The old Talayna's space was recently up for sale. Any word on buyer or plans for that property?
Assessor website says it's owned by LEXIE PEXIE LLC with a daily date of 07/30/2021
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FWIW, that LLC has the same address as a health care management company (Reliant Care Management, LLC in Maryland Heights) that has both care centers and staffing for assisted living.
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Somebody ran their car into the front door of Tbell this weekend
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Not being pedantic, but it happened back on October 29th.GoHarvOrGoHome wrote: ↑Nov 08, 2021Somebody ran their car into the front door of Tbell this weekend
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https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/picku ... on-avenue/
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Ahh just noticed it going past today. Stupid cars
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So that's where the "Bong!" from the Taco Bell commercials comes from.
The former Talayna's at 1115 Hampton at Berthold may be replaced. Aug 9 the Planning Commission will consider rezoning 6110 Berthold, the parking to the west of the building, to facilitate consolidating two parcels and build a new building. Disco balls -> Comprehensive Marijuana Dispensary Facility
$325k building permit application to turn the former Jack in the Box into a coffee shop. Yes just south of the land-wasting and polluting drive-thru Starbucks.
This entire stretch of Hampton is a lost cause. There's no direction for it other than 'utility'.
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The Zoo is one of the main contributors to the embarrassment
^Yep, I should've known when they got control of the Forest Park Hospital site they'd just landbank it as a huge lawn. They should have to pay property taxes on that land imo.
A good alder would have a community plan for this corridor. Hampton between 44 and 64 should be a cash cow of tourism for St. Louis.
The zoo is a different story. I’d be bullying that group of philanthropic grifters everyday if I were anyone with power at the City. Build or we’re taking your vacant lot. They haven’t even maintained a public vision for the site.
The zoo is a different story. I’d be bullying that group of philanthropic grifters everyday if I were anyone with power at the City. Build or we’re taking your vacant lot. They haven’t even maintained a public vision for the site.
When was it ever found? If you look back at historic aerials that corridor is largely unchanged. Amazingly, the Taco Bell occupies almost the same footprint of whatever was there in 1958. The Steak n' Shake was there in 1968. Yes, the hospital is gone, but it's street presence along Hampton was a concrete wall of a parking structure.bwcrow1s wrote: ↑Aug 16, 2025This entire stretch of Hampton is a lost cause. There's no direction for it other than 'utility'.
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Hampton probably is a lost cause until the city musters up some courage and finds money to rid of/convert I-44 at big bend and to the east in another life. Parallel interstates a mile apart will
continue to ruin Hampton, Kingshighway, Vandeventer, Grand, Jefferson, Truman, Tucker/Gravois. Our worst streets stem from the issue that there certainly shouldn’t be two E-W interstates that close together through there, if any
continue to ruin Hampton, Kingshighway, Vandeventer, Grand, Jefferson, Truman, Tucker/Gravois. Our worst streets stem from the issue that there certainly shouldn’t be two E-W interstates that close together through there, if any
I do think there's some incremental steps they could take to reduce the highway's impact in the city, like fewer lanes, no slip lanes at exits/onramps, stop adding lanes to on/off ramps, sound walls, etc. But I def think I-44 shouldn't be there. In my dreams, start with removing it between the Poplar St Bridge & Stan span, then convert it to something similar to Forest Park Parkway west of the 55/44 spaghetti bowl.
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wouldn't that just amount to tax payers paying the zoo's property taxes?PeterXCV wrote: ↑Aug 18, 2025^Yep, I should've known when they got control of the Forest Park Hospital site they'd just landbank it as a huge lawn. They should have to pay property taxes on that land imo.
The zoo-museum district doesn't fund 100% of the zoo's operations, they charge lots of money for parking there, sell food, special events, zoo lights isn't cheap to get into, etc. The point is that they should do something productive with that land or sell it. And it seems like they need a stick to do so.
Also both the county and city pay into the zoo-museum district but the property tax lost from the fp hospital lot is completely coming out of the city's coffers. Net gain for city property tax payers at least.
Also both the county and city pay into the zoo-museum district but the property tax lost from the fp hospital lot is completely coming out of the city's coffers. Net gain for city property tax payers at least.
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i agree, of course, that they should be pressured in some way to either develop it or sell it. but it's a non-profit civic institution that's extremely valuable to the City's identity and reputation, so i don't think land-taxing them is the way to do it.
I don't disagree, that area was pretty suburbanized for most of its life. Doesn't mean we can't fuel change in direction, especially when buildings are getting demo'd or left to sit vacant, or god forbid, flipped into more dispensaries.TalkinDev wrote: ↑Aug 18, 2025When was it ever found? If you look back at historic aerials that corridor is largely unchanged. Amazingly, the Taco Bell occupies almost the same footprint of whatever was there in 1958. The Steak n' Shake was there in 1968. Yes, the hospital is gone, but it's street presence along Hampton was a concrete wall of a parking structure.bwcrow1s wrote: ↑Aug 16, 2025This entire stretch of Hampton is a lost cause. There's no direction for it other than 'utility'.
Streetscape improvements and multi-modal approach could change it from a thoroughfare between 44 and 64 if it slowed drivers enough.
Added to that, the zoo expansion site is akin to Chouteau and Grand. It's a blight and a head scratcher. A big opportunity for a developer. In that same vein, does anyone ever even use that Zoo parking garage? Instant asset for apartments.