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Nice.

Since opening, Center Ice has closed access from the front (Olive) side of the building. Previously, you could enter that way, passing beside the brewery area.

Now you have to walk a block out of the way, around Pappy's and through the back parking lot.

This is a terrible idea for that stretch of street (even though it sometimes feels like I'm the only one walking there).

Brennan's Work and Leisure to open at 3015 Locust: https://www.riverfronttimes.com/foodblo ... nd-leisure

Brennan jokes that the building, a former automobile showroom and warehouse, is "the ugliest one on the block," but notes that upcoming renovations will remove its facade. He hopes to have the new space open this fall.

^ You can almost taste Midtown Alley hitting a higher gear.... lots of commercial rehabs going on; would be curious to know how much square footage and how much is for lease. It's so tempting to see a future not so far off of in the future of residential, shops, and whatnot opening up and joining the growing number of creative firms and restaurants already cropping up.

Boo. For what?

So this is parking for a church. No way? Does this need to be reviewed by Cultural Resources?


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That neighborhood is literally awash in parking. If there's a historic review . . . oh please no. No.

Jesus Christ. Literally.

downtown2007 wrote: ↑

Jun 11, 2018

So this is parking for a church. No way? Does this need to be reviewed by Cultural Resources?

I assume it's for more church parking but who knows. Not too optimistic on Cultural Resources after the fiasco of the last Locust Street demo where they approved it and didn't go before the Preservation Board (even though the President assured me it would have to.)

Is there anyone we can contact to make sure that this gets a review? This would be such a huge loss for that block, and senseless. There is already so much street parking too.

bwcrow1s wrote: ↑

Jun 12, 2018

Is there anyone we can contact to make sure that this gets a review? This would be such a huge loss for that block, and senseless. There is already so much street parking too.

Does the Landmarks Association ever publicly advocate for the preservation of buildings like this? I feel like they used to.

Took a stroll down here this morning and it's amazing how much development activity there is going on. Really we're down to just a handful of buildings on Locust with no apparent plan underway from Jefferson all the way to Grand. Remarkable. And if this Beaumont Exchange rehab and related infill get done, oh my.

3000 Locust to be redeveloped into 17 apartments, retail space and office space.
https://www.cityscene-stl.com/news/3000 ... edeveloped

Anybody have any idea what is happening to Miller Building Group that used to hold that Olive Street address?

$2.5M building permit application submitted for rehab of 3000 Locust

^ Jefferson Connector picked up new market tax credits as reported by PD.   Hopes to start construction on hotel by next year.

https://www.stltoday.com/business/local/railroad-tie-maker-midtown-project-get-new-markets-tax-credits/article_046ecb31-bc93-573a-af6d-48a177ed358b.html

In another transaction, the SLDC board also voted to allocate $5 million in the federal credits to developer Jassen Johnson’s Jefferson Connector project in Midtown and Downtown West.

Johnson hopes to rehab five buildings on Locust Street just west of Jefferson Avenue and build a parking garage to service those spaces and a future phase of redevelopment he envisions.

He recently completed the rehab of the 2315 Locust Street building into offices and a new restaurant space.

The next phase would turn three buildings into commercial space and add offices and housing to the other two buildings. Johnson and his investors have spent over a decade rehabbing buildings in the neighborhood, aiming to better connect downtown and Midtown.

A more ambitious third phase would add a hotel and commercial space made out of shipping containers. That is scheduled to begin construction next year.

3000 Locust is getting new windows.




Red Flag

^ holy cow! i didn't even realize Fubar had closed. that place is a monolith... i kinda like it, though. digging the paint job. and it's a good reuse for an otherwise hideous/useless building.

3000 Locust is looking incredible. i've always loved that building.

That pwerhouse really is pretty special. I hope someone can come up with a creative use.

Good to see 3000 Locust getting new windows and the Red Flag paint is really quite cool indeed.

For those who haven't taken a stroll down Locust in Midtown recently, carve some time out on a nice day and do it. The corridor has completely changed over the past two years, really something special to see.

^ it’s also the best central corridor street to bike on. Calm, very little traffic, pavement is good.

We moved to the city 3 years ago and Locust has changed so much during that time. Here is t hoping that most retail and office businesses make it through this recession.