Matt Averett

As Sumner High School celebrates 150 years, alumni fight to save its legacy Alumni are fighting to keep Sumner High School open after it was damaged by the May tornado. They are optimistic that the historic school will be fully restored.

“Sumner High School is celebrating its 150th anniversary. Though the school is historic, alumni are fighting to keep the school open. They say its closure due to the tornado is concerning, but they are optimistic that it will be fully restored.” #STL

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Fuck cancer.

From Busch Stadium to the Dome: St. Louis completes 7th Street improvements The stretch of road from Walnut Street to Washington Avenue received a facelift, including new bike lanes and repaving.

“The improvements to the road include repaving it, adding new trees and lighting, sidewalk and crosswalk improvements, traffic management upgrades and protected bike lanes.” #STL

A creek with atomic waste from WWII is linked to increased cancer risk A new study in JAMA shows how proximity to Coldwater Creek, where nuclear waste from the Manhattan Project was improperly stored, affected cancer rates over the decades.

“Children who lived near a St. Louis creek polluted with radioactive atomic bomb waste from the 1940s through the 1960s were more likely to be diagnosed with cancer over their lifetimes than children who lived farther from the waterway, a new study has found.” #STL

LBJ Called It a “Miracle.” Trump’s GOP Just Voted to Kill It. Congress is gutting the last free information source for many rural Americans. The reason why is ridiculous.

wrote about the spirit of public good that birthed public media in the U.S., the Senate's vote to halt all federal funding to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and what this really means for your favorite NPR and PBS stations, both local and national: slate.com/technology/2...

University halts demolition plans for radium-contaminated Pickard Hall to pursue more testing Mizzou is conducting more tests to determine whether the 132-year-old building must be torn down.

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CFP: Architecture & the Literary Imagination, 1350-1750 (Rome, 6-8 Nov 25)

https://arthist.net/archive/50366

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Gateway Arch Park Foundation closes on Millennium Hotel downtown The 4.2-acre property has sat vacant since 2014. The reimagining of the site will be a $670 million mixed-use development project in partnership with the Cordish Cos.

“In partnership with the foundation, real estate developer the Cordish Cos. plans to build a 1.3 million-square-foot site that combines residential, office, commercial and cultural spaces in the hotel’s place.” #STL

St. Louis. #STL

CATCHING HELL FROM ALL QUARTERS: Anti-Klan Activists in Interwar Missouri by Sean Rost (@rostontheroad.bsky.social‬) is out now!

upress.missouri.edu/978082622328...

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YouTube video by Archaeology with Flint Dibble The Archaeology Wars: Call-To-Action to Support Public Education & Science Communication

Dear scholars and science communicators 🧪

This video addresses the anti-intellectual climate and challenges we face in our world today with a focus on the attacks on archaeology

It also provides clear actionable strategies for impactful public engagement

youtu.be/F5PvwzgfKKw?...

Fewer trees post-tornado could make summer in north St. Louis hotter — and more deadly The powerful May tornado tore down thousands of trees. That could mean the neighborhoods with the most damage feel even hotter as summer approaches.

“Trees can significantly cool urban areas by providing shade and releasing water vapor, research has found. Without them, neighborhoods that were hit by the tornado could feel even hotter this summer…” #STL

As St. Louis rebuilds, a warning spreads: ‘Don’t let them come and take your bricks’ North St. Louis residents and volunteers report unfamiliar trucks looking for loose bricks and other building materials in neighborhoods affected by the tornado.

"For north #STL residents affected by the tornado, brick theft is a major concern... [local] residents have seen people in unfamiliar trucks looking for loose bricks and other building materials."

Where the Wild Children’s Museums Are St. Louis’ City Museum helped pioneer the idea of dangerous-looking interactive experiences for kids and their families. Now other institutions have followed suit.

"Hiding behind a deceptively boring name lies one of the strangest and most unique family attractions in the US — City Museum in St. Louis." #STL

Count among the uninsured buildings the approximately 366 buildings owned by the city's land bank that were in the tornado's path, according to the St. Louis Development Corporation. Those properties, an SLDC spokesman says, are "usually in dilapidated conditions or otherwise in serious states of disrepair" when they come into the city's possession and are therefore "generally uninsurable." - Sarah Fenske and Ryan Krull

Irastl.org LRA LAND REUTILIZATION AUTHORITY DEMOLITION PROGRAM Will allow LRA to demolish 50% of its vacant building inventory

These 300+ LRA homes hit by the tornado will likely be demolished. That’s also likely in addition to their plans to demolish 50% of homes in their inventory.

⚜️ STL mutual aid thread — i'll be adding links here to keep them all in one place; please feel free to to share info here too! #STL

St. Louis' city population is dropping faster than any other major U.S. city's St. Louis lost about 21,700 residents between 2020 and 2024, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. Across the state, Kansas City grew by about 8,600.

“The City of St. Louis has the most severe population loss among major U.S. cities, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s most recent population estimates… St. Louis lost an estimated 21,700 residents between 2020 and 2024.” #STL

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Today In 1966: The St. Louis Cardinals play their first game at the new Busch Stadium! #MLB #STLCards #Baseball #History #ForTheLou

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A black and white photo of Cardinals 3B Mike Shannon in the clubhouse with his feet up and a can of beer

"It's Mother's Day today, so to all you mothers out there... Happy Birthday!"
-Mike Shannon

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The number of vacant buildings in St. Louis is decreasing, slowly An early look at the Vacancy Strategy Initiative Report shows the number of vacant properties in the city decreased by 4% since 2018.

A preview of the upcoming Vacancy Strategy Initiative Report finds that vacant properties in #STL decreased by 4% since 2018, and that nearly 90% of properties that are vacant today were vacant in 2018.

WashU staff and students work against the clock to preserve disappearing federal data The Data Rescue Project at WashU is part of a national call to action to archive federal datasets before they potentially get removed by the Trump administration.

“Students, staffers and librarians at Washington University are working to preserve critical federal data that in some cases has been removed from websites for agencies like the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.”

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'A gut punch': NEH terminations hit Missouri Humanities, University of Missouri projects The Trump administration’s cuts to the NEH are affecting Missouri. The state's humanities council, the University of Missouri Ellis Library and an MU professor face the loss of funding.

"The NEH's budget supports humanities councils, libraries, museums and special projects in every state and jurisdiction. In early April, NEH grants were immediately terminated for 56 humanities councils. Over 1,000 grants have been terminated, and 65% of the NEH's staff has been laid off."