The may scrap some of the fixtures. Everything else will get bulldozed.DogtownBnR wrote: Anyone know, when a historic building is demolished, do most demo companies
salvage everything they can, for reuse?? Obviously, brick, doors, maybe woodwork
doorknobs, light fixtures etc.... It would be a shame for all of that stuff to
get throw in the dumpster.
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PARKING. I feel a Jim Mora breakdown coming on...quincunx wrote:At least one U City Council member is concerned about the demos of the apartment buildings on Delmar. And parking!
KSDk - Washington University helping to develop Delmar Loop
http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/306619 ... elmar-Loop
Parking?
PARKING?!
Are you kidding me!?!
PARKING?!
Isn't there a garage on the same block? What is the obscene infatuation with parking 2 feet away in this town. I've never seen anything like it.
Alex Ihnen wrote:I feel a Jim Mora breakdown coming on...
I love to throw out a good Jim Mora breakdown at work and home. Only I get the joke, but...The 2 & 97 stop at this property, the 16 & 91 stop 1 block away, a Metrolink station sits 4 blocks away, there's a public lot 150ft. away, and a garage 300 ft. away. I think they're all set for parking.
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^ Oh, and a streetcar being built. And it's student housing and the university's about six blocks away. If there's a grocery in The Loop, it would truly be a car-free site.
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Don't forget about the underground parking that they are including in the first phase of the project as well.
Wash U released updated plans for the project to students today; they had a large team of representatives gathering feedback from students and selling them on the project. A pedestrian walkway has been added along with some aesthetic changes. Phase 1 will be open for the 2014-2015 school year.
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True. Images have been added to the nextSTL story on the development. Thanks for posting!wabash wrote:^Thanks! One of the best first posts ever.
Thanks! I have been reading this site for a while now and am glad I was able to contribute something finally.wabash wrote:^Thanks! One of the best first posts ever.
An old story, but for good measure:
West End Word - Council Clears Way For Student Housing In University City
West End Word - Council Clears Way For Student Housing In University City
http://www.westendword.com/Articles-Are ... -City.htmlUniversity City councilmen on Sept. 24 approved new zoning designations, laying the groundwork for the redevelopment of a section of Delmar Boulevard and several other properties for an $80 million student housing development.
Construction to start soon, complete for fall 2014
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metr ... 0417f.html
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metr ... 0417f.html
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FYI, the latest plan for this development: http://nextstl.com/stl-county/washingto ... oop-infill
They have one more hurdle to jump. If that goes through, fences go up Jan 29, demo starts Feb 4, comes out of the ground in Apr, open Aug 2014. Still working on the big tenant. Public art along the ped walkway. Rooftop terrace.
University City OKs Delmar Loop Apartment and Retail Project
From STLToday.com:
"An $80 million mixed-use development in the Delmar Loop has been approved by the University City City Council. Construction by Washington University, the project developer, could get under way next month with initial occupancy in August 2014, officials said."
This is great news. Hopefully the big tenant quincunx mentioned comes through.
FWIW, the architecture firm on this project did a huge multi-building project for Northeastern University (my alma mater), which turned out really nicely. I don't think the model or renderings do justice to their attention to detail and ability to to create nice spaces. Here's an example of the Northeastern buildings, which appear to use similar materials as the proposed Loop project:
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From STLToday.com:
"An $80 million mixed-use development in the Delmar Loop has been approved by the University City City Council. Construction by Washington University, the project developer, could get under way next month with initial occupancy in August 2014, officials said."
This is great news. Hopefully the big tenant quincunx mentioned comes through.
FWIW, the architecture firm on this project did a huge multi-building project for Northeastern University (my alma mater), which turned out really nicely. I don't think the model or renderings do justice to their attention to detail and ability to to create nice spaces. Here's an example of the Northeastern buildings, which appear to use similar materials as the proposed Loop project:
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^Nice. Thanks for the context.
I feel extremely comfortable about the outcome of this project with WashU guiding it. I did not attend the school, but they seem to be detailed and thorough.
I feel extremely comfortable about the outcome of this project with WashU guiding it. I did not attend the school, but they seem to be detailed and thorough.
Thanks for the pics, Wabash. I've been a bit underwhelmed by the renderings for the Loop project (mostly the weird hollowed-out section facing Delmar); hopefully the reality will be better.
From the house organ:
WUSTL News - Washington University’s $80M Loop development moves forward
http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/24880.aspx
WUSTL News - Washington University’s $80M Loop development moves forward
http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/24880.aspx
painful but imagine something similar at the pevely site + med school lawn. Talk about transformative.JPCosgrove wrote:Why can't SLU build things like this? Smh.
Some additional renderings from the project's website: http://loopliving.wustl.edu/
Delmar Elevation:
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Delmar Elevation:
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Looking South toward Delmar through the Mews:
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^ i don't suppose there will be any effort to save the decorative terra cotta surrounding the front entrances?
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I'd have to confirm, but there are almost certainly being saved...anyone else have a source who can verify?