St. Louis has wrestled with the consequences of property abandonment and disinvestment for a long time. Here's a quick history. — Roland Klose, enterprise editor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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The bungalow on Louisiana Avenue stood for 93 years, but couldn't escape the 'march of time' in a city that's seen better days.
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Gina and Travis Sheridan are building a shipping container house out of nine stacked steel shipping containers.
'It is never ever going to get better until you start. Someone has to start doing something.'
The lack of private lending north of Delmar Boulevard is a major obstacle to the city's vacancy-fighting efforts.
Reducing its inventory is going to take changes in state law, additional staff.
Reporters Janelle O'Dea, Celeste Bott and Jacob Barker discuss their reporting on St. Louis's 25,000-plus vacant properties and Mayor Lyda Krewson's efforts to make the issue a top priority on City Hall's agenda.
Jennifer Walter, 49, lives next door to two vacant homes in Walnut Park East, across the street from Walbridge Elementary School. Video by Robert Cohen
Some neighborhoods may be beyond saving; others need help now.
St. Louis has wrestled with the consequences of property abandonment and disinvestment for a long time. Here's a quick history. — Roland Klose, enterprise editor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis has more than 7,000 vacant buildings, the city estimates.
For a problem of this scale, getting an accurate number is tricky.
Brick workers like Tieruse Cox salvage bricks from abandoned homes that have been torn down. It is a chance for workers to earn money while helping the city remove vacant properties.
Here are links to a handful of reports, studies and other resources that may prove helpful.
St. Louis has no shortage of dilapidated structures — or ideas to address the problem. Here's a look at recent Post-Dispatch coverage.
For residents in some north St. Louis neighborhoods, wait times to get an issue resolved through the Citizens’ Service Bureau can be three times longer than in some areas of south city.
This week: Janelle O'Dea, Celeste Bott and Doug Moore talk about their collection of stories detailing the city's struggle to maintain trash collections. Find out what the city thinks it can do to help the situation, why some residents think it's a hopeless case, and how it all began in the …
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The mayor says cleaning up a city long viewed as a dumping ground will take a 'sustained effort.'
Too few trucks. Not enough refuse workers. Widespread illegal dumping. Overflowing dumpsters. 'It's unbearable,' says a longtime resident.
James and Arlene Price have lived in their home in the Greater Ville neighborhood of St. Louis for 50 years. The couple has struggled to deal with the illegal dumping that frequently occurs in the alley behind their house.
