I received this in an email last week. I've never been to one of these before, but I believe the AIA(American Institute of Architects) did the Gateway Mall Charrette earlier this year. There has been some recent and proposed streetscape work on MLK Dr. perhaps this is a take-off of that. The workshop is on Saturday Apr. 22

Help plan for the future of Dr. Martin Luther King Drive in the Ville Neighborhood! Alderman O.L. Shelton, the City of St. Louis and AIA St. Louis are working together to bring together design professionals, developers and neighbors for a charrette to be held at Marshall School, 4342 Aldine, 63113.



Green input and perspectives are welcome! If you?d like to participate, contact Michelle Swatek with AIA St. Louis at mswatek@aia-stlouis.org or (314) 621-3489.

On the 40th anniversary of King's death the Post-Dispatch ran an article today on the ongoing effort to make MLK Drive worthy of his name



http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/s ... enDocument

I took a drive down MLK Drive early this morning. Since Saturday was the 41st anniversary of Dr. King's death, I thought I'd see what's been done since plans were announced to improve the street last year.



Well, I suppose there is progress. The street surface has been milled, so I guess the powers that be are finally going to get around to paving it. I didn't see any new lighting or landscaping, so I suppose that will be done once MoDOT resurfaces the street.



I hope eliminating the parking meters that line much of the street west of Vandeventer Avenue is part of the plan. I cannot think of an area in the city where meters are more pointless- the city should be encouraging on-street parking as part of the overall plan to revive retail on this stretch.