STLFromAbove shared some photos of the north campus. Last 2 have aerial shots ->
And this one is a 360 view:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DX8RMTys ... BiNWFlZA==
And another:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXz7GuJs ... BiNWFlZA==
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DX8RMTys ... BiNWFlZA==
And another:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXz7GuJs ... BiNWFlZA==
Right click and hit "open in new tab" instead of just clicking on the hyperlink. Alternatively, copy the clean link into Google (or any search browser) and access it from the results. Finally, you can always search for "Instagram viewers" and type the account name into the field when you open the site.symphonicpoet wrote: ↑5:05 AM - May 09^Blocked. Any way to view Instagram posts without an account?
An $630M economic impact over a decade. That's pretty good. Only wish it was free like the zoo.
https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2026/11/03/zoo-wildcare-park-photos-giraffes-safari-trucks.html
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/article_cdd7edcf-f073-4641-ad38-1f100d86acca.html#tracking-source=home-top-story
https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2026/11/03/zoo-wildcare-park-photos-giraffes-safari-trucks.html
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/article_cdd7edcf-f073-4641-ad38-1f100d86acca.html#tracking-source=home-top-story
It is free for somecourtland wrote: ↑6:48 PM - 7 days agoAn $630M economic impact over a decade. That's pretty good. Only wish it was free like the zoo.
https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2026/11/03/zoo-wildcare-park-photos-giraffes-safari-trucks.html
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/article_cdd7edcf-f073-4641-ad38-1f100d86acca.html#tracking-source=home-top-story
It would be great if Broadway in Baden saw a commercial benefit from this new attraction or some semblance of a recreational riverfront up there near Old Chain of Rocks with the new safari park and Columbia Bottom Conservation area. Not sure there is much chance of either of those as I think this park will be mostly a drive to and drive out. One can be hopeful for more. I do think a lot of people will be driving to it and driving out though and it will be a great attraction to add to our already pretty extensive list for a metro our size
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jshank83 wrote: ↑8:09 PM - 7 days agoIt is free for somecourtland wrote: ↑6:48 PM - 7 days agoAn $630M economic impact over a decade. That's pretty good. Only wish it was free like the zoo.
https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2026/11/03/zoo-wildcare-park-photos-giraffes-safari-trucks.html
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/article_cdd7edcf-f073-4641-ad38-1f100d86acca.html#tracking-source=home-top-story
https://www.firstalert4.com/2026/11/03/no-place-like-it-saint-louis-zoo-prepares-open-massive-wildcare-park-north-county/The zoo will open next year and will be free for St. Louis County residents because of a special sales tax passed last decade.
It’s BS that city residents will have to pay to go to this park because it didn’t pass an additional ST. Our sales taxes have made this park a possibility in the first place.
Then should the main zoo start charging county residents admission?JaneJacobsGhost wrote: ↑12:15 AM - 6 days agoIt’s BS that city residents will have to pay to go to this park because it didn’t pass an additional ST. Our sales taxes have made this park a possibility in the first place.
County pays into the Zoo. Yes, visitors from non tax paying counties should be charged admission
St. Charles people literally boast about how they don't pay for any of the STL attractions yet get to visit for free.JaneJacobsGhost wrote:County pays into the Zoo. Yes, visitors from non tax paying counties should be charged admission
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Yeah, that tracks. Republicans are welfare queens.StlAlex wrote: ↑4:54 PM - 6 days agoSt. Charles people literally boast about how they don't pay for any of the STL attractions yet get to visit for free.JaneJacobsGhost wrote:County pays into the Zoo. Yes, visitors from non tax paying counties should be charged admission
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Wish they had salvaged at least one or two midcentury buildings. That campus was something else.
^ what was the campus? i'm blanking on it... any good links with photos?
I only remember the one building. I personally couldn't care less about its demise (though stlmag from 2020 says it will remain) but YMMV.urban_dilettante wrote: ↑9:52 PM - 4 days ago^ what was the campus? i'm blanking on it... any good links with photos?
https://www.stlmag.com/news/first-look-saint-louis-zoo-north-campus/
^You're not wrong. I don't think I was ever once on the property when it was the Pipefitters. I was all along the fenceline when I worked for the County, but none of that was visible from Spanish Lake. Impressive stuff.
Pipefitters Union. They had a golf course, retirement home, training center and some other stuff.urban_dilettante wrote: ↑9:52 PM - 4 days ago^ what was the campus? i'm blanking on it... any good links with photos?
County residents get in freegary kreie wrote: ↑4:13 PM - 2 days agoWill St. Louis City and County residents get discount rates and some free days that St. Charles residents don't get at the new zoo site? Like the Botanical Gardens?
Yeah they had 5-6 buildings or so, as well as an outdoor pavilion.
This pic shows the clubhouse/restaurant.
This pic shows the clubhouse/restaurant.
thanks for the info. so all were demolished? seems like those two buildings, at least, would have fit in fine—especially the clubhouse/restaurant.
Seems so based on footage so far.
EDIT: I stand corrected, at least one building (mid century/brutalist) can be seen off in the background. The clubhouse building would have been to the right of the parking lot toward the beginning of the KMOV piece, out of frame, so a chance? Give there is one still present, could be more. From what I’ve seen clubhouse likely gone and the big brutalist with blue roof modified substantially. Other mid century with square windows and slanted roof looks fully intact.
EDIT: I stand corrected, at least one building (mid century/brutalist) can be seen off in the background. The clubhouse building would have been to the right of the parking lot toward the beginning of the KMOV piece, out of frame, so a chance? Give there is one still present, could be more. From what I’ve seen clubhouse likely gone and the big brutalist with blue roof modified substantially. Other mid century with square windows and slanted roof looks fully intact.
All of that looks like it was quite worthwhile. All of this gives me even more pause about this project. Having the zoo spend money to demolish historic architecture when they're already landbanking prominent vacant lots in the city is deeply annoying. Glad they haven't demolished it all.
Damn, that clubhouse is/was amazing! I don't think I've ever seen it before. What a little gem!