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Framer wrote:
Funny, I've driven past the Schoenberg Residence many times, but never noticed it for some reason. Looks to be a handsome building. It's a shame to lose it, but there's no stopping the growth of BJC.

I do hope that once the Nursing Building is down, the colony of birds that vacations there in the fall & spring will move on. Walking under the two large trees along FPP in front of the building was a VERY scary thing to do for half of the year. Generally the sidewalk was white with specks of concrete poking through... I always felt sorry for the people scurrying to the Greek Orthodox church, hoping not to get crapped on.

It seems odd that so many birds would choose to take up those two trees when Forest Park is right across the street. Maybe those trees are the St. Charles of the Forest Park trees and too many "crows" lived in Forest Park for those birds to feel "comfortable." I bet they still ventured into FP once in a while to crap on statues and play in the water, but then hurried home before it got too dark.

Here's the online version of the PD's article about the new BJC tower. They mention their commitment to keep their HQ in the City:



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

They were tearing down the big ugly blue "EUCLID" signs today. Glad those are finally gone...

Wasn't in love with the Euclid signs, but hopefully something will replace them. There needs to be some indication that cool stuff awaits down the street.

I think they were actually kind of cool or at least unique. i'm also going to wager that whatever replaces them will be worse/ weak attempt.



I actually like the design of BJC's buildings. They all add a great "skyline" along Kingshighway. I do wish it looked more like the new building that is just about complete. It is by far the coolest, and ironically the least visible! I agree, that retail along Euclid is WEAK!! Could you imagine Euclid looking like that all the way from FP to Lindell?! the only building worth "preserving" on the strip is the Forest Park Hotel. NO OTHER buildings are on the register according to that density plan. Could you imagine losing the Majestic, Wild Flower, and Einstein buildings?! I'm ALL for density, but not on that corner, sorry. I also wish they would have kept Euclid open south of Forest Park Ave. that little "pedestrian walkway" is so 1970's.. it totally cut itself off from joining in with the neighborhood.

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Not sure if this has been linked to before, but I found it on the Tarlton website under Projects/Healthcare. I think it's a very promising rendering. It might no be ground breaking architecture, but it does look a bit less cartoony and disjointed than some of the previous renderings I've seen for this project. It's also good that it can connect to a preexisting garage, and doesn't need any new parking built to support it. With a few grand old apartment buildings, the Park East Tower, and the burgeoning BJC campus, the southern CWE has developed quite a substantial little skyline, which looks fantastic from the Forest Park ball-fields. I'm now looking forward to this addition.

I hated to see the Ettrick Bldg. go, but at least we're getting a good sized building to replace it, as opposed to a parking lot or a Quick Trip.

Has there been any progress on this front? I'd be curious to hear if anything has started going up, and if so if it's steel or concrete construction.

This stretch of Euclid has seen some pretty substantial projects in the last 5 years: Park East Tower, 9 North Euclid, BJC Offices.

Drove by last week. Construction is still at ground level with drilling for piers and utility connection being made.

Washington University Medical School secured a stimulus construction grant to expand their data center as reported by the St. Louis Business Journal. Would be nice to see an expansion of Cortex.

http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stor ... rround=lfn

If this is the building at the Northeast corner of Newstead and Duncan, then expanding double the size to the east might mean some demo...

Looks like the tower crane is going up for the new BJC HQ building.

I don't want to get too off topic but isn't it sort of a shame that the only real growth industry we have is sick people?



Maybe not the only but ...

I think it has less to do with aging and population increases/decreases than with the general health of the population and how 'health' is perceived.

That and far too many BIGGIE and SUPER size extra value meals.

alexihnen wrote:Blame the baby boomers (or more specifically the reproductive urges of their parents!). In about 20 years we'll be talking about the "healthcare bubble" as demographics change.

And retirement homes/assisted living centers will be converted to apartments for young singles.

Here are some images of the current progress on the plaza in front of the new BJC Institute of Health. As I've said before on the former stlurbanworkshop, this plaza will undoubtedly be the new face of BJC. Be prepared to see photos of this plastered across every publication put out by the hospital.

I am essentially standing facing perpendicular to Euclid about one block South of Kingshighway, facing the front of the BJC IoH building. In other words, in the first photo, Kingshighway and Euclid is to the upper right.








In the reverse direction, facing East away from the plaza via the skybridge. The North/South road in the distance is Taylor.

You may not have been aware of the momentousness of those photos but not only was it the first time I've posted photos on this forum, it was my first post period.

As for the plaza, I think people will like it more when they see it. The renderings they've released haven't been very inspiring...they sort of look like they were hand-drawn by a talented high schooler. Could you even tell that there will be an oblong shelf overhanging the fountain that people will be able to stand on from the renderings?

Regardless, this plaza will be a hugely important part of daily BJC life. There are literally thousands of people that will walk through it on the way to and from work. I think BJC will only regret not building in more restaurant or commercial space on the plaza-facing ground floor of the BJC IoH.