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Death toll from Iran school bombing reportedly rises to almost 150 Strike on girls’ elementary school in south of Iran has killed 148 people and injured 95 others, according to Iran state media

"They were girls who went to school to learn, with hopes and dreams for their future. Today, their lives were brutally cut short." -Malala

Sunday in Shaw

- Conversion of Mt. Olive Church to Apartments progressing (after a 🔥)
- Long, long vacant split-use brick baller on busy S. Grand under rehab (multi-fam permit issued)
- Framing going up on the Green House Venture Education Center
- Brick infill single-fam well underway.

More tiny homes for veterans to be built thanks to new donations A big donation will help build more tiny homes for veterans in the Metro in north St. Louis.

Nice segment on housing for vets with a cute caturday cameo.
(Channel 4 may or may not know what a dog looks like.)
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51 children dead. Each one a universe.

Rev Wright was not wrong

The first deaths announced from the US-Israeli strikes on Iran: dozens of school girls. They hit an elementary school in Hormozgan.

And lastly, this infill on busy Manchester Ave is a mixed-use project that includes the rehab and addition of a third floor to an adjacent building. But the builder is seeker by short-term rental use for the housing market units. I believe all projects in the 🧵are being done w/o tax abatement. 4/4

And some scattered site infill single-fams in FPSE are underway and awaiting their exterior materials. More should get started soon as permits have been issued. 3/

A two townhome infill project looks like it is nearing completion while side-by-side single-fams await their exterior materials. Perhaps one will be beige colored and the other gray judging from the markings. 2/

3 story brick exterior structure well underway at the corner of Tower Grove Ave and Vista.

Closer pic of the exterior detailing on the Tower Grove side.

Forest Park SE Fill-in Friday! 🧵

The “Square On Tower Grove” is moving along and pre-leasing. 1 beds $1,877+ and 2 beds (I believe these are 2 story townhome-style units) $2,805+. 1/

Main Beaux Arts Saint Louis Art Museum Building with banners hanging for Art in Bloom and Ancient Splendor.

Monumental Kiefer piece in Sculpture Hall

Monumental Kiefer is ori in Sculpture Hall.

Anselm Kiefer’s monumental ”Becoming the Sea” exhibition may have ended but Art in Bloom has arrived at SLAM. And “Ancient Splendor” comes in March. And Kiefer’s site-specific works will remain for awhile. Go see them!

Tornado Recovery — Forest Park Forever

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Kennedy Forest got nailed. iirc it’s 5000 tres damaged and 3000 that were felled or will be taken down.

The W. stands for Wario btw.

Large tree with a market in front. A downed tree can be seen along with some stumps. A mansion can be seen in the background across Lindell Boulevard.

The marker dedicated to Mayor Kiel by the Womens’ Chamber of Commerce.

Good news, fans of Henry W. Kiel! 3,000 trees in Forest Park were destroyed by the May tornado but this one dedicated by the Women‘s Chamber of Commerce to the former Mayor (1913-1925) survived. (I counted 7 tree nearby stumps.)

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bit of a correction... the new owner address is in a building owned by AHM, but it appears to be a different entity that owns the church building.

This should only be allowed under one condition: WashU dispense with the Bears and replace it with the Eutectics. Mortarmer McPestle must live on!

Also I was looking at our past challenges in the 00s and it is rather striking how the city successfully racked up multiple increases in the population estimates but then took a gut punch in the 2010 Census. In contrast, I recall the 2019 population estimate to be quite close to the 2020 Census.

Thanks. So if I'm following right, demo/housing unit data is not a factor but you feel City has had some better input data on births/deaths &/or migration than the Fed data the Pop Estimates Program uses?

Multi-story red brick church building. A City Church monument sign is at the corner.

This church building was rebuilt in the early 1900s after the 1896 Great Cyclone damaged the previous 1888 building. Originally Lafayette Park Baptist, now City Church.

By my count, there are 6 church buildings in Lafayette Square. 3 have been turned into residential and 3 are still churches. 6/6

Large stone church building with a tall tower; a banner sign on the tower reads Laffayette Park United Methodist Church 175 Years.

Lafayette Park United Methodist has been on this site since 1887, but the church was rebuilt and expanded in 1900 after the 1896 Great Cycle which damaged the original. 5/

Red brick church building with shortened tower.

St. John's Episcopal built this church in 1872, but moved to its current location in TGS after severe damage from the 1896 Great Cyclone. Although the tower height was greatly reduced, fortunately the building survived. Now St. Mary's Assumption Roman Catholic (Latin Mass). 4/

3 story red brick former church building with a corner tower.

The most recent conversion of a former church in Lafayette Square is just wrapping up. Two townhomes, one is listed in the $800K's. Built in 1894 for the Swedish Evangelical Congregational Church. 3/

Large stone former church building

The former Lafayette Park Presbyterian, built circa 1881, was converted to residential condos about 20 years ago. 2/

Mackay Place side of the former Chuch of Unity, a stone building dating to 1869.

Park Avenue side of the 1869 Church of Unity, now a single family home.

🧵on church buildings in Lafayette Square. The oldest is from 1869 and was converted to a single-family home several years ago. Originally the Church of Unity, Unitarian. 1/

Gibson Heights Presbyterian sold pretty quickly. The for sale sign is down and it looks like AHM Group, a residential developer on a bit of an acquisition spree, picked it up recently. We'll see what plans are.

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