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Does anyone have any pics of the funeral parlor?

I think it is great what is being proposed by the developers as well. The East Loop is already looking much than it has in years!



My only concern is this comment............



It would be a ?very historical looking building? that will be compatible with the neighborhood, said Josh Shapiro, project manager.



Something with a contemporary design, if not too gaudy, wouldn't be bad either. With the exception of historic districts - ex. Soulard & Lafayette Square - new buildings in St. Louis City don't always have to have a historical look especially on that stretch of Delmar.

this is great news! I'm in awe that he is going to build behind and above the funeral parlor --> talk about making awesome use of a piece of urban land. this is going to be very sleek looking



it never stops growing!!! are we about to witness the birth of a new high-rise district?

That bright purple paint is the total antithesis of the cars he sells...tacky, ugly, shoddy vs. tasteful, gorgeous, vintage...gotta have a gimmick I guess...

EXTENDING THE LOOP:

By Martin Van Der Werf

Of the Post-Dispatch

08/23/2005



It is already one of the hottest development sites



in the area, but look for an acceleration of construction activity as the Loop heads inexorably to the east.



Joe Edwards, owner of Blueberry Hill and the Pageant concert hall, among other properties, is now planning a 120-room hotel at 6177 Delmar Boulevard at the site of a former funeral home. Just down the street, the owners of the former Yellow Cab Co. site, 6111 Delmar, have a plan for retail and office, and hope to start construction in the spring.



Neal Shapiro, president of The Original Cast Lighting Co. across the street, bought the former taxi office last year. He is marketing the retail space through Pace Properties, and hoping for something eclectic to match the rest of the window-shopping and entertainment haunts. "I don't want a Walgreen's in there," he said.



Eventually, he probably will move his company out of the building it has occupied for more than 20 years, and replace it with more retail space.



Meanwhile, Saaman Development has proposed a condominium project at 5819 Delmar, in what is now a vacant lot. The site is just west of Goodfellow Boulevard. The plans include more than 30 units.



And to encourage even more Loop development, a group of developers has been putting together plans for a district that would take in most of the commercial land along Delmar all the way east to De Baliviere Avenue. The idea is that all sites within the zone would be eligible for tax increment financing. That might fill up many of the empty lots and storefronts along the street, or so the argument goes.



All the above projects will go before the city TIF commission in September.

About April 1st a chain-link temporary fence was set up about the old Dobbs building, which is where, I think, the Companion is slated to go, along with a Metro transit plaza.



Perhaps construction is about to begin?



My own selfish opinion: I would like to see the old Dobbs garage building razed, rather than re-configured. This block, Delmar-Rosedale-DesPeres, is exactly at the intersection of the Loop and Metrolink. This block cries out for a new multi-story (highrise) building, perhaps combining the transit plaza, street-level retail, and office space. Perhaps, even, another hotel. Any hotel at the Delmar Metrolink station would immitate an airport-hotel within a first-class entertainment district. (Okay, two hotels on the loop is a stretch! More apartments or condos then.)

I didn't mean to give an impression that I know, really, what is to become of the old Dobbs garage. A temporary fence has been set up around the lot perimeter. Perhaps this is for a demolition.



In our neighborhood, we have heard three partially-conflicting reports on the status of the block:



1. that the lot is now owned by Washington University;

2. that Metro plans to open-up and improve the Delmar station, and to construct an adjacent transit plaza on at least part of the lot;

3. that Companion bakery will open a facility on this block.





http://www.metrostlouis.org/InsideMetro ... rs/delmar.

DeBaliviere wrote:If Church's was located in a mult-use building on the same site

That was 4-6 stories tall!