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Car crashes into St. Louis building near Gravois and Ellenwood avenues A person was reported trapped at the scene, but first responders reportedly found no one.

How do we protect our city from cars?
#carsruincities

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It wasn't just a "vehicle" that ruined this key pedestrian access to Forest Park - it was the City Water Dept. 😑
via Reddit:
"Found the report. [...] 'Pedestrian bridge was struck by a st louis city water department boom truck.' (It was an International Eagle 9900 chassis, so a big boom truck.)"

This bridge has been one of my running routes for years 😫
“Engineering inspections of the bridge’s superstructure concluded that it should be closed and removed.”

Upgrades coming to the entry of Forest Park at Lagoon Drive.

- Overhead entry signage
- Sidewalk on the north side of Lagoon Drive
- Musicians Memorial & Fountain as a destination
- Greater tree canopy + lighting

Construction anticipated to begin this Winter: drive.google.com/file/d/1q8g2...

Tower Grove Park breaks ground on two projects Tower Grove Park broke ground today on two projects, the Facilities Core project and the 4 Pavilions Restoration Project.

"Construction for the new building and reimagined garden is expected to complete in 10 to 12 months and will match the Victorian style of the historic Piper Palm House
The event support building will have new public restrooms, an expanded catering kitchen, storage space and more"

Steve Smith's Bullish on Downtown: $195M Mansion House Redevelopment Moves Forward - Construction Forum New + Found has closed on financing and is ready to begin a $195M renovation of the 29-story Mansion House apartments.

Mansion House Renovation Downtown:
"For Downtown St. Louis, Mansion House represents a major infusion of capital and confidence. If executed as planned, it will not only bring more than 400 modernized apartments back online but also signal a pathway for other large-scale adaptive reuse projects."

www.ksdk.com/article/news...

Apparently there were gunshots near the Jimmy Johns across from SLU. Police tape is up and Laclede is closed between Vandeventer & Spring

"Exotica Nursery and Gardens" coming this Fall(?) at 1600 S. Vandeventer, long-vacant corner at I-44, McRee, & Vandeventer. Haven't found any other details online. No building permit applications.

4452 Manchester Ave at Taylor is on the tax sale list 🤔

The marionettes vacant lot is on the tax sale list

3117 LOCUST ST is on the tax sale list 🤔

$600k building permit application submitted for an addition to 1536 TOWER GROVE AV

$200k building permit application submitted for CONSTRUCT NEW MIXED USE BUILDING PR PLNS Office at 2810 IOWA AV

$490k building permit application submitted for two new homes at 3506-08 MORGAN FORD RD

AC Hotels sign is up at Jefferson Arms. Still months of construction remaining by the looks of it

On a mostly vacant stretch of Olive, you do wonder why the city doesn’t make sure its own storefront vacancies at least feel activated, or find pop-up tenants at super low rent
www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news...

Board of Adjustment rejected a variance request to allow a gas station to return to 14th & Chouteau. Lots of testimony in opposition from Ald. Page, police, even NestlePurina makes it unlikely to ever be a gas station again

British Airways offered less subsidy than Lufthansa, new London flight boosted by local traffic - St. Louis Business Journal British Airways offered less subsidy than Lufthansa, new London flight boosted by local traffic

“St. Louis' differentiator is its traffic to Europe and beyond, she said: 450 people per day in the summer and 375 people a day on average all year. British Airways will utilize a Boeing 787-8 [Dreamliner] for the St. Louis flight”
www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news...

Charlie the Komodo dragon arrives at Saint Louis Zoo Charlie is the Saint Louis Zoo's first Komodo dragon in more than a decade. Here’s when you can meet him.

“Charlie, who measures 6 feet long, came to St. Louis last month from the Bronx Zoo in New York”
www.ksdk.com/article/life...

City’s Finest police crash

Crash

Via VOTP News: The “City’s Finest” faux po po, crashed in #stl overnight at Washington Place. Don’t call the Police. Or, wait, maybe they are the police. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Oh boy…this will be messy 😬

Car inside

A car has plowed through the McDonalds on Lindell. #stl - Via Kash J

STL-London nonstop seems pretty much confirmed at this point:
www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news...

Owner/developer “MT North Tucker JV” registered by John Berglund of StarWood - billionaire Jim McKelvey’s real estate firm that redeveloped Post-Dispatch/Square building

British Airways expected to announce nonstop flights from STL to London tomorrow 🥹🛫