Arch/Parks Tax Victory, St. Louis Regionalism and What’s Next
{the Old Courthouse renovation will be one of the big beneficiaries of the Prop P victory}
Proposition P was approved…
Tag Archives: parks
Post-Dispatch Falsely Claims Support for Prop P
In the recent Post-Dispatch editorial Yes on Prop P. Arch-parks-trails tax fixes old problems, creates new opportunities, the following appeared,…
Arch Grounds and Parks Sales Tax Hearing This Thursday
The City of St. Louis Board of Aldermen Parks Committee meets at 10am this Thursday to hear Board Bill No.…
Proposition P: Sales Tax Increase in St. Louis City to Fund CityArchRi...
Tomorrow, Alderwoman Phyllis Young will introduce Board Bill No. 258 to the City of St. Louis Board of Aldermen. The…
Parks and Recreation St. Louis Style
If Civic Progress, CityArchRiver2015 Foundation, City of St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay and St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley get…
The Canary in the Suburban Coal Mine: St. Louis County Parks
St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley is calling for the closure of three County parks and reduced services at many…
Missed Opportunity: The Central West End Gets a Bad Neighborhood Park
Back in 2009, planning for a new pocket park in the Central West End was well under way. Although just…
$578M Arch Grounds Transformation Gets Revised
It's hard to avoid the anticipated cost of this project, though it serves no purpose to dwell on it. The…
Bring in the Gondolas: Arch Grounds Plan to Include Cable Ride Across ...
According to the CityArchRiver2015 Foundation, organizers of the Arch grounds design competition, visitors will be able to take a gondola…
Why Is St. Louis So Excited to See Grant’s Farm as a National Pa...
{Grant's Cabin at Grant's Farm – Is Hardscrabble the piece most worth preserving?}
Glossed over in the several weeks of…
Federal Funding of Urban Parks Could Help St. Louis
{the High Line Park in New York}
For the first time in eight years federal funding may become available to
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New Park in The Grove Almost Ready for Primetime: Form Takes Shape, Pr...
Currently referred to as "Chouteau Park," the Grove's new neighborhood park is nearing a final public presentation. Over the course
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