Barnes-Jewish College of Nursing

suburban lou · PostAug 22, 2005#12005-08-22T04:12+00:00

From the August 19, 2005 print edition

Barnes-Jewish plans new $45 million nursing school

Lisa R. Brown

Barnes-Jewish Hospital has property adjacent to the Washington University Medical School campus on Kingshighway under contract for a new facility for the Barnes-Jewish College of Nursing and Allied Health.

Sources say the project is estimated to cost $45 million.

Barnes-Jewish has the property at 4483 Duncan under contract from Dazor Manufacturing, said Dazor President Stan Hogrebe. "They approached us this past spring," Hogrebe said. "The sale isn't finalized until March 11, 2006, which was negotiated to give us time to move." Dazor, which makes lighting and magnification products, has had its headquarters at the site since 1938.

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par · PostAug 22, 2005#22005-08-22T14:49+00:00

Now the next step is finding 30,000 sq ft for Dazor to move into to keep them in the city. Is anyone at city hall listening?

jmedwick · PostAug 23, 2005#32005-08-23T16:17+00:00

I wish they were. But alas, i am sure that Dazor will be lost in the name of "progress." Whats the saying? two steps forward; one step back?

drdrew · PostFeb 03, 2006#42006-02-03T04:53+00:00

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/busine ... enDocument

st. louis texan · PostFeb 07, 2006#52006-02-07T23:57+00:00

Gosh another building at the BJC complex. My aunt works there and she says its already insane getting there and back every day.

smsplanstu · PostFeb 08, 2006#62006-02-08T03:34+00:00

This calls back to the day of segregation when a medical college teaching doctors, surgens, and nurses operated alongside Homer G. Phillips Hospital in the Ville. Wow, If only I had been born decades before 1985 and been able to see the strength that existed in the Ville. This relates to BJC and a nursing college since Homer G. Phillps had an integral relationship in training nurses for its institution and others like what BJC does.

st. louis texan · PostFeb 08, 2006#72006-02-08T22:02+00:00

^ great story

drdrew · PostMar 27, 2006#82006-03-27T02:40+00:00

Looks like this project may be getting started, I went by there Friday and saw crews putting up a construction fence around the property.

framer · PostMar 27, 2006#92006-03-27T08:23+00:00

Come on, people. We need renderings!

doug · PostMar 27, 2006#102006-03-27T15:36+00:00

SMSPlanstu wrote:This calls back to the day of segregation when a medical college teaching doctors, surgens, and nurses operated alongside Homer G. Phillips Hospital in the Ville. Wow, If only I had been born decades before 1985 and been able to see the strength that existed in the Ville. This relates to BJC and a nursing college since Homer G. Phillps had an integral relationship in training nurses for its institution and others like what BJC does.

SMS,

What does this have to do with Homer G Phillips? Are you saying that the medical college did not allow its students to work with Homer G doctors? Is this occuring at Barnes? Please explain.

drdrew · PostMar 29, 2006#112006-03-29T01:47+00:00

Homer G had some of the best residency programs for African-Americans in the country, and trained a good chunk of the older black physicians who are now in their 70's or so. We've had a few come speak to us. They had a partnership with Wash U. The program started going downhill when Barnes was integrated.

framer · PostMar 29, 2006#122006-03-29T04:25+00:00

DrDrew wrote: The program started going downhill when Barnes was integrated.

Uh, I think you might want to clarify this statement, Doc.

jmedwick · PostMar 29, 2006#132006-03-29T15:19+00:00

^ Seems clear to me... Wash U pulled their funding from Homer G and abandoned the partership. Not so much a good or bad, but sad to hear.

drdrew · PostApr 03, 2006#142006-04-03T02:50+00:00

No, it didn't have anything to do with pulling funding. With many quality options for Black physicians to do their training, Homer G. just lost a large part of what made them special. It went from THE place for the top Black medical students to just another city hospital, with an aging building and inconsistant support from the City. Nevertheless, it was still a quality institution when the City closed it back in the 80's. I've heard a few people who lived in the Ville say that they still feel betrayed by that decision. On the bright side, I hear it's a pretty nice retirement home now. At least they're using that cool old building.

PostApr 05, 2006#152006-04-05T22:23+00:00

Demolition has started in earnest on the west side of the building. I'll try to get over there with a camera sometime over the next couple of days.

framer · PostApr 06, 2006#162006-04-06T03:09+00:00

Try to come back with some renderings, too, please.

arch city · PostJun 01, 2006#172006-06-01T13:50+00:00

Renderings and progress photos.

Below are photos of the site where the complex will rise.

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drdrew · PostJun 02, 2006#182006-06-02T00:13+00:00

Wow, I like it. It seems like that atrium is definitely taking some design elements from the medical school's new learning and teaching center.

framer · PostJun 02, 2006#192006-06-02T02:30+00:00

Not too bad looking...nothing ground-breaking, but nicely done. It really ties in with the other more recent buildings in the complex. They've obviously got a campus-thing going.

Thumbs up!

PostJun 29, 2006#202006-06-29T03:59+00:00

Holy cow! It seems like the steel work went up overnight!

tbspqr · PostJun 29, 2006#212006-06-29T05:06+00:00

its a very popular academic style now i guess.....

UMR (where I attend) Civil Engineering school (completed 3 years ago or so)

http://civil.umr.edu/butlercarlton.html (not a big picture but its three stories with an atrium with an open stair case similar to the nursing school)

UMR Mechanical building that is under construction now

http://mae.umr.edu/newbuildingtour.html

trent · PostJun 29, 2006#222006-06-29T16:56+00:00

BJC doesn't mess around.

I happen to really like the design. It's simple, but sleek and modern looking. I think it will fit in with the whole complex in that area quite well. I really like what BJC has done with that area a lot. A lot of parking, but some really nice buildings.

arch city · PostAug 06, 2007#232007-08-06T03:31+00:00

Looks like the new Barnes College of Nursing is nearing completion. It looks like a great addition to the WUMC/Cortex corridor. Now let's build on a few of the parking lots.

trent · PostAug 06, 2007#242007-08-06T20:52+00:00

Nice. It went up quick, and looks nice. More density in that already dense area.

Alex Ihnen · PostAug 06, 2007#252007-08-06T23:54+00:00

I hope the strip mall in the top of the last pic goes soon. It would be a great place for 1st floor retail with residential/office on top - put the building up to the street and have parking behind on the first level.