To readdress that Mr. Stanley was going to reply never happened, I guess that's the City for ya or the fact that the Post came out sooner with plenty of information that week. Ohh well. I still have not been fully satisfied because they just started forming the organizations together after proposals were made which seems weird. So, I want details, but all in good time. Patience is a virtue, and one that I hope to work on. Sorry about the let down.
From the cover page of St. Louis Front Page...
Design Team Selected to Develop St. Louis Downtown Riverfront
by Bob Moore, SLFP.com
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ST. LOUIS, (SLFP.com) May 2, 2005 - Connecting the riverfront to downtown, the Arch and the rest of the metropolitan region is seen by many as the catalyst for making St. Louis a major destination.
In November 2000, the Greenway District, formerly known as the Metropolitan Park and Recreation District, was established by the successful passage of the Clean Water, Safe Parks and Community Trails Initiative (Proposition C) in St. Louis City, St. Louis County and St. Charles County, Missouri.
The Board of Directors of The Great Rivers Greenway District, the public organization that is leading the initiative and providing the funding for a Master Plan for the Downtown St. Louis Riverfront, voted Monday evening on the design team recommended to develop the Master Plan for the Downtown St. Louis Riverfront.
The HOK Planning Group and Balmori Associates, Inc. were chosen from twelve teams from across the nation, each representing a collaboration of five to six firms, who submitted proposals in response to a Request for Qualifications issued last February.
In an interview following the selection, Bill Burke, lead project manager for The HOK Planning Group, stated that the design process will take approximately a year to develop.
"Vector Communications will direct all the public participation," stated Bert. "We have three different local engineering firms. Surveying will be done by ABNA Engineering. CDG Engineers will help with permitting and costing. A firm from Raleigh, North Carolina, Moffatt and Nichol, will help with naval engineering and riverfront engineering."
The HOK Planning Group has participated in several projects relating to the revitalization of downtown St. Louis including Cupples Station and the Downtown Streetscape Master Plan. Over the past seven years, St. Louis-based HOK has also worked on Forest Park, the Confluence Greenway and the Missouri River Greenway.
"I think that this is the best design team ever put together for St. Louis," stated David Fisher, executive director, Great Rivers Greenway District. "It is clearly a team that can pick up the regional interest for St. Louis and give it that sparkle. Give it that something that makes this the front door to the region."
It is no coincidence that HOK seems to have their thumbprint on St. Louis. That connection may have led to the ultimate decision to be selected as the lead firm. "I think that their passion for this front door came through very clearly," stated Fisher.
Lead designer for the team will be Diana Balmori, principal of Balmori Associates, a New York landscape and urban design firm. Balmori, formerly a partner for the landscape and urban design firm Cesar Pelli and Associates, also was co-author of Saarinen Garden: A Total Work of Art. Eero Saarinen was the architect for the Gateway Arch.
"I really want to use the space to connect St. Louis," emphasized Balmori. "To use it to connect the North to the South and the East to the West. This city really needs something that connects the different parts. It's very disperse and in lots of separate pieces. I think that this is a tool in which you can weave the city together," stated Balmori.
Design Team Selected to Develop St. Louis Downtown Riverfront
by Bob Moore, SLFP.com
ST. LOUIS, (SLFP.com) May 2, 2005 - Connecting the riverfront to downtown, the Arch and the rest of the metropolitan region is seen by many as the catalyst for making St. Louis a major destination.
In November 2000, the Greenway District, formerly known as the Metropolitan Park and Recreation District, was established by the successful passage of the Clean Water, Safe Parks and Community Trails Initiative (Proposition C) in St. Louis City, St. Louis County and St. Charles County, Missouri.
The Board of Directors of The Great Rivers Greenway District, the public organization that is leading the initiative and providing the funding for a Master Plan for the Downtown St. Louis Riverfront, voted Monday evening on the design team recommended to develop the Master Plan for the Downtown St. Louis Riverfront.
The HOK Planning Group and Balmori Associates, Inc. were chosen from twelve teams from across the nation, each representing a collaboration of five to six firms, who submitted proposals in response to a Request for Qualifications issued last February.
In an interview following the selection, Bill Burke, lead project manager for The HOK Planning Group, stated that the design process will take approximately a year to develop.
"Vector Communications will direct all the public participation," stated Bert. "We have three different local engineering firms. Surveying will be done by ABNA Engineering. CDG Engineers will help with permitting and costing. A firm from Raleigh, North Carolina, Moffatt and Nichol, will help with naval engineering and riverfront engineering."
The HOK Planning Group has participated in several projects relating to the revitalization of downtown St. Louis including Cupples Station and the Downtown Streetscape Master Plan. Over the past seven years, St. Louis-based HOK has also worked on Forest Park, the Confluence Greenway and the Missouri River Greenway.
"I think that this is the best design team ever put together for St. Louis," stated David Fisher, executive director, Great Rivers Greenway District. "It is clearly a team that can pick up the regional interest for St. Louis and give it that sparkle. Give it that something that makes this the front door to the region."
It is no coincidence that HOK seems to have their thumbprint on St. Louis. That connection may have led to the ultimate decision to be selected as the lead firm. "I think that their passion for this front door came through very clearly," stated Fisher.
Lead designer for the team will be Diana Balmori, principal of Balmori Associates, a New York landscape and urban design firm. Balmori, formerly a partner for the landscape and urban design firm Cesar Pelli and Associates, also was co-author of Saarinen Garden: A Total Work of Art. Eero Saarinen was the architect for the Gateway Arch.
"I really want to use the space to connect St. Louis," emphasized Balmori. "To use it to connect the North to the South and the East to the West. This city really needs something that connects the different parts. It's very disperse and in lots of separate pieces. I think that this is a tool in which you can weave the city together," stated Balmori.
I dont think anyone is surprised that HOK was picked. But what I'm really excited about is their partner- Balmori Associates. That is a top notch Landscape architechture and urban design firm.
HOK actually does some amazing work, they just haven't done a lot of it here.
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Perhaps the two projects (Chouteau's Lake and riverfront redevelopment) will be integrated somehow since HOK is involved in both.
The riverfront could tie to Chouteau's Landing, and then all the way to forest park. It only makes sense, which is why I wonder about it.
I just checked out the website of Balmori Associates. Looks like they have done some high profile projects.
(Link) Balmori Associates
Check out the other planners.
http://www.vectorstl.com/
http://www.cdgengineers.com/
http://www.abnaengineering.com/
http://www.moffattnichol.com/
Looks like a great crop.
(Link) Balmori Associates
Check out the other planners.
http://www.vectorstl.com/
http://www.cdgengineers.com/
http://www.abnaengineering.com/
http://www.moffattnichol.com/
Looks like a great crop.
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City aims to rejuvenate Arch area
By Jake Wagman
Of the Post-Dispatch
05/05/2005
Rollin Stanley, the hip planning guru for the city of St. Louis, has a vision to bring people back to the long-neglected riverfront: an exercise trail, free wireless Internet and an interactive water fountain that will attract children like iron to a magnet.
And don't even think about calling this recreational area something as blase as a park.
"What you are creating is an urban space," Stanley says.
Charlie Brennan, the radio talk show host who is one of downtown's biggest boosters, has his own vision for the river's edge. It involves a place to get a beer. Advertisement
St. Louis is looking for a way to get its riverfront rolling again, and no idea is too earthy or esoteric.
While some sections of the city are flourishing with new development, the riverfront has languished under changing times and geographic isolation.
The city and other agencies want to change that. They announced this week that an all-star team of architects, planners and engineers have been commissioned to design a master plan for the riverfront.
The goal, at least on paper, is to transform the riverfront from the land that time forgot to a destination spot connected to the rest of the region.
"The tapestry between the ends of the Arch," says David Fisher, head of the public park fund that is leading the project.
St. Louis is not that much different from other Rust Belt cities whose ports are no longer major shipping centers. Baltimore turned its Inner Harbor into a tourist attraction; Pittsburgh is looking to energize its intersection of downtown rivers.
But there are two major obstacles to remaking St. Louis' riverfront: Mother Nature and Uncle Sam.
Any additions to the riverfront would have to be able to withstand the type of flooding that in 1993 saw the Mississippi swell to the steps of the Arch. Any improvements would have to work around the area's largest landowner - the National Park Service - which so far is cool to any tinkering with the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.
If St. Louis officials want their plan to include the Arch grounds, they'll have to make a federal case of it, literally.
"The bottom line is that the Arch was created by Congress to be what it is," said Frank Mares, the park's deputy superintendent. "It will continue by law to be what it is."
Making the area "Forest Park II" would make no sense, he said.
The Arch draws about 3 million people a year to the river. Around lunchtime one day this week, the crowd included schoolchildren on a field trip. An Amish family. Parents pushing strollers. Couples reclining in the grass.
What do they think would attract more people to the riverfront?
Cleaning up the graffiti would be a start. A cafe would be nice. So would more activities for teenagers, who are too young to feed the slot machines on the casinos.
"Like rock concerts," says Miranda Parks, 17, of Arnold, while taking in the sun under the Arch.
The team charged with creating a new look for the riverfront is thinking about that, and more.
Plans to revitalize the riverfront have come and gone through the years. Previous mayors have supported an aquarium, a large excursion boat and an $80 million casino complex. But the current push comes when there is momentum for building and bringing people to the city's center.
The NCAA basketball tournament brought thousands of fans downtown. City officials are hoping the new Cardinals stadium will fuel the development of Ballpark Village, a complex of office buildings and condominiums.
Mayor Francis Slay last week announced the creation of a Celebration Center. It will be an office that focuses on festivals such as RiverSplash, a concert series at the river's edge. Slay has said his desire to connect the river to the rest of downtown is a goal for his second term.
"We have a beautiful river that the city has turned its back on," Slay said.
The master plan will be ready in about a year and include input from a series of public forums that will begin early this summer. Just crafting the vision will cost taxpayers about $500,000.
Carrying out the plan would likely cost millions more and is at least several years from fruition.
That's assuming the government agencies involved - on the city, state and federal level - have enough money and political will to execute the idea.
The group of designers chosen Monday to conceive the plan are optimistic. One of the engineering firms involved has already sent out a survey team to get the lay of the land.
Planners are leaning toward enhancing the riverfront through trails and other landscape designs, though commercial and residential components are not out of the question. Neither are floating docks, a skating rink and tiered platforms from which to watch the river.
Linking the area with the rest of the region through MetroLink and other routes will be a priority, as will sprucing up Leonor K. Sullivan Boulevard, the street Fisher describes as "the very ugly space between the Arch and the river."
Diana Balmori, a Manhattan-based landscape and urban designer, is the creative lead on the project. She has worked on riverfronts from Memphis to Bilbao, Spain. She sees the St. Louis riverfront as a place that could be bustling with boats and barges if it weren't so hard to get to.
A common complaint from local architects is that for all its iconic glory, the Arch is isolated from the rest of downtown.
One quick remedy for better pedestrian access, Balmori suggests, is making red lights longer on Memorial Drive, the western border of the Expansion Memorial, giving walkers more time to cross.
"What you have to do is create a place that is enormously interesting but that you can use on an everyday basis," Balmori said.
Balmori will likely hear from Brennan, who has used his perch on KMOX to push for improvements to downtown. Brennan's pitch: A beer garden with a view of the mighty Mississippi. Sure, the parks service might give a chilly reception to serving alcohol near the Arch, even in the home of the world's largest brewery.
But it just might give the riverfront the push it needs to start flowing with people again. Brennan, for one, is hopeful.
"I'm from Cleveland, where the river caught on fire," Brennan says. "And it made a comeback."
By Jake Wagman
Of the Post-Dispatch
05/05/2005
Rollin Stanley, the hip planning guru for the city of St. Louis, has a vision to bring people back to the long-neglected riverfront: an exercise trail, free wireless Internet and an interactive water fountain that will attract children like iron to a magnet.
And don't even think about calling this recreational area something as blase as a park.
"What you are creating is an urban space," Stanley says.
Charlie Brennan, the radio talk show host who is one of downtown's biggest boosters, has his own vision for the river's edge. It involves a place to get a beer. Advertisement
St. Louis is looking for a way to get its riverfront rolling again, and no idea is too earthy or esoteric.
While some sections of the city are flourishing with new development, the riverfront has languished under changing times and geographic isolation.
The city and other agencies want to change that. They announced this week that an all-star team of architects, planners and engineers have been commissioned to design a master plan for the riverfront.
The goal, at least on paper, is to transform the riverfront from the land that time forgot to a destination spot connected to the rest of the region.
"The tapestry between the ends of the Arch," says David Fisher, head of the public park fund that is leading the project.
St. Louis is not that much different from other Rust Belt cities whose ports are no longer major shipping centers. Baltimore turned its Inner Harbor into a tourist attraction; Pittsburgh is looking to energize its intersection of downtown rivers.
But there are two major obstacles to remaking St. Louis' riverfront: Mother Nature and Uncle Sam.
Any additions to the riverfront would have to be able to withstand the type of flooding that in 1993 saw the Mississippi swell to the steps of the Arch. Any improvements would have to work around the area's largest landowner - the National Park Service - which so far is cool to any tinkering with the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.
If St. Louis officials want their plan to include the Arch grounds, they'll have to make a federal case of it, literally.
"The bottom line is that the Arch was created by Congress to be what it is," said Frank Mares, the park's deputy superintendent. "It will continue by law to be what it is."
Making the area "Forest Park II" would make no sense, he said.
The Arch draws about 3 million people a year to the river. Around lunchtime one day this week, the crowd included schoolchildren on a field trip. An Amish family. Parents pushing strollers. Couples reclining in the grass.
What do they think would attract more people to the riverfront?
Cleaning up the graffiti would be a start. A cafe would be nice. So would more activities for teenagers, who are too young to feed the slot machines on the casinos.
"Like rock concerts," says Miranda Parks, 17, of Arnold, while taking in the sun under the Arch.
The team charged with creating a new look for the riverfront is thinking about that, and more.
Plans to revitalize the riverfront have come and gone through the years. Previous mayors have supported an aquarium, a large excursion boat and an $80 million casino complex. But the current push comes when there is momentum for building and bringing people to the city's center.
The NCAA basketball tournament brought thousands of fans downtown. City officials are hoping the new Cardinals stadium will fuel the development of Ballpark Village, a complex of office buildings and condominiums.
Mayor Francis Slay last week announced the creation of a Celebration Center. It will be an office that focuses on festivals such as RiverSplash, a concert series at the river's edge. Slay has said his desire to connect the river to the rest of downtown is a goal for his second term.
"We have a beautiful river that the city has turned its back on," Slay said.
The master plan will be ready in about a year and include input from a series of public forums that will begin early this summer. Just crafting the vision will cost taxpayers about $500,000.
Carrying out the plan would likely cost millions more and is at least several years from fruition.
That's assuming the government agencies involved - on the city, state and federal level - have enough money and political will to execute the idea.
The group of designers chosen Monday to conceive the plan are optimistic. One of the engineering firms involved has already sent out a survey team to get the lay of the land.
Planners are leaning toward enhancing the riverfront through trails and other landscape designs, though commercial and residential components are not out of the question. Neither are floating docks, a skating rink and tiered platforms from which to watch the river.
Linking the area with the rest of the region through MetroLink and other routes will be a priority, as will sprucing up Leonor K. Sullivan Boulevard, the street Fisher describes as "the very ugly space between the Arch and the river."
Diana Balmori, a Manhattan-based landscape and urban designer, is the creative lead on the project. She has worked on riverfronts from Memphis to Bilbao, Spain. She sees the St. Louis riverfront as a place that could be bustling with boats and barges if it weren't so hard to get to.
A common complaint from local architects is that for all its iconic glory, the Arch is isolated from the rest of downtown.
One quick remedy for better pedestrian access, Balmori suggests, is making red lights longer on Memorial Drive, the western border of the Expansion Memorial, giving walkers more time to cross.
"What you have to do is create a place that is enormously interesting but that you can use on an everyday basis," Balmori said.
Balmori will likely hear from Brennan, who has used his perch on KMOX to push for improvements to downtown. Brennan's pitch: A beer garden with a view of the mighty Mississippi. Sure, the parks service might give a chilly reception to serving alcohol near the Arch, even in the home of the world's largest brewery.
But it just might give the riverfront the push it needs to start flowing with people again. Brennan, for one, is hopeful.
"I'm from Cleveland, where the river caught on fire," Brennan says. "And it made a comeback."
Thanks for posting the SLFP article. It's a lot more informative than today's article in the PD.
Is it possible to connect Forest Park to Chouteau's Pond, the Arch and the trails north, then south? This would be terrific. It would be a large scale version of what Ellisville has done with their city parks...all connected through trails.
IMHO, this is the type of creative idea that propels St. Louis forward and helps us compete globally. Along with all other amenities and developments along the system (think Millennium Park Chicago and add housing, retail, workplace, etc...), it could create an urban village entirely unique to most any city in the world.
I like that the PD article mentioned that it really isn't a "park". It could integrate multiple functions/uses into a pastoral setting that could highly reflect the desire of people for the best of urban and rural. This is what makes some cities, mostly European, great.
Is it possible to connect Forest Park to Chouteau's Pond, the Arch and the trails north, then south? This would be terrific. It would be a large scale version of what Ellisville has done with their city parks...all connected through trails.
IMHO, this is the type of creative idea that propels St. Louis forward and helps us compete globally. Along with all other amenities and developments along the system (think Millennium Park Chicago and add housing, retail, workplace, etc...), it could create an urban village entirely unique to most any city in the world.
I like that the PD article mentioned that it really isn't a "park". It could integrate multiple functions/uses into a pastoral setting that could highly reflect the desire of people for the best of urban and rural. This is what makes some cities, mostly European, great.
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I agree we need more activity and attractions on the riverfront, however I get tired of people who treat the present configuration like it is the worst setup in the world. Any city would give their eye-teeth to have the Arch as the center piece. It draws 3 million a year, is architecturally significant and one of only a handful instantly internationally recognizable symbols. In the past many of the attractions on the river tended to be tacky and an embarrassment that detracted from the Arch's beauty. In my mind all we need to do is cover highway 70, install permanent kiosks that sell food and souvenirs (much like the ones on the National Mall in DC), upgrade Wharf street and bring back quality excursion boats. I would rather see more emphasis put on enhancing the surrounding areas like Chouteau and Laclede's Landing while protecting the simplicity of the Arch grounds.
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I love the idea of having a beer garden or restaurant overlooking the Arch grounds.
I'd like to see more boats on the riverfront as well. Even though the McDonald's riverboat was kinda cheesy, it did offer an affordable dining option for families/tourists. I always enjoyed eating there, it was a cool experience, especially for kids.
I'd like to see more boats on the riverfront as well. Even though the McDonald's riverboat was kinda cheesy, it did offer an affordable dining option for families/tourists. I always enjoyed eating there, it was a cool experience, especially for kids.
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You know those surveyors who were checking out the riverfront as part of the "urban space" improvements project?
Our great, proud city produced a wonderful surprise for them this morning-- a corpse: http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/s ... enDocument
Our great, proud city produced a wonderful surprise for them this morning-- a corpse: http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/s ... enDocument
I like the fact that someone mentioned Chicago's Navy Pier. Whatever happens it needs to be alot more than one bar, one statue, one water fountain, voila. Also, how about connecting E. St. Louis' riverfront with the eads bridge as the pedestrian connection? Put some dining/bars on that side to overlook the riverfront; put more activities, etc. on the riverfront. Maybe I'm wrong but maybe some residential/retail would help out to keep this place from looking like a ghost town during week nights.
What about the Lid over 70? Seems that project would really help this one out.
What about the Lid over 70? Seems that project would really help this one out.
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SoulardD wrote:What about the Lid over 70? Seems that project would really help this one out.
More on the Gateway Arch Pedestrian Connection over here:
http://www.urbanstl.com/viewtopic.php?t=207
SoulardD wrote:I like the fact that someone mentioned Chicago's Navy Pier. Whatever happens it needs to be alot more than one bar, one statue, one water fountain, voila. Also, how about connecting E. St. Louis' riverfront with the eads bridge as the pedestrian connection? Put some dining/bars on that side to overlook the riverfront; put more activities, etc. on the riverfront. Maybe I'm wrong but maybe some residential/retail would help out to keep this place from looking like a ghost town during week nights.
What about the Lid over 70? Seems that project would really help this one out.
East St Louis is working on a riverfront project. I dont like Navy Pier. It's a suburban and tourist wasteland. Besides, we dont need to copy.
I dont like Navy Pier. It's a suburban and tourist wasteland. Besides, we dont need to copy.
Ok, point taken. But what about residential?
SoulardD wrote:I dont like Navy Pier. It's a suburban and tourist wasteland. Besides, we dont need to copy.
Ok, point taken. But what about residential?
Are you talking about residential on the St.Louis riverfront or East St.Louis?
Are you talking about residential on the St.Louis riverfront or East St.Louis?
Obviously, for now, I am talking about residential on the St. Louis riverfront side. I read something about "The river's edge project" going under, but was wondering if they might be considering residential with this master plan. Like I said earlier, it would be depressing to pass through this thing on a weeknight, or Sunday night and see it empty.
On a side note, I would be willing to bet that if you were able to get land on the East side of the river it'd be worth alot more than it is today a few years down the road.
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An official answer:
HI
Found your email mixed in with some papers & wasn;t sure if I had
responded.
We just retained a consultant to look at the riverfront between the
two
bridges in front of the Arch. the process should take a year. That
combined with our effoerts to build a lid over the interstate highway
on
the other side could transform the entire area.
A recently completed plan for the riverfront on the Illinois side
could
help coordinate efforts on both side to really transform the area
into
something great. We need infrastructure on the other side to
encourage
private investment in housing for example. The idea is to create
circle
routes to encourage people to move around the water.
So we begin the process to be followewd by some serious fund raising.
Rollin Stanley
With the full dedication of our region's hero and progressive, this Mississippi Plan will astound the nation. Rollin Stanley is the best thing to happen to St. Louis since the Arch became our national momument. May St. Louis step up to met his goals.
HI
Found your email mixed in with some papers & wasn;t sure if I had
responded.
We just retained a consultant to look at the riverfront between the
two
bridges in front of the Arch. the process should take a year. That
combined with our effoerts to build a lid over the interstate highway
on
the other side could transform the entire area.
A recently completed plan for the riverfront on the Illinois side
could
help coordinate efforts on both side to really transform the area
into
something great. We need infrastructure on the other side to
encourage
private investment in housing for example. The idea is to create
circle
routes to encourage people to move around the water.
So we begin the process to be followewd by some serious fund raising.
Rollin Stanley
With the full dedication of our region's hero and progressive, this Mississippi Plan will astound the nation. Rollin Stanley is the best thing to happen to St. Louis since the Arch became our national momument. May St. Louis step up to met his goals.
The greatest obsitcales Stanley and others faces are two fold:
1st. Flooding
2nd. East St. Louis
Why the 1st: Flooding is what makes it so hard to encourage development outside of parking garages and parking lots in the area. This is more of a problem for the Chouteau's Landing because is does not have the natural leavy of the other landing. The team must find a way to ensure flood saftey like a flood wall and still make the area pleasent. Personaly, i say the areas north of the Eads and south of the Poplar should have the whole riverfront raised as to be equal to the height of the flood walls. For the Landings, parking can be under these and development can occur on top. They could even be extened as far as onto the arch grounds. Then allow the land to step down into a natural bowl effect with the stairs that already come down from the Arch ground. A great ampitheater, with a beautiful park above.
Why the 2nd: There is nothing too look at on the other side of the river. The views are more depressing than spectacular, esp. in the winter. Gotta hope that the other riverfront plan goes through otherwise downtown will continue to suffer. Think about retail. Chesterfield Mall draws people from an area that might be described as a circle. Well downtown does the same, however some of its circle is the baren and under-utalized Eastside riverfront.
1st. Flooding
2nd. East St. Louis
Why the 1st: Flooding is what makes it so hard to encourage development outside of parking garages and parking lots in the area. This is more of a problem for the Chouteau's Landing because is does not have the natural leavy of the other landing. The team must find a way to ensure flood saftey like a flood wall and still make the area pleasent. Personaly, i say the areas north of the Eads and south of the Poplar should have the whole riverfront raised as to be equal to the height of the flood walls. For the Landings, parking can be under these and development can occur on top. They could even be extened as far as onto the arch grounds. Then allow the land to step down into a natural bowl effect with the stairs that already come down from the Arch ground. A great ampitheater, with a beautiful park above.
Why the 2nd: There is nothing too look at on the other side of the river. The views are more depressing than spectacular, esp. in the winter. Gotta hope that the other riverfront plan goes through otherwise downtown will continue to suffer. Think about retail. Chesterfield Mall draws people from an area that might be described as a circle. Well downtown does the same, however some of its circle is the baren and under-utalized Eastside riverfront.
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<A HREF="http://stlcin.missouri.org/release/getp ... m?Auto=926">Mayor's Office Press Releases</A>
Mayor's Office Mon, Aug 01, 2005
Mayor Slay Announces Major Step Forward for Development of the Riverfront
St. Louis, Missouri ? St. Louis Mayor Francis G. Slay asked the Danforth Foundation to assist the City in its efforts to redevelop the Central Riverfront and construct the Arch Grounds Connector, better known as ?the lid? over I-70. ?At my inauguration in April, I announced the development of the Central Riverfront and the Arch Grounds Connector as major priorities for my second term,? said Mayor Slay. ?These projects are complex. They will cost millions of dollars and will take several years to complete. But if completed, they will transform the image of the St. Louis region, both nationally and internationally. For these reasons, I have asked the Danforth Foundation for support to advance the projects, and I have asked Senator Danforth to assess how they could proceed beyond the planning stages.?
<A HREF="http://stlcin.missouri.org/release/getp ... m?Auto=926">>>> read more</A>
related topics:
<A HREF="http://www.urbanstl.com/viewtopic.php?t=207">Gateway Arch Pedestrian Connection</A>
Mayor's Office Mon, Aug 01, 2005
Mayor Slay Announces Major Step Forward for Development of the Riverfront
St. Louis, Missouri ? St. Louis Mayor Francis G. Slay asked the Danforth Foundation to assist the City in its efforts to redevelop the Central Riverfront and construct the Arch Grounds Connector, better known as ?the lid? over I-70. ?At my inauguration in April, I announced the development of the Central Riverfront and the Arch Grounds Connector as major priorities for my second term,? said Mayor Slay. ?These projects are complex. They will cost millions of dollars and will take several years to complete. But if completed, they will transform the image of the St. Louis region, both nationally and internationally. For these reasons, I have asked the Danforth Foundation for support to advance the projects, and I have asked Senator Danforth to assess how they could proceed beyond the planning stages.?
<A HREF="http://stlcin.missouri.org/release/getp ... m?Auto=926">>>> read more</A>
related topics:
<A HREF="http://www.urbanstl.com/viewtopic.php?t=207">Gateway Arch Pedestrian Connection</A>
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Does anyone know if St. Louis allows one to run for a third term for Mayor?
I have no idea, but it might end up being highly relevant - it seems like many of the project Mayor Slay is supporting will need several years to bloom.
I have no idea, but it might end up being highly relevant - it seems like many of the project Mayor Slay is supporting will need several years to bloom.
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markofucity wrote:Does anyone know if St. Louis allows one to run for a third term for Mayor?
I have no idea, but it might end up being highly relevant - it seems like many of the project Mayor Slay is supporting will need several years to bloom.
Vince Schoemehl was a three-term St. Louis mayor.