urbanSTL

Wow

^Those bricklayers could be handy in my neighborhood. Just had a chimney fall and pull the roof half off on a two family a couple of blocks from me. It pulled a pitched roof up and over the peak of the building somehow. Lord, but that's a mess. Anyway . . . nice to see the effort to save a building in need.

Can those guys move on to the Fountain Park Building next? 

Does this count as infill?  Amazing the effort to rehab that building vs. the effort to fill a sidewalk spot.

$500k building permit application submitted for new single family home at 
3311 S 7th St

71-foot wide lot. I'm getting the twitches.

chriss752 wrote: ↑

Sep 23, 2020

soulardx wrote: ↑

Sep 23, 2020

I'm pretty sure Chris took and shared pics on one of his platforms. Still, I'll try to snag some soon.

They rebuilt a brick wall and are doing the same on the other side. This is a very thorough stabilization project.

The house has been rebuilt. 

Wow,looks like a shoe in for Landmarks STL award.

Does anyone know if, on a project like this, they re-use the fallen bricks on the new wall? 

framer wrote:Does anyone know if, on a project like this, they re-use the fallen bricks on the new wall? 

I believe the walls on this house were disassembled and rebuilt. So for this, I think the bricks used are the original bricks. For other projects that are similar, and may have been collapsed, then I would imagine there would be a mix of new and old bricks.

Anyone know anything about this building on 12th just south of Russell in Soulard? Seems like a no-brainer for residential conversion, but it's been vacant for years.

framer wrote:Anyone know anything about this building on 12th just south of Russell in Soulard? Seems like a no-brainer for residential conversion, but it's been vacant for years.

It’s for sale but, as I believe was told on here somewhere before, it is deed restricted. No residential allowed.

EssTeeEll wrote: ↑

Sep 25, 2020

Does this count as infill?  Amazing the effort to rehab that building vs. the effort to fill a sidewalk spot.

It's an artistic representation of the State of Missouri...well kind of.

chriss752 wrote: ↑

Jan 17, 2021

framer wrote:Anyone know anything about this building on 12th just south of Russell in Soulard? Seems like a no-brainer for residential conversion, but it's been vacant for years.

It’s for sale but, as I believe was told on here somewhere before, it is deed restricted. No residential allowed.

Is a change as simple as a zoning variance? Or something more entangled? I mean, what else is that building going to be used for?

I want to say that the church used to own it and put all kinds of restrictive things in the deed. This info may have actually been from this thread. 

If I remember correctly they forbid any kind of residential or retail

I believe the Catholic Church owns the building and has a deed restriction prohibiting any conversion that would result in overnight stays. 

Maybe someone could turn it into a brothel. No overnight stays, just hour by hour. Surely that would satisfy the church.

Couldn't such a restriction be dropped by the church prior to sale?  

STLinCHI wrote: ↑

Jan 24, 2021

Couldn't such a restriction be dropped by the church prior to sale?  

I assume it could if they wanted to. After all, it is them who put the deed restriction in place.

Nothing groundbreaking, but a few small notes...

-Interior work for the retail space on 1001 Russell has finally started.  I believe Boardwalk Waffles & Ice Cream is taking up at least some of it.
-The below building on the corner of 12th & Allen is being rehabbed.  Not sure if the first floor will become retail again, but either way I expect it to look better that it has (see the gnarly cream corner on the Google Street View pic).
-Rehab work on 1009 Allen continues, with some activity in the lot next door where the infill will be.  I think there was some concern 1009 would be torn down, but I don't think that's the case.