I don't like the color either. The model looks like it is a different shade. I'm hoping that when they add the other elements, it'll look different.
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having finally seen it in person i actually like the color. however, i don't like the giant seems between the cheap-looking slabs of prefab brick panels that grace every new "brick" structure that gets built.
I'm generally not a fan of yellow brick either, but I guess we oughta wait until the windows etc. are in to make a final judgement. Maybe it'll all come together. Besides, there are quite a few yellow brick buildings in and around the Loop, do I guess they're responding to the neighborhood.
Building 1A Windows look good
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Building 1B 1st floor rising
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Building 1A from Eastgate
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Building 2 from Eastgate
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Building 2 from Enright
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Building 2 from Enright
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Building 3 from Enright
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Pathway from Enright to Delmar
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Building 3 from Enright
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Site of Building 4
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Underground parking entrance
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Building 1B 1st floor rising
Building 1A from Eastgate
Building 2 from Eastgate
Building 2 from Enright
Building 2 from Enright
Building 3 from Enright
Pathway from Enright to Delmar
Building 3 from Enright
Site of Building 4
Underground parking entrance
Quality project from a quality institution, SLU could learn a lot from its neighbors in the west. Imagine what the central corridor would be like if both institutions had taken the "urban" route.
Isn't SLU planning a project along Forest Park and Vendeventer? They'll get a chance to prove themselves there. I think WashU also had the benefit of a better neighborhood to start from. The CWE and the Loop had been reasonably well preserved while Midtown is still very much post-industrial.
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^I don't know if SLU has any plans. A couple different private developers have floated project ideas--one for the gas station at Forest Park and Vandeventer and another to the east of that site. I haven't heard from either proposal in quite a while, though.
I've also heard rumblings about a possible development around Vandeventer and West Pine... but just rumblings or suggestions thereof.
I've also heard rumblings about a possible development around Vandeventer and West Pine... but just rumblings or suggestions thereof.
Really looking nice. Hope the sidewalk reopens sooner rather than later.
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Now, if SLU could just build a few buildings kind of like this through Midtown...
I had a chance to walk through The Loop about a month ago. I've never seen so many filled storefronts. Even if some great stores have been lost along the way (RIP Streetside, Squad One, Coyote's Paw, Brandt's, Riddle's, Paul's Books, Saleem's, Foot Locker, Market in the Loop, etc...) I think the Loop has more going on today than it ever has. Great to see so much activity. The new grocery, diner, and students residents will only continue the current momentum.
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Yes. And even though some old mainstays have closed, they have been replaced with local joints like Mission, Blueprint, Three Kings, etc.
I realize its not finished, but I'm still not crazy about this building's design. Although it'll probably look better when it's occupied, and the tenants' window treatments create a random pattern.
Didn't know where to stick this but this is interesting.
http://www.stltoday.com/business/column ... 53b9b.html
http://www.stltoday.com/business/column ... 53b9b.html
I also wonder if the IKEA announcement moved this along."The Loop is still fine," he said. "There's still a lot of people and it's getting better all of the time."
In fact, the student apartments going up across the street would have brought another 400 customers to Pizazz's doorstep next year, he said. But in the meantime, the construction of it did claim some parking spaces that some of his customers used so that's been a challenge for him. But he said that wasn't a factor in the store's closing. He's just ready to move on.
Ahh, the old "too many chains in the Loop" chant.So what might go into his store's space at 6254 Delmar Blvd. after he's gone? He hasn't heard anything about it yet.
"Hopefully not a chain or a restaurant," he said, adding that the Loop already has a lot of the latter.
Thanks. Driving along Delmar you get a decent idea of the project size, but this overhead shot is even more impressive.
This will be a huge game changer. Easily the biggest thing along the Delmar Loop since the Pageant.
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And there's more awesome stuff in the pipeline as well! Here are some other projects I know of in the Loop:
1) Loop Trolley. Starts construction this summer maybe?
2) The TOD reports depict a great long-term plan for the Loop.
3) Gotham recently finished. Trolley should encourage leases of few remaining storefronts.
4) Parkview Gardens development overview...Only change I would make is that massive parking lot that NEEDS to go!
5) I believe Wash-U is going to be renovating many of its historic student housing nearby.
6) The lights further east are slowly but surely coming on. Before I moved to Olympia, the east Loop had nothing. Today, it has...A couple of things. More are coming, including a proposed arcade.
The Loop, in one decade, will not only be the most ideal transit-oriented, urban neighborhood in St. Louis, but will be a model that other cities should to to duplicate. Picture mid-rise buildings with a seamless, 2.5 mile pedestrian "mall" along the sidewalks following the trolley. The Loop Media Hub will attract companies interested in ultra fast internet, and their employees will likely live nearby. No doubt, there will be far more entertainment and activities as well. Most of the parking lots will be replaced with buildings like this. We will have a Loop connected to the CWE. I believe the East Loop will initially be something like Cherokee or The Grove but in time will become more like Euclid, and by the point in time, Cherokee and The Grove will probably somewhat resemble the Loop of today (2014).
1) Loop Trolley. Starts construction this summer maybe?
2) The TOD reports depict a great long-term plan for the Loop.
3) Gotham recently finished. Trolley should encourage leases of few remaining storefronts.
4) Parkview Gardens development overview...Only change I would make is that massive parking lot that NEEDS to go!
5) I believe Wash-U is going to be renovating many of its historic student housing nearby.
6) The lights further east are slowly but surely coming on. Before I moved to Olympia, the east Loop had nothing. Today, it has...A couple of things. More are coming, including a proposed arcade.
The Loop, in one decade, will not only be the most ideal transit-oriented, urban neighborhood in St. Louis, but will be a model that other cities should to to duplicate. Picture mid-rise buildings with a seamless, 2.5 mile pedestrian "mall" along the sidewalks following the trolley. The Loop Media Hub will attract companies interested in ultra fast internet, and their employees will likely live nearby. No doubt, there will be far more entertainment and activities as well. Most of the parking lots will be replaced with buildings like this. We will have a Loop connected to the CWE. I believe the East Loop will initially be something like Cherokee or The Grove but in time will become more like Euclid, and by the point in time, Cherokee and The Grove will probably somewhat resemble the Loop of today (2014).
West End Word - University City Task Force Established To Oversee Wash. U. Project
http://www.westendword.com/Articles-Are ... z2qiGH0wuLA proposal to form a task force to study Washington University's role in the Parkview Gardens development received universal support at the Jan. 13 city council meeting in University City.
Thanks for the pic arch city. The project's looking great. I can't wait for it to come online.
WUSTL Record - Topping out ceremony held for The Lofts of Washington University
http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/26397.aspx
http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/26397.aspx
Nice interview with Wash U real estate Czar. Wish for some more detail online but maybe in the print edition for those who get it.
http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/ ... 125cc.html
What more might be happening off campus over the next few years?
Our next immediate actions are to complete our renovation project of our apartment units. We are in year three of the six-year program. We will move to phase two of the Lofts at Washington University. And then, eventually, we will think about infill or redevelopment opportunities for academic or administrative use on our campus here.
http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/ ... 125cc.html
What more might be happening off campus over the next few years?
Our next immediate actions are to complete our renovation project of our apartment units. We are in year three of the six-year program. We will move to phase two of the Lofts at Washington University. And then, eventually, we will think about infill or redevelopment opportunities for academic or administrative use on our campus here.
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Phase II as in...a similar building?
Infill on...Delmar? Maybe even North Skinker?
I would love to see this area blow up with glass apartment buildings like this and some academic buildings with students and workers. The Loop of about 2020 will be quite a buzzing, big neighborhood.
Infill on...Delmar? Maybe even North Skinker?
I would love to see this area blow up with glass apartment buildings like this and some academic buildings with students and workers. The Loop of about 2020 will be quite a buzzing, big neighborhood.