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There are a couple of restaurants/bars I can think of (maybe more) that occupy Kranzberg holdings in the area. 

Sophie's Artist Lounge, Turn, maybe others?

This is fabulous news. SLU should be paying THEM for the benefit that groups like Kranzberg and other nearby developers provide the university.

quincunx wrote: ↑

Mar 22, 2023

Anyone know more about the history of 2645 Lafayette?

The preservation Board will consider demo of 2645 Lafayette on Feb 26th

This facade can not be torn down. I understand the rear of the building it fairly messed up, but it's a one story building. Can't imagine stabilization or even complete renovation would be more expensive than tearing it down and building something new.

Hey, PresBoard, can you remind everyone where to submit comments?

StlToday - Bob Cassilly’s former studio faces demolition again in St. Louis

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/met ... ae589.html

symphonicpoet wrote: ↑

Feb 21, 2024

Hey, PresBoard, can you remind everyone where to submit comments?

You can submit comments to andersonb@stlouis-mo.gov.

Our Preservation Board meetings are hybrid, and you can watch and also participate by Zoom. The Zoom link will be available once the final agenda is posted here (which should be by the end of business on Friday):

https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/d ... 6-2024.cfm

quincunx wrote: ↑

Feb 19, 2024

quincunx wrote: ↑

Mar 22, 2023

Anyone know more about the history of 2645 Lafayette?

The preservation Board will consider demo of 2645 Lafayette on Feb 26th

Not on the final agenda of the Feb 26 Preservation Board meeting.

I just came across this older article by Chris Naffziger about "the lost streets of the south side of Lafayette Square". 


Interesting read, and some cool old pics:  

https://www.stlmag.com/history/architec ... 8564012083

What's left of St. Augustine church is coming down today.
https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/the-r ... -st-louis/

The Europeans that originally built north city and then abandoned their own history should be rolling in their graves with shame. These churches and schools all over the city should have lasted 1000 years. The whole situation is disgraceful.

Ugh. A lot more LRA demos coming.

KMOV - Renovations lift north St. Louis neighborhood

To stimulate redevelopment and reduce crime in north St. Louis, a major effort is underway to demolish vacant buildings that are the worst eyesores.

A collaborative effort involving the State of Missouri, St. Louis City, the St. Louis Regional Crime Commission and others will use $15 million in ARPA funds to demolish 1,000 unstable properties by the end of 2026. The city’s prioritizing vacant homes in north St. Louis.

https://www.firstalert4.com/2024/08/13/ ... ghborhood/

1,000 properties!?!?!

quincunx wrote:Ugh. A lot more LRA demos coming.

KMOV - Renovations lift north St. Louis neighborhood

To stimulate redevelopment and reduce crime in north St. Louis, a major effort is underway to demolish vacant buildings that are the worst eyesores.

A collaborative effort involving the State of Missouri, St. Louis City, the St. Louis Regional Crime Commission and others will use $15 million in ARPA funds to demolish 1,000 unstable properties by the end of 2026. The city’s prioritizing vacant homes in north St. Louis.

https://www.firstalert4.com/2024/08/13/ ... ghborhood/

Not “LRA demos” but “demos”. In fact , LRA barely owns 1000 buildings at this point, I believe. Mostly lots.

Preview of new LRA website from SLDC July 18 meeting materials. Says LRA has 2,000 buildings, and they are demolishing 50% of them.

quincunx wrote: ↑

Aug 21, 2024

Preview of new LRA website from SLDC July 18 meeting materials. Says LRA has 2,000 buildings, and they are demolishing 50% of them.

Y'know, if they're doing this anyway could they at least demolish these in a careful manner in an attempt to salvage bricks and other reusable components? Then make the materials available for cheap (even free!) to local developers/construction companies who want to thoughtful renovations/preservations of historic properties elsewhere in the city.

-RBB

Y'know, if they're doing this anyway could they at least demolish these in a careful manner in an attempt to salvage bricks and other reusable components? Then make the materials available for cheap (even free!) to local developers/construction companies who want to thoughtful renovations/preservations of historic properties elsewhere in the city

I second this!!

916 Allen has been demolished

Unseen STL History Talks: Lost Giants

Downtown STL buildings, many lost to the wrecking ball, and a discussion about how to save those that remain

https://unseenstlouis.substack.com/p/unseen-stl-history-talks-lost-giants

LRA demo applications
4305 ROSALIE 
4825 COTE BRILLIANTE 
5590 ERA 
1221 montclair 
5516 ALCOTT 
5556 RIVERVIEW 
5200 GENEVIEVE 
5073 GENEVIEVE 
5507 GENEVIEVE 
5512 BEACON 
5540 BEACON 
4211 PECK 
4237 PECK 
4206 PECK 
4209 Peck 
4232 PECK 
4318 N 19TH 
4320 N 19TH 
4336 N 19TH 
4325 N 19TH
4407 N 19TH 
2030 GANO 
4118 PLEASANT 
4216 PLEASANT 
4235 PLEASANT 
4438 BIRCHER 
4037 COTE BRILLIANTE 
4010 GREER 
3961 MAFFITT 
4216 ALDINE 
4233 ALDINE

it's f*cking hopeless.

This is my only major complaint I have about Jones administration bc I like a lot of stuff happening in the city. Someone has gotta get LRA to do something different. Why are we tearing down this many buildings in mass? I can understand doing some demos of unsalvageable buildings on mostly full blocks but their approach North City is going to be a prairie. We are just tearing things down without a plan. Didn’t we learn before?

On top of them having crazy anti-density lot size minimums and selling lots to neighbors as side yards. Letting our bricks go to patios in Dallas.

LRA is really frustrating to me.

^ What would be your realistic hope here?  What should LRA do?  Streetview shows that many of these appear to be "unsalvageable" and in some cases those Streetview images are 5+ years old.