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July 10, 2012 7 comments

The photos are beautiful, stunning. It strikes me that there is so much truth in the photos, that to nitpick…

April 3, 2012 2 comments

The first article was written in 1978, surely not marking the invention, as it is, of brick theft in St.…

March 31, 2012 no comments

Jay Williams, executive director of the federal Office of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers, and the former mayor of…

March 14, 2012 no comments

Open/Closed: exploring vacant property in St. Louis (April 18-23) will kick off with an exclusive sneak peek of the documentary…

February 25, 2012 23 comments

The Land Reutilization Authority did not cause the abandonment of North St. Louis City. Paul McKee did not cause the…

February 11, 2012 31 comments

Mark Twain once wrote, “The first time I ever saw St. Louis, I could have bought it for six million…

January 17, 2012 no comments

Ever since Clark Griswold told his kids to “look at the blight” when driving through Saint Louis, this City and…

November 28, 2011 20 comments

The St. Louis area produces a lot of talented individuals. Often they move away and find incredible success, though most…

November 11, 2011 no comments

"Blotting" is the latest urban vacant land trend to be discovered by The Atlantic Cities, billed as "the latest DIY…

July 29, 2011 no comments

The Pruitt-Igoe site in North St. Louis has been the subject of Melissa Elliott's Masters in Landscape Architecture studio at…

April 7, 2011 no comments

In this article: Why the LRA Should Sell This Lot, But Won't, posted just two days ago, I advocated for…

April 5, 2011 no comments

There's a lot in Forest Park Southeast that the Land Reutilization Authority (LRA) of the St. Louis Development Corporation has…