Planning Commission Reverses Preservation Board to Allow Demolition of Pevely Buildings

Just one vote was tallied to uphold the City of St. Louis Preservation Board decision from late last year. That decision maintained the corner Pevely office building, the signature building of a complex listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The rest of the Planning Commission decided that the Preservation Board had somehow erred in its decision and tonight decided to allow Saint Louis University to demolish the three Pevely buildings and smokestack. SLU previously stated that a fourth building facing Grand Avenue has a pending contract. A demolition permit request for that building is imminent and devoid of the complex currently surrounding it, will surely be allowed to fall as well.