Red Flag has quietly opened. Pretty cool looking place.
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The outside of Red Flag looks like a military compound. Windowless and dark. Looks soulless in other words. Not a fan but I wish them luck.
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It reminds me a lot of Neumos in Seattle, which has been a staple of the Capitol Hill neighborhood there. I think Red Flag will be immensely successful and create a lot of great memorieschriss752 wrote:The outside of Red Flag looks like a military compound. Windowless and dark. Looks soulless in other words. Not a fan but I wish them luck.
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^ Yeah I kind of like the outside. Reminds me of some of the places I see scattered around Denver.
Like it. Outside looks like a music club. Windowless is good. Mezzanine (and below) with modified shipping containers is interesting. Wonder if that's a covid add-in. Will be interesting to see bookings. Looks like a 500 cap space which the city needs. Steve Smith's space will be bigger, so hope there's enough love to spread around.
No doubt that Red Flag creates great memories, but the outside is ugly.SeattleNative wrote: ↑Nov 11, 2020It reminds me a lot of Neumos in Seattle, which has been a staple of the Capitol Hill neighborhood there. I think Red Flag will be immensely successful and create a lot of great memorieschriss752 wrote:The outside of Red Flag looks like a military compound. Windowless and dark. Looks soulless in other words. Not a fan but I wish them luck.
I guess this isn't my type of event venue. If it appeals to others, great. But it's not my cup of tea.
I may only be 20, and many of my friends like to go to dance and music clubs when they were all open, but I'm the odd one out of my age group. Surely so.
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^I can't say that the club scene is my thing either, but Red Flag looks pretty standard. The mezanine is a nice touch. That way folks as want to listen to the music, but don't want to eyeball to armpit with the dance floor have a place to retreat. I don't imagine the acoustics will be a big deal. It will be loud, but I expect that's a feature, not a bug. The hard surfaces (of which there are a great many) look to be broken up with enough variation in depth to keep the slap from being too bad. Will probably have a longer than average club decay, but I bet it will sound a hundred percent better than any arena I've worked. Just . . . take earplugs. 
(And if you forget them remember the wet paper towel trick.) It'll be a perfectly fine concert venue and dance club. Should work well for your average up and coming band, or even as a smaller and more intimate venue for bands with some national pull.
(And if you forget them remember the wet paper towel trick.) It'll be a perfectly fine concert venue and dance club. Should work well for your average up and coming band, or even as a smaller and more intimate venue for bands with some national pull.- 10K
I decided to drive down Locust to check out the progress on the Beaumont Building and the various other Jefferson Connector projects that are underway. Went all the way from Jefferson to Theresa.
I was pleasantly surprised at how great the whole area is looking these days, and there appear to be very few buildings left to rehab.
2806-12 Locust has a for sale/lease sign, so it wouldn't surprise me if that one gets fixed up soon (https://salientrealtygroup.com/2806-locust-2/).
Maybe someday we'll see infill on the huge vacant lot at Locust and TE Huntley...
I was pleasantly surprised at how great the whole area is looking these days, and there appear to be very few buildings left to rehab.
2806-12 Locust has a for sale/lease sign, so it wouldn't surprise me if that one gets fixed up soon (https://salientrealtygroup.com/2806-locust-2/).
Maybe someday we'll see infill on the huge vacant lot at Locust and TE Huntley...
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Many people* are saying we should build townhomes in midtown and downtown westdebaliviere wrote:I decided to drive down Locust to check out the progress on the Beaumont Building and the various other Jefferson Connector projects that are underway. Went all the way from Jefferson to Theresa.
I was pleasantly surprised at how great the whole area is looking these days, and there appear to be very few buildings left to rehab.
2806-12 Locust has a for sale/lease sign, so it wouldn't surprise me if that one gets fixed up soon (https://salientrealtygroup.com/2806-locust-2/).
Maybe someday we'll see infill on the huge vacant lot at Locust and TE Huntley...
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From the National Register of Historic Places registration form:bwcrow1s wrote: ↑Mar 12, 2021Wow, 2806 Locust is beautiful. Perfect bones.
2806-2812 Locust Street Photos #5 and 6 Contributing
McQuay-Norris Manufacturing Co. 1914-15 unknown H. F.
Nagel The building on the property at 2808 Locust Street was built in 1914 and one year later, in 1915, the building as expanded with another storefront added at 2806, opening up the entire second floor interior as one continuous space.
-RBB2806-2812 Locust Street was constructed in 1914-1915 by H.F. Nagel. The earliest known occupant was McQuay-Norris Manufacturing Company, which produced piston rings. Shortly after opening the branch sales business on Locust Street, McQuay-Norris constructed a sizeable factory (in 1919) on Southwest Avenue – the largest of seven such interests in St. Louis.44 The business was instrumental in organizing an annual accessory sales convention in St. Louis beginning in 1915, which prompted expansion of the building on Locust Street. Renovations included the addition of a “manufacturing and experimental laboratory” on the main floor.45 In 1920, the building was occupied by Fred Campbell Auto Supply. Campbell’s business had been at several locations previously, including buildings on Morgan Street, Olive Street and at 1100 Locust Street.46 Mr. Campbell was a well-known auto-enthusiast who frequently participated in automobile excursions, including Missouri’s “good roads” trip in 1914 – an unsuccessful promotional tool to gain public support of a tax initiative to fund road improvements.47 His auto supply company remained in this building at least through 1960
The 20,000 sq. ft., 3-story, J.P. Bushnell Building is supposedly under contract. This should make a great future redevelopment on a prominent corner.
https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/mo/ ... _44866278/
https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/mo/ ... _44866278/
Did they close?Tim wrote: ↑May 13, 2022The 20,000 sq. ft., 3-story, J.P. Bushnell Building is supposedly under contract. This should make a great future redevelopment on a prominent corner.
https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/mo/ ... _44866278/
Yeah the 3000 block of Locust is one of the few in the area that's almost fully intact, will be great to have that activated.
No idea really. Just saw the sign on the building recently, and decided to look it up. If not this buyer, then hopefully the next.flipz wrote: ↑May 13, 2022Did they close?Tim wrote: ↑May 13, 2022The 20,000 sq. ft., 3-story, J.P. Bushnell Building is supposedly under contract. This should make a great future redevelopment on a prominent corner.
https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/mo/ ... _44866278/
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Walked past Washington Tabernacle Church a few days ago. That building is suffering from probably hundreds of thousands of dollars of deferred maintenance (and that's just what I could tell walking by)
Hopefully this incentivizes them to let go of those buildings they are demolishing by neglect. I'm sure they could get a pretty penny for 3201 Locust.
Hopefully this incentivizes them to let go of those buildings they are demolishing by neglect. I'm sure they could get a pretty penny for 3201 Locust.
Stltoday - Is the Midtown Alley strip on Locust the next big thing for business?
https://www.stltoday.com/business/local ... 1e380.html
https://www.stltoday.com/business/local ... 1e380.html
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A little odd, i mean the Midtown Alley has been a big business place for a decade now. The scenes he describes early in the piece haven’t been a thing since 2000s
Anybody know what building they're referring to here?
"One of the taller buildings is being renovated, with room for retail stores at street level and luxury condos on the upper floors."
"One of the taller buildings is being renovated, with room for retail stores at street level and luxury condos on the upper floors."
I'm guessing 3041 Locust, I've seen construction workers doing work on it for the last several months.Tim wrote: ↑Jan 17, 2023Anybody know what building they're referring to here?
"One of the taller buildings is being renovated, with room for retail stores at street level and luxury condos on the upper floors."