7th Street Pedestrian Corridor

ImprovSTL · PostMar 08, 2018#12018-03-08T14:29+00:00

I apologize if this has been posted but I couldn't find it anywhere.

Has there been talk about this? Seems like a big win since no city funds are being used. If there is already a thread point me to it or take this post down.

http://www.kmov.com/story/37230852/mult ... n-friendly

rheights · PostMar 08, 2018#22018-03-08T14:44+00:00

Wow, this is a pleasant surprise. This should hopefully make that stretch more attractive...there are so many f-ing garages to pass when walking down 7th. I wonder how they are going to deal with that awkward garage ramp near Pharaohs Donuts?

I bet the developer making the private donation is Amos Harris of the MX.

jstriebel · PostMar 08, 2018#32018-03-08T15:12+00:00

Am I right in saying that 7th street is also the part of the new Ballpark Village plans that sort of re-does the street grid, only as a closed off pedestrian-only street between Clark and Walnut? If so, that only makes this better. Pretty excited to hear this.

On that note, the private developer could also be the Cardinals, though it would *shock* me if they did something like this without trying to bask in the good publicity from it.

aprice · PostMar 08, 2018#42018-03-08T15:30+00:00

Amos Harris has been wanting this as a connection between Wash Ave and the Stadium for some time. I know he mentioned it in the profile article of him that was done 5 years ago or so. It's probably not the corridor I would have chosen. I think he's a bit biased and self serving, having it pass his own properties of MX and Railway Exchange. Personally, I would have gone with 8th or 9th street.

joelo · PostMar 08, 2018#52018-03-08T15:57+00:00

Now work on Tucker for pedestrians but this is great news. Hopefully it does help with that perception that downtown isn't pedestrian friendly. Well it isn't that friendly but this is a start

xing · PostMar 25, 2018#62018-03-25T19:47+00:00

I was already thinking that of this! Great to see it was more than just my own imagination. With Washington Ave already established, and Busch Stadium the people magnet that it is, a north/south corridor of some kind is needed to connect the two. I hope they don’t depend solely on 7th Street, and improve other north/south corridors too.

sc4mayor · PostAug 30, 2021#72021-08-30T21:15+00:00

Infrastructure improvements aim to link Ballpark Village with Washington Avenue
https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/new ... ntown.html

dbInSouthCity · PostAug 30, 2021#82021-08-30T21:31+00:00

I don’t understand why this is taking until end of 2023 to finish….

RockChalkSTL · PostAug 30, 2021#92021-08-30T21:42+00:00

I'm really excited about the 7th Street improvements. I hope they'll spark the vibrancy and investment that some, like Bill DeWitt III, are expecting.

bwcrow1s · PostAug 30, 2021#102021-08-30T23:32+00:00

dbInSouthCity wrote: ↑
Aug 30, 2021
I don’t understand why this is taking until end of 2023 to finish….

Hoping everyone forgets about it, then the study can sit on a shelf collecting dust.

JJ Rivera · PostAug 30, 2021#112021-08-30T23:56+00:00

I wish they would make 7th street a two way street!! I think it would make it even safer.

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gone corporate · PostAug 31, 2021#122021-08-31T20:13+00:00

KansasCitian wrote: ↑
Aug 30, 2021
I'm really excited about the 7th Street improvements. I hope they'll spark the vibrancy and investment that some, like Bill DeWitt III, are expecting.

Agreed, with the belief that the Seventh Street Improvements will further BPV Phase 3 coming into being.

sc4mayor · PostJul 25, 2023#132023-07-25T20:00+00:00

Regional business group Greater St. Louis Inc. will ask LCRA to provide $22,765 to help pay for additional costs related to the improvements to North Seventh Street between Washington Avenue and Walnut Street. Bids were much higher than the funds available, and city officials want to “value engineer” the project for a total of $45,530, of which LCRA will pay half. Greater St. Louis will pay the other half.

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/bus ... -top-story

TheWayoftheArch_V2.0 · PostJul 26, 2023#142023-07-26T21:52+00:00

I thought the 7th street project from Busch to Convention center was a multi-million effort...

What is this?

sc4mayor · PostJul 26, 2023#152023-07-26T21:53+00:00

^ I believe the key words there are “additional costs.”

Sounds like GSTL wants to split some of the overruns with LCRA.

TheWayoftheArch_V2.0 · PostJul 26, 2023#162023-07-26T22:00+00:00

I don't think 45k over run on this project is even newsworthy...

Wanted to be sure they aren't value engineering the whole project. That means it will be....

sc4mayor · PostJul 26, 2023#172023-07-26T22:27+00:00

^ Well, it didn’t get its own article…just a small blurb at the bottom of an article summarizing the LCRA agenda. Which would be necessary to be included, since they’re asking for LCRA money.

dbInSouthCity · PostJul 27, 2023#182023-07-27T13:52+00:00

just to add some context, this project came in at $1,000,000 over budget during bidding this spring, than it got value engineered and i think this cost may be to pay for that additional engineering and document prep to go to bid again.

TheWayoftheArch_V2.0 · PostJul 28, 2023#192023-07-28T19:54+00:00

Value engineering usually ends with a sub par product that doesn't stand the test of time with half of what was shown in the renderings.

dbInSouthCity · PostJul 28, 2023#202023-07-28T20:00+00:00

LArchitecture · PostJul 28, 2023#212023-07-28T22:19+00:00

I’ll be interested to see what was VEd. The project was incredibly generic in the posted renderings IMO.

dbInSouthCity · PostDec 06, 2023#222023-12-06T20:01+00:00

Good news, 7th street should start construction this spring

stlurbanist · PostDec 06, 2023#232023-12-06T20:02+00:00

dbInSouthCity wrote: ↑
Dec 06, 2023
Good news, 7th street should start construction this spring

What are they constructing?

dbInSouthCity · PostDec 06, 2023#242023-12-06T20:29+00:00

^ Better and nicer connection between convention center and Busch

goat314 · PostDec 06, 2023#252023-12-06T21:44+00:00

I hate this piecemeal approach to the downtown streetscape. I'd rather the city use some of that Ram money for a federal match and redo the whole downtown streetscape. It takes St. Louis forever to do things that are standard in virtually every other major city in America. Realistically, everything from the River to Grand Center needs to be updated. Some of these areas look like they haven't seen infrastructure dollars since the 1960s.