demolition Archives

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…

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…

May 3, 2013 3 comments

{This Building Matters – a video series by Preservation Research Office Cupples #7 appears likely to be demolished in about…

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…

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…

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…

February 24, 2012 no comments

{church in blue – condo demolition in red – future home demolition in yellow – existing parking in green} The…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…