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MoDOT, GRG, East West Gateway and others developed a guide for this region. So when MoDOT, a city or county does a project they have to at minimum add to the roadway what the Gateway Bike Plan calls for that road.
http://greatriversgreenway.org/about-us ... bike-plan/

^Thanks.

And that plan is based on standards from MUTCD 2009
And AASTHOs Guide for Developing Biking Facilities.
AASTHO is American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

Snaps from the outside windows:

^Rusty, crumbling columns? Cheesy suspended ceilings? Vinyl baseboard trim? All-weather indoor/outdoor carpeting?

^ yeah, maybe it's a not the most impressive space to be viewed from the sidewalk but it looks fine and it's clearly not the main exhibit space. the pillars are intentional. the warehouse look is in. i've seen all kinds of loft renovations with imperfections in exposed brick, concrete, etc left untouched.

ABOVE: Courtesy National Blues Museum.

St. Louis, MO, USA — The National Blues Museum is pleased to announce the lineup of festivities in honor of its Grand Opening Day, taking place on Saturday, April 2.

Sixth and seventh streets between Washington Avenue will be blocked off between 9:00 a.m. and 10:10 a.m. in order to allow for visitors and museum supporters to have space to enjoy the outdoor festivities. The day will begin with a musical procession from the Normandy High School marching band at 9:30 a.m. The band will start marching at the corner of Sixth and Washington Avenue and lead a procession to the front door of the museum.

The procession will be followed by remarks from Chairman of the Board Rob Endicott, Executive Director Dion Brown, and Mayor Francis Slay. After the ribbon cutting, the museum will officially open its doors to the public at 10:00 a.m.

“It has been such a pleasure to see the museum undergo so many phases of growth and development, and to finally arrive at the opening day,” says chairman of the board Rob Endicott. “We greatly appreciate all of the support that has been provided by the City of St. Louis and the State of Missouri, our donors and the general public. We couldn’t be more pleased to share it with the world.”

Once the doors open, there will be an all-day rotation of live entertainment inside the Lumière Place Legends Room until 4:00 p.m. Blues rock band Phi will kick off the day, followed by performances from blues musicians David Dee, Jeremiah Johnson, Marquise Knox, Jim McClaren, Mickey Rogers, and Renee Smith. Rogers, a singer-guitarist, and McClaren, a harmonicist, are both featured within the museum. The concerts will be emceed by Big Llou, host of Sirius XM’s Bluesville channel.

Visitors can also tour artist H.C. Porter’s “Blues @ Home: Mississippi’s Living Blues Legends” exhibition, which will be on view in the Scott and Diane McCuaig and Family Gallery. Porter created 31 paintings of Mississippi-based blues artists and has paired them with oral histories from each subject. The exhibition includes images of world-famous performers, including the late David “Honeyboy” Edwards,the late B.B. King, and Bobby Rush.

“This is a landmark day that will be packed with education and entertainment, and we can’t wait to let visitors explore everything the museum has to offer,” says Executive Director Dion Brown. “This is a place that will enrich the history and culture of not just blues music, but also the city of St. Louis, and we are glad to be a part of the area.”

The museum will charge regular admission, and will remain open until 5 p.m. Information on parking, transportation, lodging, and food can be found on the National Blues Museum’s website at nationalbluesmuseum.org/news/grand-opening-weekend/.

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^Good stuff! Thanks for the link.

(Still don't like the carpeting, though)

Perhaps the carpet will help with sound absorption.

Here is a photo of a nice column:



We can all relax now.

Has anyone been to the museum?


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NBM is reporting 23,000 visitors (thru September) in its first six months... not sure what projections were but that doesn't seem too great. Hopefully that's for the museum itself and isn't counting things like the summer concerts at Eli Smith/Arch grounds. Anyway, hope they are meeting operation budget and things pick up with time.

Earlier on (but as recently as 2015) some of the boosters and backers were saying 100,000 a year as a target. I think as soon as they hired a director he started backing off of that number (perhaps setting more realistic expectations). So it looks like they're at about 1/2 of initial projections/expectations.

Hopefully they are reaching out to music departments at local schools.

^ hopefully so and that can bump up the count in the winter months.

arch city wrote:An average of 3850 visitors per month isn't that bad, but I suspect those numbers could increase once the new Gateway Arch museum opens and more ad dollars are raised. They need a bigger ad budget.

Other than the national press during the opening and leading up to it, there hasn't been much publicity since...

I expect downtown tourism will see a bump once Arch grounds/museum finally are completed and wouldn't doubt that will rub off a bit with other attractions... having some evening hours next peak tourism season would be great. A successful Union Station when that opens can't hurt, either. And I agree we haven't heard much about it since the opening.. other than the summer concerts.

downtown2007 wrote:Has anyone been to the museum?


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Yes. My wife and I went midweek a few weeks ago around noon. They had us buy tickets at the gift shop instead of the unused ticket window. Exhibits and history are impressive and truly national in scope, not local. They had a few interactive ways to build your own blues tune as you go through the museum that they email to you when you leave. That was fun. The history lesson is educational. About a dozen people were going through when we went, so it worked well since it was not crowded. Then we ate next door at attached Sugarfire which was packed.


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They gave it a good run. RIP