This small building will be renovated soon. I'm working on the project and it will be exciting to see come to life. I'll have more updates on this as time goes forward on here and on Twitter. For now, the for sale sign was removed. Below are photos of the building in its current state. I'll get better interior photos soon. 

Just like 900 South 4th, this building will clean the area up a little bit. While there's a lot of work to do in the area, these smaller projects can lead to bigger and better things. A challenge will be keeping graffiti off the North wall. It's susceptible until the graffiti garage is either demolish or repurposed. 

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^ cool! regarding graffiters: lighting and cameras.

^Was about to say more or less what UD just said. I bet sight lighting would go a long way. And even the idea that there are cameras.

jeff707 wrote:I always thought that graffiti garage would be an interesting indoor/outdoor bar/music venue. It's covered, but open in a way that is similar to all the bars in other cities (Austin, Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago, etc) that have garage door fronts that open in nice weather.  No idea what the condition is, though. 

I agree with the idea about a music venue space. Structurally, it looks stable and capable of being redeveloped. The graffiti makes it look worse than it is in. I doubt any exterior graffiti would be kept on the outside but maybe on the inside it could be kept. If there’s too much obscene graffiti, then clean it all up and offer the interior walls to similar artists who do the graffiti wall on the riverfront. Most of those are good and could make a space unique.

Great to hear.  Save whatever is left there, and hopefully some of the emptiness around it will fill in.  How many buildings in that small strip will be vacant after this is finished?

EssTeeEll wrote:Great to hear.  Save whatever is left there, and hopefully some of the emptiness around it will fill in.  How many buildings in that small strip will be vacant after this is finished?

If we get our way, every building will be fixed up and will be occupied.

Saving the city...one building at a time!

Well done.  This strip has a fighting spirit.  Looking forward to it.

I'll have more to say in the Chouteau's Landing/4th + Broadway thread

That will make someone a very dope 2 floor apartment I sense.  Just the third floor views and you can get a sense of how great this part of Downtown could truly become if it just gets a lot more investment.

Sure hope you can save the tin ceiling.  

framer wrote:Sure hope you can save the tin ceiling.  

It was actually a weird plastic ceiling thing. It was plastic with a metal paint. It was really weird. Historic Tax Credit consultant did not believe it to be original because of how the plastic was there with a think layer of metal on it, so we removed it. It was bendable too but when you would tap it with a coin, it did not sound like metal or tin. It sounded like plastic.

I don’t think we’ll put a tin ceiling back, but it all depends on the buildout that a tenant would like. Personally, i want it back

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Oct 07, 2020

framer wrote:Sure hope you can save the tin ceiling.  

It was actually a weird plastic ceiling thing. It was plastic with a metal paint. It was really weird. Historic Tax Credit consultant did not believe it to be original because of how the plastic was there with a think layer of metal on it, so we removed it. It was bendable too but when you would tap it with a coin, it did not sound like metal or tin. It sounded like plastic.

I don’t think we’ll put a tin ceiling back, but it all depends on the buildout that a tenant would like. Personally, i want it back

Faux tin ceiling panels. It is just vinyl or plastic with metallic glitter paint and a clear film coating, and yes, that would be recent. In fact, I'm pretty sure Home Depot still sells that crap...

And if your HTC consultant really thought it might be original, well...you should probably get a new consultant...

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Oct 07, 2020

BTW, I'd say that building is in great shape. Doesn't appear to be any structural problems. And it still has, what appears to be, the original trimwork, at least on the 2nd Floor.

But what's up with those windows? Was there an addition to this building, or do those actually look into the neighboring building?

There was an addition made, which added a bathroom on the first floor and another staircase to the second floor. The pictures of the part that is collapsing are the addition. That addition will go. 

Good luck to you. Also here's to hoping you can convince your southern neighbors to put "EAT" back on their roof

I remember touring this place when it was for sale years ago. That addition you mention is actually what would have been the original back porches, with another stair to reach the 2nd floor. You can see it in the Sanborn map (linked), but it was enclosed and a bath added long ago. And I think that tin ceiling was original, albeit covered in weird paint. I recall looking at pieces that had rusted off and fallen to the floor. Anyway, very glad to see someone finally has a plan to restore the building!

https://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/mu/islandora/object/mu%3A144339

The project is back on the market! For sale, ready for a great new owner! 

Does anyone in this thread know anyone who might be interested? 

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