it will undoubtedly…
A Quick Primer on the Cupples Building #7 Saga May 3, 2013 3 comments {This Building Matters – a video series by Preservation Research Office Cupples #7 appears likely to be demolished in about…
UrbanStreet to Seek Demo at 10th & Locust April 26, 2013 9 comments Years ago now, the Roberts brothers planned to demolish the two buildings at the northeast corner of Tenth Street and…
BJC, Children’s Hospital Set to Receive City Approval for Jewish... March 21, 2013 29 comments {the buildings seen at left would replace the Jewish Hospital and School of Nursing} The original Jewish Hospital and additions…
Clayton’s Central Presbyterian Church Offers Expansion, Reuse Al... February 20, 2013 8 comments {looking southwest from Hanley Road – image by CORE10 Architecture} I last wrote about the “race to de-densify” a year…
The Race to De-Densify: Demolition for Tax-Exempt Surface Parking in C... February 24, 2012 no comments {church in blue – condo demolition in red – future home demolition in yellow – existing parking in green} The…
Self-inflicted Suburbanism: Kirkwood Looks to Demo Downtown Stores for... October 6, 2011 10 comments “It’s not that (more parking) is a bad idea…” Actually, yes, it is that more parking is a bad idea,…
Will Anyone Make a Water Color of the QuikTrip: The Loss of Place in S... October 3, 2011 23 comments Another unique building in the City of St. Louis is about to meet the wrecking ball. The building at the…
Demolition So Fast You’ll Freak, St. Louis Style May 5, 2011 no comments What do you do when you just must have a drive-thru for your Jimmy John's? Adapt the current location? Build…
Developer Seeks Demolition for Historic Station G March 21, 2011 21 comments What was once to be the historic centerpiece of several significant developments on the north side of Forest Park Southeast…
Will Clayton Address Lack of Pedestrian Realm On Hanley With Demolitio... December 9, 2010 16 comments The problem: sidewalks are too narrow and abut a high-speed arterial road without a tree lawn, crosswalks are faded and…