East Loop Redevelopment

Gateway City · PostFeb 09, 2013#2012013-02-09T05:35+00:00

It's time to introduce form-based codes. Not only in The Grove, but the entirety of St. Louis. Most of those buildings are pretty ugly. For U-City, wouldn't something more fun/youthful/Portlandish work better than those renderings?

One too big to fit here:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... Oregon.jpg

A college town has to look cool. This building ^, while not "AWESOME," is better than any of those proposed. UIC makes some pretty wacky buildings, they should really make something rad for The Loop - - especially the East Loop.

quincunx · PostFeb 09, 2013#2022013-02-09T14:33+00:00

I like the one in the link. Anything that comes up to the sidewalk is better than a parking/empty lot, but overall I want St Louis to look like St Louis, not like some where else. Take a look at the north side of 2100 Locust. That's what I want.

Gateway City · PostMar 04, 2013#2032013-03-04T22:50+00:00

I know what you mean, but I'm just using those as examples of "being not sucky." And yeah, 2100 Locust is a good'n. As long as the buildings look good, that's what I care about. No more of that townhome fluff they're throwing down in the CWE. They're going to turn it into Fenton.

Here are several new tenants coming to the Loop:

Mission Taco Joint: 6235 Delmar
Chubbies: 6227 Delmar
BluePrint Coffee
Italian Pastry shop (same owner as Butler's Pantry)
Pita Pit: 6120 Delmar

kmurph42 · PostMar 05, 2013#2042013-03-05T00:45+00:00

Gateway City wrote:I know what you mean, but I'm just using those as examples of "being not sucky." And yeah, 2100 Locust is a good'n. As long as the buildings look good, that's what I care about. No more of that townhome fluff they're throwing down in the CWE. They're going to turn it into Fenton.

Here are several new tenants coming to the Loop:

Mission Taco Joint: 6235 Delmar
Chubbies: 6227 Delmar
BluePrint Coffee
Italian Pastry shop (owned by owner of Butler's Pantry)
Pita Pit: 6120 Delmar

The Good Pie is relocating to the Loop from Midtown, as well.

quincunx · PostMar 05, 2013#2052013-03-05T01:58+00:00

Mission is open. The dusk taco was good. The cactus taco was too spicy for me. Looks like the Pita Pit construction is commencing. Signs are up for a spring opening of Picciano Pastry at the corner of Delmar and Skinker.

wabash · PostMar 05, 2013#2062013-03-05T02:29+00:00

Where have I seen this building before? Hmmmm....

Oh yeah! 3651 Olive Street in Midtown (courtesy of ArchCity):

Gateway City · PostMar 05, 2013#2072013-03-05T02:50+00:00

They are pretty similar. Why can't all of our new buildings look this good?

quincunx · PostMar 07, 2013#2082013-03-07T19:53+00:00

Blueprint Coffee Company plans to open this summer at 6225 Delmar. They intend to offer a landmark specialty coffee experience. They all have many years of restaurant and coffee shop experience. They will offer eat-in, carry-out, retail coffee, and wholesaling.

PostMar 19, 2013#2092013-03-19T16:15+00:00

More on Blueprint

RFT - Mike Marquard Discusses Blueprint Coffee, Opening This Summer in the Delmar Loop

Three weeks ago Gut Check learned that Blueprint Coffee is planning to open at 6225 Delmar Boulevard, along the same block of the Delmar Loop where two other restaurants have already opened this year: Mission Taco Joint (6235 Delmar Boulevard; 314-932-5430) and Chubbies (6227 Delmar Boulevard; 314-725-5000).

http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/gutche ... rquard.php

Presbyterian · PostMar 19, 2013#2102013-03-19T23:36+00:00

^With Mike Marquard at the helm, this place will be amazing. He's sort of the pope of coffee in the Midwest. And more in a Francis way than in a Benedict way. Can't wait for it to open!

dmelsh · PostMay 30, 2013#2112013-05-30T14:37+00:00

Don't know if posted already.

Looks like Pita Pit is finally open. Their website is taking online orders. May have to swing by for lunch. Fantastic food.

Pita Pit

quincunx · PostJul 17, 2013#2122013-07-17T02:38+00:00

Looks "demo ready" to me. Anyone heard anything?

jem79c · PostJul 17, 2013#2132013-07-17T14:56+00:00

Not I, but good riddance - that corner has depressed me for a long time, between this and the shell station

debaliviere · PostJul 17, 2013#2142013-07-17T15:13+00:00

I'd pay money to take a shot at that building with a sledge hammer.

roger wyoming II · PostJul 17, 2013#2152013-07-17T15:43+00:00

debaliviere wrote:I'd pay money to take a shot at that building with a sledge hammer.

Oh man, I'd pay big $$ to drive that bad arse StLPD Urban Assault Vehicle they park on the lot into that sucker!

debaliviere · PostJul 17, 2013#2162013-07-17T16:07+00:00

roger wyoming II wrote:
debaliviere wrote:I'd pay money to take a shot at that building with a sledge hammer.
Oh man, I'd pay big $$ to drive that bad arse StLPD Urban Assault Vehicle they park on the lot into that sucker!

I think we have a good fund-raising idea on our hands...

quincunx · PostJul 17, 2013#2172013-07-17T17:24+00:00

I've had a similar idea. Hold a raffle to help pay for the demo. The winner gets to pull the lever to drop the wrecking ball into it.

Presbyterian · PostJul 17, 2013#2182013-07-17T19:21+00:00

In the most recent photograph, I no longer notice the "Space Available / St Louis County Realty" sign on the building. Unless it's posted elsewhere, I would consider it a hopeful change. City records do not yet record a sale.

imran · PostJul 17, 2013#2192013-07-17T21:12+00:00

In a recent meeting Lyda Krewson mentioned that she was working with the owners (and,I think, Wash U) to encourage a mixed-use building at this site. She was in favor of a tallish building, stating that the church on Skinker is fairly tall and this corner needed something more substantial than a fast foot place.

Presbyterian · PostJul 17, 2013#2202013-07-17T23:28+00:00

Church to the south is four stories, as is the AT&T building to the west. Moonrise is seven or eight. If I were CVS, I'd squeeze a store into the bottom--provided you could put a drive through lane into the alley and had parking above. The site is 15,000 s.f, and so it just might be big enough.

Of course, there would be more room at the northwest corner, replacing the Shady Shell.

Alex Ihnen · PostJul 17, 2013#2212013-07-17T23:31+00:00

Imagine they're more likely to put tradition-ish store a 1/2 block north on Skinker. Sadly.

Gateway City · PostJul 18, 2013#2222013-07-18T17:40+00:00

It would be a tight fit, but I think a 20-story tower would be awesome here. It would be a great greeting for everyone driving down Skinker towards the Loop. It would be expensive, sure, but this neighborhood could use a good skyscraper. The tallest building around the Loop, from what I can tell, is that 15-story building. You know the one. A 20-story building (with perhaps a CVS) could have a few stories of residential, some office space, and maybe a few stories for a data center or something. Whatever needed to get it nice and tall. Probably a pipe dream. Maybe we can get a 10-story building here at most.

quincunx · PostJul 18, 2013#2232013-07-18T18:26+00:00

My bet would be on a 3-5 story for a new building on the corner. The Parkview Gardens Neighborhood Plan envisioned 3-12 story buildings along the west side of Skinker to the north.

Here's a leasing website for the Loop

http://www.leasetheloop.com/

I see some of the office space is $18-18.50 / sq ft. Isn't that what it is downtown? I also see the 6104 Delmar is asking a lot. No wonder it never gets filled! It would also help the Rosedale building is they'd spruce up the front first. I presume they're waiting for tenants before fixing it up.

PostAug 01, 2013#2242013-08-01T19:27+00:00

Blueprint Coffee expects to open in three weeks.

stlgasm · PostAug 07, 2013#2252013-08-07T21:54+00:00

I noticed something a bit discouraging this afternoon-- a crew was installing a wrought-iron fence around the Church's Chicken building. Seems like an expensive "temporary" measure if they were preparing to demo the building, but I could be wrong. Anyone have the scoop?

East Loop Redevelopment

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