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Don’t Drive Your Scooter On The Sidewalk Like The McDonalds GoodMorningSTL Commercial
If you watch local television no doubt you’ve seen a McDonald’s “Good Morning St. Louis” commercial filmed in the Delmar Loop, from a January RFT Gut Check report: Gut Check spotted a film crew and a guy on a moped wearing a McDonald’s jacket in front of Chuck Berry Plaza...
Wayfinding In St. Louis
The St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission has been rolling out a new wayfinding system in the region for a couple of years now. From a January 2011 Post-Dispatch editorial: The St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission has launched a $2.9 million initiative to design, build and install an attractive...
Poll: Favorite St. Louis Brewery?
Eight years ago today beer drinkers rejoiced: President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s signature repealed the Volstead Act, legalizing 3.2 percent beer. It also paved the way for the December ratification of the 21st Amendment, which repealed the 18th Amendment and deep-sixed Prohibition altogether. The Volstead Act, which is how the National...
County Voters Approved Proposition A For Transit Three Years Ago
It was three years ago today that St. Louis County voters approved Proposition A, activating a sales tax previously approved by voters in St. Louis City. Proposition A, a ½-cent sales tax in St. Louis County, passed on April 6! It will provide revenue needed for continued operation and expansion...
Sidewalks Are For People, Not Vehicles
Few things are as frustrating to me as people who feel entitled to park their vehicles on public sidewalks. They must think they’re so much more important than everyone else that may use the sidewalk. He was upset with me for photographing his car parked on the sidewalk! I’m just...
Ten Buildings That Changed America: The Wainwright In Downtown St. Louis
PBS (WTTW/Chicago) has a new special coming out next month called the Ten Buildings That Changed America. One of the ten is our own 1891 Wainwright Building by Louis Sullivan (National Register nomination). I got to meet host Geoffrey Bear last May when he and the production crew were in St....
Readers Say Botanical Garden & Zoo Are Favorite ZMD Institutions
Last week readers selected their favorite two institutions in the Zoo-Museum District (original post). Here are the results: Q: Which TWO (2) institutions in the Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museum District are your favorites? Missouri Botanical Garden 98 [31.61%] Saint Louis Zoological Park 94 [30.32%] Saint Louis Art Museum 77...
Historic Tax Credits: Its About JOBS!
As many of you are well aware, the Missouri Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit program is under threat of a severe cut which is being proposed by Missouri's legislators. Senate Bill SB 120 proposes to reduce the current $140 millionShow More Summary
Thinking Ahead To When The Kids Leave The Nest
Recently a friend of 40+ years, living in suburbia, posted on Facebook she didn’t know what she’ll do when her two boys move out of the house. I had to confirm with her, but the oldest is not yet 13. Empty Nest Syndrome refers to feelings of depression, sadness,...
McKee & MoDOT To Announce Plans To Complete A Revised 22nd Street Parkway
At a news conference at 1pm this afternoon MoDOT and Paul McKee will announce a revised plan for the long-stalled 22nd Street Parkway. The following is based on confidential materials I viewed briefly. As part of the plan: The resurrected 22nd Street Parkway will be connected to I-44/I-55 by replacing...
Poll: Oppose or Support Proposed Electric Utility Infrastructure Surcharge?
Most likely you’ve seen recent TV commercials talking about utility surcharges and regulations. These are sponsored by groups on opposite sides of Missouri Senate Bill 207 (link): SCS/SB 207 – Currently, gas corporations may file a petition with the Public Service Commission for rate adjustments to recover costs incurred for...
Thank You Stray Rescue
Stray Rescue Welcomed Animals From St. Louis’ Shelter on July 19, 2010. At the time the front of the new facility was unfinished raw space. Since that first day when the dogs were transferred to the kennels in the new facility the front has been completed. Thank you to Randy...
Clothing Retailer Uniqlo Coming To St. Louis? When, Not If
Japanese clothing retailer Uniqlo (pronounced YOU-nee-klo) has only six US stores right now but they plan to have 200 by 2020. Never heard of Uniqlo? I hadn’t either until Sunday when I saw a segment on CBS Sunday Morning’s report The ambitious clothing company Uniqlo aims high (video). Uniqlo has 1,200...
Study: Connection Between Transit and Real Estate Value
A study released this month looked at five regions and found a connection between home values and transit: From the Executive Summary: Overall there was a substantial decline in average residential sales prices in the study regions between 2006 and 2011. However, in all of the regions, the decline in...
Readers Leaning Toward Approval of 3/16th of a Cent Arch/Parks Sales Tax
Next Tuesday voters in St. Louis City and St. Louis County will be asked to approve a 3/16th of a cent sales tax increase that will expire in 20 years. The poll results here are not scientific, only reflecting the views of a small segment of the electorate. Early on...
Springfield IL & Niemann Foods Don’t Understand Pedestrian-Friendly Design
Recently a reader in Springfield IL, the Illinois state capital 90 miles from St. Louis, alerted me to a new County Market grocery store about to open on the NW edge of their downtown. A local newspaper article talked about the 11,000+ residents within a mile of downtown Springfield and 68,000+...
Changing Scale and Identity on Kingshighway
This afternoon the St. Louis Preservation Board will likely approve demolition of Jewish Hospital at Kingshighway & Forest Park Boulevards and the former Jewish Hospital School of Nursing across Parkview Place, which was previously denied demolition because plans for a replacement building were not in place. Show More Summary
Distribution Key To IKEA’s Midwest Expansion
IKEA sells simple looking modern furniture but its hardly a simple company. It is often misunderstood or misrepresented. Even simple facts are often wrong, which get repeated. For example: The company has 285 stores in more than 20 countries and designs its own product which is then produced by more...
Poll: Which TWO (2) Institutions In The Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museum District Are Your Favorites?
The poll this week is pretty straightforward — pick your two (2) favorite institutions in the Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museum District. Here are the five institutions, as listed on the ZMD website: Saint Louis Art Museum The Saint Louis Art Museum is rated as one of the principal art museums...
Public Plea...
I have thoughts of a graphic novel centered around STL. Anti-status quo and humor and scandal...have characters sketched out. Need an artist and other people who work for fun.
- St. Louis Public Schools
- Martin Luther King Drive
- Land Reutilization Authority LRA
- Paul McKee
- Central West End
- Southwest Garden Neighborhood
- San Luis
- River Des Peres
- Missouri History Museum
- Tower Grove South
- Grand Boulevard
- Gateway Arch
- Busch Stadium
- Crown Candy
- Ecology of Absence
- Mississippi River Bridge
- Old North
- The Forest Park
- Board of Aldermen
- Downtown Macy's
