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St. Louis adopted two form-based code districts in its hottest neighborhoods. The new codes have directly influenced (I think for the better) maybe more than a dozen developments.

I think that’s a version of pushing the boundary.

I'm really impressed with much of the new infill in The Grove. Time was we'd just automatically get cheap historic reproductions, now we're getting some really cool modern stuff.  

I think what is being built in Botanical Heights is some of the best new housing in the city. They are sensitive to the context but still pushing the boundaries in architecture. Probably one of the reasons it's so successfull.

^Yeah, I'm amazed at how fast that area has changed. Good stuff. 

addxb2 wrote: ↑

Jan 31, 2020

St. Louis adopted two form-based code districts in its hottest neighborhoods. The new codes have directly influenced (I think for the better) maybe more than a dozen developments.

I think that’s a version of pushing the boundary.

What is on your list?  If you are talking about projects that are actually built or under construction, then:  
Citizen Park 
The Euclid
...does Chroma count?

Chroma, Chroma II, 4101 Manchester (design at least), 4321 Manchester, 4400 Manchester, 4475 Chouteau (Chouteau & Taylor), 52 N Euclid, 4577 W Pine, Citizens Park, One Hundred, Ronald McDonald House design, the new single families in FPSE, and the 4(?) new buildings going in SW FPSE this year. Maybe 4101 Laclede, can’t remember if that Far East falls into CWE code.

addxb2 wrote: ↑

Feb 01, 2020

Chroma, Chroma II, 4101 Manchester (design at least), 4321 Manchester, 4400 Manchester, 4475 Chouteau (Chouteau & Taylor), 52 N Euclid, 4577 W Pine, Citizens Park, One Hundred, Ronald McDonald House design, the new single families in FPSE, and the 4(?) new buildings going in SW FPSE this year. Maybe 4101 Laclede, can’t remember if that Far East falls into CWE code.

FPSE form-based district took effect on April 2018, so Chroma, 4400, and 4321 Manchester preceded that (and let's hope the FBC prevents any future instances of 4321 Manchester).

4440 Manchester counts though and that's pretty similar to 4400.  But let's stick to projects that are at least somewhat tangible (permit has been issued), and the larger scale multi-family or mixed-use type stuff, because I think we (or I am at least) are interested in examples of significant and direct positive results of establishing the form-based districts here.

FPSE:
Chroma2
4440 Manchester
4475 Chouteau
Raising Cane's

CWE:
The Euclid
Citizen's Park
4101 Laclede (yes, the FBD extends to Vandeventer along Laclede and Lindell)
The Piazza (forgot about these)

The Orion - didn't they give this a bunch of variances since the permit process had started before the effective date of the code?
100 - I don't see how the FBC altered the design of this - it is a pretty standard layout for a high-rise w/ a parking podium on a very tight site 
AC Hotel - I'm not sure I've seen the final rendering, but what did the FBC do for this?  It still has 3 curb cuts.  Or does the FBC not matter here since York Ave. is more or less an alley?
West Pine Lofts - as quincunx notes, this may have gotten some variances - seems like too many setbacks

IIRC didn't West Pine Lofts not met the FBC regs?