While his position supporting the renovation of the Kiel Opera House is no secret (the $74 million deal to do so was negotiated by his office, after all), St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay himself has said little on the matter…

A key Aldermanic committee this morning approved plans and financing agreements to redevelop the long-empty Kiel Opera House.

The committee’s Housing, Urban Development and Zoning Committee voted 13-1 to pass the $74 million project on to the wider Board, a week…

We’re here live at the Board of Aldermen’s subcommittee hearing on the Kiel Opera House redevelopment.

This could be a key event for the proposed $74 million rehab. This committee has the ability to stop the project in its tracks and…

Photographer Huy Mach and I spent this morning touring around the inside of the Kiel Opera House. It is indeed quite a place. Get a look for yourself here.

It’s all still there, basically untouched, from the Kiel Club bar at…

As colleague Tim O’Neil reported yesterday, an Aldermanic subcommittee has put the brakes on the  proposed $74 million rehab of Kiel Opera House, at least for a week. Why?

Mostly because of concern about the impact on the Fox Theater in Midtown, and…