They have helped revive tired old houses across his district and much of St. Louis.

Now Rep. Russ Carnahan is trying to help residential historic tax credits go national.

The congressman from south St. Louis plans to introduce a bill Tuesday that…

Judge Robert Dierker today denied last-ditch efforts to save the San Luis, the Central West End apartment building that local preservationists have been trying to spare from the wrecking ball.

In a five-page opinion issued this morning, Dierker rejected a request by…

St. Louis Circuit Judge Robert Dierker said today he’ll decide with “reasonable promptness” whether the Archdiocese of St. Louis may proceed with demolition of its vacant San Luis apartment building.

Friends of the San Luis, a group formed to preserve the…

Another session of the Missouri Legislature is through, and with it, another fight over the state’s historic tax credit program - that economic tool that developers credit with the revitalization of downtown St. Louis and some of the city’s neighborhoods.

This…

The Landmarks Association of St. Louis continues to rally the troops to support Missouri’s historic preservation tax credit.

Legislators intent on reducing or ending many of the state’s tax credit programs want to put a $50 million cap on the historic preservation credit. Backers…

The Landmarks Association of St. Louis is beating the bushes to rally support to preserve Missouri’s historic tax credit.

Urging lawmakers to keep the credit intact is “extremely important,” Landmarks head Jeff Mansell says. It’s the state’s most effective development credit,…

Cleveland High School, the hulking presence visible from South Grand Boulevard, closed in 2006 after years of neglect by the St. Louis public school system.

Known as “the castle,” Cleveland opened in 1915. The designer was famed St. Louis school architect William B.…