Pevely Dairy Charrette Seeks Public Input on Creative Alternatives to Demolition

The urban design challenges in St. Louis often deserve more than a blog post. More than an academic exercise, a charrette allows for and encourages community input to consider varied and diverse solutions. This coming Saturday, we invite you to join Landmarks Association of St. Louis, the Preservation Research Office and nextSTL to focus on the future of the Pevely Dairy complex. Professional, amateur designers and the general public is invited to participate in an open, group design exercise to develop creative alternatives to demolition.

If you haven't been following, the National Register of Historic Places designated Pevely Dairly complex was long believed to be on its way to residential conversion. Rick Yackey and Bruce Development had the property under contract with an asking price of $5.9M when a fire destroyed one of the larger buildings in 2009. They eventually bought the building in April, 2010 for $2.2M. Redevelopment plans for 165 market-rate apartments and retail were announced and a rendering released.