Directly across the street from the newly rehabbed by Blackline for their new HQ (with apts above) , the owners of this building have applied for demolition and construction of surface parking lot. It's owned by the NSI Building (where Ansiai is) on the block west.



One step forward, one step in doo doo for downtown west. I guess.

STLrainbow wrote: ↑

Jan 09, 2018

Directly across the street from the newly rehabbed by Blackline for their new HQ (with apts above) , the owners of this building have applied for demolition and construction of surface parking lot. It's owned by the NSI Building (where Ansiai is) on the block west.



One step forward, one step in doo doo for downtown west. I guess.

any way we can fight this?

^ It appears that the building is indeed under cultural resources/preservation review so I think there is indeed some hope. I don't know the specific history behind the building but surely it is part of Automotive Row significance.

STLrainbow wrote: ↑

Jan 09, 2018

^ It appears that the building is indeed under cultural resources/preservation review so I think there is indeed some hope. I don't know the specific history behind the building but surely it is part of Automotive Row significance.

Convert it to a parking garage? Would be fitting. Cost prohibitive most likely though.

bwcrow1s wrote: ↑

Jan 09, 2018

Convert it to a parking garage? Would be fitting. Cost prohibitive most likely though.

It appears to already be a parking garage. Okay, not really but I'm guessing there's a few cars already in the basement.

Screen Shot 2018-01-09 at 9.07.48 AM by Alex Price, on Flickr

Last thing that area needs. I was looking at Zillow yesterday. Between CWE and Downtown West there is just no housing to speak up. It's crazy and all due to the huge gaps like this.

^ no doubt.... and it would be especially maddening to lose a building as things in the area are starting to show some momentum again. I can definitely see this tooth-gapped west Downtown West/east Midtown area looking much better before too long.

^^ interesting. I'd like to know more about the building; geosaintlouis has it dated at 1924 and I assume it has some relation to Automotive Row as most everything in that neck of the woods.