06.11.2009 9:00 pm
Children and the city
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Real estate mogul Paul J. McKee Jr. may have a brilliant plan to remake long-suffering sections of St. Louis, north of downtown.
But no one can say for sure because he has released very few details. The result has been years of…

The Old North St. Louis neighborhood is really gaining traction as a community on the rise — evidenced in part by this laudatory piece by the Natural Resources Defense Council, a high profile national environmental group.
The piece begins this way:
Every now and…
On Monday, five people were killed in less than six hours on the streets of St. Louis. Seen from a gated suburban community or a small country town, that may reinforce a view that the city is no place for…