St. Louis Joins the Open Streets Movement May 1st (Can I Get a Weather Report for Hell?)

Maybe the headline's a bit much. Saint Louis is not an exceptionally conservative city. We haven't always gotten it right, but the home of Saarinen's Arch, City Museum, City Garden and a quality transit system can't be said to be languishing. That said, when I first heard that Mayor Slay was considering and "open streets" event I was skeptical that it would come to fruition. But here we go, May 1st will be the first day of "Open Streets 2010".

I have to say that the route is fantastic. The route starts at Kingshighway and Lindell, making its way through Forest Park and exiting on Clayton Avenue, then right on Newstead and into The Grove, Left on Manchester, Left on Sarah, Right onto Lindell, Left onto Grand, Right onto Olive and then a short jog onto Locust all the way to 4th Street. (Of course you can't take Locust all the way to the Arch grounds because it is cut off by Mansion House development that was allowed to remove Locust because an Interstate highway was on the other side and who would want to drive or walk straight up to an Interstate highway? See City to River if you're unfamiliar with the rant.)
St. Louis Open Streets 2010_reroute