Pretty positive Biondi gets hard for "premature demolitions."

***** that guy. For real. He is destroying half the city. I formally challenge Biondi to a boxing match for demo rights to all future SLU properties. Bring it, jack*ss.

It appears that these houses date to the 1890s. Well, it's been a good run.

Yeah, SLU really, really, really needs more vacant land to surround itself with.

Nooo! Last time I was in those houses they weren't all that bad. Certainly not worse than some of SLUs other housing. I bet if SLU offered to sell, someone would buy and renovate them. They are a unique housing option on campus.

Speaking of Federal Mogul, why doesn't the EPA make them clean up the property? The company is around isn't it? I imagine that pollution on the site is a major redevelopment issue.

One of the best things about the post-dorm college experience is the varied "found" housing in which students invariably live and visit during their 4+ years -- the single-family-units-turned-three-flats, the garden (ie: basement) economy-units, the former funeral homes, the store-top studios, the carriage houses and the alley-entrance apartments.

All the buildings torn down and all the homes demolished should and could have added to that experience. Instead, SLU is turning its central city campus into more and more of a commuter college.

I have fond college memories of the sometimes random places I and my friends ended up some nights living on campus -- poker (and beer) in somebody's concrete basement, lawn chairs (and beer) on an industrial roof, listening to music (with beer) in some green-carpeted, wood-paneled shotgun house owned by an old dude who sold weed. A run-down three-flat with a DJ booth, a pet teacup pig, and a room full of mattresses (don't ask).

In its effort to make everything its own and to fit in its prescribed "plan," SLU is destroying the very crucial college fabric that makes it such an important experience.

SLU is turning its central city campus into more and more of a commuter college.

SLUMSL indeed.

Kevin B wrote:One of the best things about the post-dorm college experience is the varied "found" housing in which students invariably live and visit during their 4+ years -- the single-family-units-turned-three-flats, the garden (ie: basement) economy-units, the former funeral homes, the store-top studios, the carriage houses and the alley-entrance apartments.

All the buildings torn down and all the homes demolished should and could have added to that experience. Instead, SLU is turning its central city campus into more and more of a commuter college.

I have fond college memories of the sometimes random places I and my friends ended up some nights living on campus -- poker (and beer) in somebody's concrete basement, lawn chairs (and beer) on an industrial roof, listening to music (with beer) in some green-carpeted, wood-paneled shotgun house owned by an old dude who sold weed. A run-down three-flat with a DJ booth, a pet teacup pig, and a room full of mattresses (don't ask).

In its effort to make everything its own and to fit in its prescribed "plan," SLU is destroying the very crucial college fabric that makes it such an important experience.

You definitely just described a key reason I often wish I'd gone to an urban university (Although by senior year many of my Mizzou friends did live in some interesting places over on East Campus.)

I was thisclose to going to SLU, and if I were an alumnus of the institution I can't even begin to imagination how livid I would be with the leadership now, especially given how upset I already am about it.

insomniacafe wrote:You definitely just described a key reason I often wish I'd gone to an urban university (Although by senior year many of my Mizzou friends did live in some interesting places over on East Campus.)

I was thisclose to going to SLU, and if I were an alumnus of the institution I can't even begin to imagination how livid I would be with the leadership now, especially given how upset I already am about it.

I'm not thrilled, but it has nothing to do with the impending demolition of these buildings - they're nothing to get too fired up about, IMO.

With regards to Kevin B's point, what's really disappointing is the widespread demolition in Gaslight Square/Grand Center/Mill Creek Valley. So many interesting houses, apartments and other buildings were systematically torn down in those areas, and they would have been perfect for students and would have made for more of a "college town" environment.

We lost stuff like this:







And instead got a bunch of crap like this:

^Absolutely. I'm really referring to the entirety of what I see SLU doing "wrong."

These two buildings are surprisingly similar. Too bad one of them is no longer with us.

ebo wrote:

SLU is turning its central city campus into more and more of a commuter college.

SLUMSL indeed.

I'm going to have to disagree. Saying that SLU is becoming more of a commuter school is simply not accurate. Especially when looking at how many more students actually live on or adjacent to campus as opposed to 10-20 years ago.

For example:
University Heights Lofts
The Flats
PW Shoe Lofts
Spring Street Lofts

Those all have opened up in the past 5-6 years.

Also, it's just my opinion, but the demo of these language house isn't something I'm too concerned about.

Off topic... but



Was this from a time when everyone was SURE we were going to start using metric (cause, you know, it makes sense)? Or is the millimeter just the standard for measuring cigarette length?

I think that's just the standard. That's what the 100 means, like with Marlboro Light 100s, right? I think it's always been that way for some reason.