It’s not enough to show civic pain about federal tax dollars siphoned to Macy’s via St. Louis
City Hall so that the profitable behemoth can downsize its downtown store, to the tune of $7 million,
certainly to result in a reduction in…
Please Save St. Louis from its Leaders
The prolific controversy over the San Luis apartments in the Central West End symbolizes a far more fundamental problem in our city than merely land use. Of course, our urban sensibilities tell us that…
On June 20th Jim Jacobi of Progress 64 West proposed that Hwy 141 completion represents “the very best investment this area can make with funds available through the ARRA”. If Mr. Jacobi had a case for Hwy 141 completion, he’d…
Returning home from a concert at the beautiful Missouri Botanical Garden last week, we had the good fortune to drive through the Delmar Loop and its expansion eastward to the City of St. Louis. What a wonderful sight to behold!…
Every time the subject of expanding the Arch grounds or making it more accessable to the public comes up, there is always the topic of covering the depressed section of the highway downtown. From Washington Avenue on the north to…
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Reading the article in the Sunday, May 24, 2009 edition of the Post Dispatch; “McKee starts to build new bridges” makes me wonder, besides Paul McKee, who else should the residents of the Nothside redevelopment project be leery of?
How many…
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In Kansas City, city and federal oficials are restoring a section of the south bank of the Missouri River to how it would have appeared to early settlers. (1/2/09)
The Army Corp of Engineers is overseeing the $1.2 million project, which…
The Recall Mayor Slay Campaign petition has been circulated in city neighborhoods, events and parades, acquiring 14,000 signatures with plans to continue. The first goal is to reach 19,000, the same number of votes Slay won by in our last…
Reviving Jamestown Mall into a retail/residential development especially for seniors is a wonderful idea. It would be great to also provide them with a cafeteria much like the highly regarded Pope’s cafeteria or Mrs. O’s that were legends during the…
I am responding to the Sunday, July 13, 2008 article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch “Evictions Accompany Beautification in Beijing”. One does not need to go to China and the Olympics to experience the gentrification described in this article. It…
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