Welcome to St. Louis, where things move at a glacial pace. Last city to get Uber, and proud.goat314 wrote:^ I hope sooner rather than later. I know many other cities have seen mixed use projects break ground before the streetcar is even done. I wonder if we will see the same. Currently I don't know if any projects in the pipeline on Delmar, maybe this will change the closer we get. Delmar is definitely the most dynamic street in the city, in my opinion. Delmar Station also has the potential to be the best example of TOD in the region. Surprised Wash U or SLDC hasn't already gathered land around the station and established a TIF district.
It's hard to comprehend the lack of investment in this city since the 1960s. The entire real estate boom of the 2000s brought exactly 1 new building to downtown, and it didn't even get finished until about a year ago.
In any other city, people would be breaking ground with new buildings. Cortex is the only area where things are actually moving, but that's because this area's moneyed interests are all working together.
As it is, I'm very worried about this trolley's success at both getting any meaningful ridership and spurring actual development in this corridor. If tourists are going to actually be riding this thing down Delmar in its current state, it's probably going to have the reverse of the intended effect, and they'll probably be scared away in the future.
