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bwcrow1s wrote:I had met a lady who was taking care of a large group of feral cats right by that cast iron collection one day several years ago.  She said a ton of people have tried to steal it, and well, cannot.

chriss752 wrote:

bwcrow1s wrote:I had met a lady who was taking care of a large group of feral cats right by that cast iron collection one day several years ago.  She said a ton of people have tried to steal it, and well, cannot.

I wonder if GRG is willing to sell that lot, where the Garden would go, and take up the site just East of here, where the cast iron pile is. That way you can keep development of new buildings closer to the main streets of 1st and 2nd and green space closer to the River since no buildings could be built there without becoming flooded.

GoHarvOrGoHome wrote: These condemned signed popped up on the front door of the world aquarium today

Moments after officials cut the celebratory ribbon for the Lucas Avenue extension, a half-dozen vehicles waited for the pedestrians to disperse before zooming up the new artery from Laclede's Landing.
It was the first time any vehicular traffic has been able to exit or enter the southern end of the riverfront neighborhood, which has long been impacted by a lack of access to the rest of downtown St. Louis.
The opening of the Lucas Avenue extension on Monday follows months of construction — and years of planning — to improve the riverfront neighborhood's accessibility.
"I know it was frustrating at times, but we got it done," Alderman Jack Coatar said.
City officials last year struck a deal with Drury Development Co. to use some of the surface lot it owns to extend Lucas Avenue to Second Street by offering the St. Louis company tax abatement for its Witte Building redevelopment. About $400,000 was available from a mix of local and state funds to pay for the project. SBC Contracting Inc. was the general contractor for the infrastructure improvement.
"This opens the door for more investment," said Steven Conway, chief of staff for Mayor Lyda Krewson, referencing the more $20 million in investment that Laclede's Landing has seen since in the past few years.

The neighborhood's second-largest employer, Abstrakt Marketing, plans to grow its employee base from about 330 people to 1,000 employees in the coming years. It believes Laclede's Landing can once again be a destination, said CEO Scott Scully.
Up next for the neighborhood is work on the eastern half of Lucas Avenue to make it more accessible for drivers and pedestrians. That is expected to begin in about three weeks, Coatar said. The Seventh Ward Capital Fund is paying for that project. Security will also be improved with plans to add cameras, he said.
Also planned for the neighborhood is the Katherine Ward Burg Garden, a new half-acre park that's part of Great Rivers Greenway's master plan to improve the North Riverfront area. Construction is slated to begin at the end of this month and should be complete by spring 2020, said Great Rivers Greenway CEO Susan Trautman.

chaifetz10 wrote:

dredger wrote: Not sure if their is anything new in bizjournals article on the landing.   I would assume Drury family is in the driver seat with the ownership of the prime infill lots along Lucas Ave that are above the flood zone.

Driver seat - yes, but they’re currently waiting at an airport parking lot with the car turned off.  It’ll take a while before they decide to actual drive anywhere.

• Stopped by the new Lucas Ave extension yesterday and it was already being heavily utilized by traffic and pedestrians. Such an obvious move, but still a problem that I thought would never be fixed. Good job city.
• Paved E/W streets is a smart move and makes the Landing a bit more approachable. Those things are terrible right now.
• The Burg Garden, while hotly contested here, will still be a vast improvement over the current state of affairs on the lot.
• Not to mention the gated surface parking lot that has replaced the empty green lot across Lucas for the Pepper Lofts. Not ideal, but it is at least using the land better than the empty lawn covered in trash.
• The Greely and Hoffman building revamps will soon be underway. I look forward to seeing their storefronts activated again. 

The Mayor wrote:If anyone is around the Landing sometime and wouldn't mind snapping a few pics of the new street and other improvements, I'd love to see it.