urbanSTL

Yeah, Florida in general has a lot of natural beauty, which is why it's so hard for me to see it booming with more and more people. Jacksonville used to feel like the 2nd largest city in Georgia, but it's feeling more like another Tampa every day. Red brick and moss-draped oaks are being outnumbered by pastels and palmettos. St. Augustine is turning into an outer suburb of Jax.



It's pretty sad when "inside information" is knowing where all the last few undeveloped beachfronts are located. I mean, in the whole state.

Hi all.



Lived in the St. Louis area all my life - grew up in West St. Louis Co, and now make my home in the Affton area. Been a big supporter of the revitilization of the city, and was thrilled to find a resource like this site.



Will by lurking mostly, as I doubt I can add much to the wealth of information already here. But I will post when I can.



-RBB

So, what brings you here?

I found kcskyscrapers too cold, urbanreviewstl one sided and bitter, but found this one through a friend and it feels just right.



What part of the STL are you from?

South Side, who isn't?



How old are you?

Young enough to meet any "Young" club requirements but too old to court a 19 year old.



What do you do, or study?

I do err study err do the built environment.



(The Ultimate St Louis "Get to Know You" question) What High School did you go to ?

Yeah, right. That question sucks.

What do you do, or study?

I do err study err do the built environment.

Rustedhinge,



Let me guess, Urban Studies [bachelors] or Real Estate/Urban Planning [masters] at SLU

or

Urban Design [masters] at WashU < supposedly more architecture

or

Urban Planning [masters] at SIUEdwardsville

SMSPlanstu wrote:

What do you do, or study?

I do err study err do the built environment.

Rustedhinge,



Let me guess, Urban Studies [bachelors] or Real Estate/Urban Planning [masters] at SLU

or

Urban Design [masters] at WashU < supposedly more architecture

or

Urban Planning [masters] at SIUEdwardsville

Sorry you are incorrect. I sense that you are have beef with me. Please email me if you have anymore questions or concerns. I'm sure we have more in common than you might realize.

rustedhinge wrote:(The Ultimate St Louis "Get to Know You" question) What High School did you go to ?

Yeah, right. That question sucks.

Excellent response.

So, what brings you here?

Moving into the Meridian lofts in August 2006. This board helps me track progress in St. Louis and literally serves as a forum to share and learn from others in their loft-buying experiences.



What part of the STL are you from?

The part in Iowa. Moved to STL in 2002 and lived in Maryland Heights & UCity since then. (Not at the same time.)



How old are you?

30



What do you do, or study?

Information Technology with a local Aerospace Company



(The Ultimate St Louis "Get to Know You" question) What High School did you go to ?

Ft. Madison High School (Or if I'm being a smartass - Vashon)

I'm pretty new around here, so I'll hop in:



So, what brings you here?

Found this place looking for info on the MultiModal station downtown. Lots of good reading so I started lurking around a bit



What part of the STL are you from?

born and raised in Dogtown, now living in Arnold (I guess I'm part of the sprawl problem)



How old are you?

old enough to drive around and say "I remember when..."



What do you do, or study?

Information Technology



(The Ultimate St Louis "Get to Know You" question) What High School did you go to ?

the now defunct Southwest HS

New Member...



Just registered...but have been lurking for a couple of years now...starting from the time that the Bottle District Buzz started. From there, I did some searching on the net and found the skyscraper site...and from that site I somehow stumbled upon this place. Been lurking ever since.



I have been an Architecture-Phile for many years... mostly interested in downtowns...skyscrapers, etc... It's ironic that... I don't really care for heights...and wouldn't want to necessarily work in huge buildings, lol...but they are awesome to look at. I'm more interested in the exterior visuals, the design and size, as opposed to functionality (the stuff that no one really sees or cares about except for the people working in such buildings lol). I like collecting photos of different skylines.



The downtowns of big cities, in a way defines the town....sets the personality of it...and drives future development and interests in the city.

By the time I was in my mid teens I probably had 30 or 40 cities memorized (based on their skylines)..... like most other folks here I suppose.



Originally from the University City area (now in Affton)...but being from a military family I lived in various other locations as a youngster... (glad I got to see other places). I've been to most major cities east of the Mississippi....even if it was just driving through on the Interestate or going through the Airports... Haven't been able to travel recently though.



What school did I go to??? Went to Delmar Harvard for my early education...did one year at Wellston Elementary school when I lived there...then left the area in 1984. I didn't go to High school in the area.



Returned in the early-mid 90's & stayed in the area. Just finished a Masters from Webster.... (not technical related)...and I hope to start working on another Masters degree soon. Would like to go to Washington University. Unfortunately I have to wait to make that decision.



Interesting to see sites like these.... Good to see i'm not the only one intrigued by this stuff.







Later

D-S,



Welcome to the forum, feel free to post all you want.

Hey all, long time lurker first time poster. Lifetime st. louis resident, currently living and working in the land of Oz. Hope to get to know you all!

I've posted here a bit, but I never went to the lengths of actually introducing myself.



My name is Brian. I am 30 years old and I lived in south St. Louis city until I was 21. Since then, I've lived in a few places around south St. Louis county. I went to St. Mary's. I am maried and I have one child with another on the way.



I love the city and hope to one day move back into the city. It's great to be here!

^So are you going to live here also? Do you have business in St. Louis?

Tax Guru wrote: although I also do tax returns in case anybody is looking for someone (self-serving plug there, hope nobody minds)

I may have to take you up on that!

Sounds reasonable. I'll go ahead and sell my car to cover your fees. Just get me a refund of, say $50k, and we'll be in business.

Tax Guru wrote:^ Excellent, I only charge $15,000 a return. Prices are a bit inflated to pay for the equally inflated apartment upgrades.



Each lightbulb or switch costs like $100. I got the feeling from Opus that union rates are somewhat responsible for the high labor costs. I don't know much about unions except they stick a big inflatable rat in front of buildings that don't use union workers here in New York.



http://traditionallaborlaw.blogspot.com ... ty-of.html



It's quite a sight. I'll keep the rest of my opinions to myself while they are still working on my apartment.

Yeah the developers really love to jack up the prices on the upgrades. The unions are mosly to blame, but I also noticed that usually there is a fair develeoper mark up as well. I found a way around paying the inflated prices on some things, but I had to bit the bullet on quite a few others.

So, what brings you here? Born and raised in St Louis, love downtown buildings and their history, I like to discuss and photograph urban settings.



What part of the STL are you from? north county



How old are you? 43



What do you do, or study? computers data center operations



(The Ultimate St Louis "Get to Know You" question) What High School did you go to ? being from north county Ritenour

Can't stand Myspace. I only use Facebook. You don't get as many people with access and the problems that can come with that, and people aren't allowed to make their own horrible designs for the profiles. I think half the pages on myspace are stuck in the mid 90's. [/rant]



BTW, not directed to you. Your page looks just fine.