I don't know how controversial this will be to say but honestly, I prefer most of the bland semi-suburban houses of the gate district to these weird poorly done modern awkwardly shaped boxes. I'm still of the opinion that cheaply done traditional will always wind up a lot more pleasant than cheaply done modern.
$260k building permit issued for new home at 3330 Vista by Habitat for Humanity
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This thread gives me no hope in being a homeowner...
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New construction is expensive. Also maybe HFH is a bit more honest on the value for the permit.
Cost to build is higher than the sale price will be. Permit value is honest, unlike a lot of builders.
"Gate District West Neighborhood Thriving Three Years After Groundbreaking"
https://www.slu.edu/news/2023/september ... update.php
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Winner. Modern yet contextual. Hope that’s brick!
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it's fine. not great. brick veneer in front, vinyl siding everywhere else i'm sure. not a fan of these cheap-looking metal awnings or whatever they are in place of cornices.
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Agree 100%urban_dilettante wrote: ↑Jan 30, 2024it's fine. not great. brick veneer in front, vinyl siding everywhere else i'm sure. not a fan of these cheap-looking metal awnings or whatever they are in place of cornices.
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1115 S. Jefferson has suffered a likely fatal collapse. The entire north side of the building is spilling into the alley
New construction (and infill) in the Lafayette Terrace Gate Distict on Lafayetter Avenue. This is all next door to the very cool and very busy "Have a Cow" Grub and Coffee.
2754 under construction for new venue called "Lovey's on Lafayette" ... a two level "chill space" coffee/entertainment and shop venue.
Also new offices for Cornerstone Journeys Travel Group (build out in back next to Wildflowers Florist)
Next door (on corner) at Lafayette and California, construction on multi-unit residential.
Couple blocks down, construction rehab has begun on the old Garavalgia Grocery... awesome sign will be restored and new grocery/restaurant concept coming.
In addition, the mamouth Imaculate Conception Church property has sold and event center/venue to renovate the property.
All these started in last week. This district is really making a jump ahead.
2754 under construction for new venue called "Lovey's on Lafayette" ... a two level "chill space" coffee/entertainment and shop venue.
Also new offices for Cornerstone Journeys Travel Group (build out in back next to Wildflowers Florist)
Next door (on corner) at Lafayette and California, construction on multi-unit residential.
Couple blocks down, construction rehab has begun on the old Garavalgia Grocery... awesome sign will be restored and new grocery/restaurant concept coming.
In addition, the mamouth Imaculate Conception Church property has sold and event center/venue to renovate the property.
All these started in last week. This district is really making a jump ahead.
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Construction on new multi-unit apartments corner of Lafayette and California next to these developments above.
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Out of curiosity, what do you think demand is for a vacant lot on Henrietta a block off Lafayette? I’ve seen sales been wildly different for vacant land in The Gate. It is roughly 4,000 square feet. Seems like a lot of construction in/around the area.
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$300k building permit application submitted for a new home at 3409 Vista
Been looking at some historic aerials for the Gate District and it seems like most of the historic building stock was torn down in the 1970s and 1980s but new homes weren't built until the 1990s/2000s. Does anyone know the neighborhood's urban renewal story or witnessed it?
There was once a plan for suburban homes and parking lots retailers. I can't find it rn.
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The area was part of the larger urban renewal "New Town in Town" effort that put out some really wild plans, including making a big lake surrounded by homes. The community fortunately was able to push back on that but a lot of demolition continued as other plans incorporating more community input came and went, including from Pantheon (which did a lot of work in Skinker-DeBailiviere). I can't remember if "Lafayette Town" was their plan or not. Anyway, I don't think it was until the 90s that significant homebuilding began, I believe led by Vatterot. But in the 20+ years before that there was a ton of demo and displacement... I recall reading that a significant number of displaced Black population moved over to Tiffany during this period.
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As a teenager and college student, I worked at Cardinal Glennon Hospital from 1969 to 1973. My parents lived in South County, so I drove I-55 to Lafayette Avenue, then went west on Lafayette, Park or Chouteau up to Grand.
I can tell you the abandonment of that neighborhood was swift and widespread, especially on streets like St. Vincent. There were buildings on Park and Lafayette that were fully occupied, then three months later completely empty and/or boarded up. In summer, I'd work full time and start work at 5:30AM. Oftentimes, I'd see people moving out under cover of the pre-dawn hours. I'd say in the short time I was driving through this neighborhood, it lost at least a 1/3 of its population.
Many of my coworkers lived in two and four family flats on Blaine and Folsom, on the west side of Grand and walked to work. When I left CGMH in the spring of '73, the decay and abandonment on the east side of Grand had not yet begun on the west side, although many of my coworkers were becoming very alarmed by the increase on crime on that side of Grand.
I can tell you the abandonment of that neighborhood was swift and widespread, especially on streets like St. Vincent. There were buildings on Park and Lafayette that were fully occupied, then three months later completely empty and/or boarded up. In summer, I'd work full time and start work at 5:30AM. Oftentimes, I'd see people moving out under cover of the pre-dawn hours. I'd say in the short time I was driving through this neighborhood, it lost at least a 1/3 of its population.
Many of my coworkers lived in two and four family flats on Blaine and Folsom, on the west side of Grand and walked to work. When I left CGMH in the spring of '73, the decay and abandonment on the east side of Grand had not yet begun on the west side, although many of my coworkers were becoming very alarmed by the increase on crime on that side of Grand.