Northwest corner of Tucker & Chouteau

chaifetz10 · PostSep 25, 2014#12014-09-25T13:33+00:00

Driving downtown yesterday evening, I realized that some form of excavating and ground work was going on at the Northwest corner of Tucker and Choteau. It was a bit hard to tell in the dark, but I think I saw light posts installed as if it were to become a parking lot. Does anyone have any information on this?

The lot has been empty for years.

kinger · PostSep 25, 2014#22014-09-25T14:14+00:00

Makes sense. It's owned by the Blanks building.

brickandmortar · PostSep 25, 2014#32014-09-25T15:00+00:00

I looked up the permit on geo st louis and it said it was going to be a glorious parking lot.

downtown2007 · PostSep 25, 2014#42014-09-25T18:21+00:00

Unbelievable. Who is going to park there?

roger wyoming II · PostSep 25, 2014#52014-09-25T18:26+00:00

Could it be part of plans for later infill elsewhere on the large parcel or does it seem to take up the whole thing?

nickfindley · PostSep 25, 2014#62014-09-25T18:27+00:00

Parking is terrible at that gas station at 14th, so thank goodness for this.

Anyway... is there anyone in the Blanks Building? Seriously, what is this for?

jstriebel · PostSep 27, 2014#72014-09-27T01:07+00:00

I thought I read on here—but maybe it was on Twitter—that this was a parking lot, likely for the Checkmark employees (Purina's in-house ad agency). They're in that building across 14th street. That one that used to be a beautiful bank but was given a shell and is now an ugly brick box.