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No longer bus-averse
Urban Review STL
Tuesday, February 09 2010

ABOVE: Vew from a bus in Seattle, WA

I no longer have issues with taking a bus if that is that is the only public transportation choice I have.  This was not always the case with me.  I still prefer streetcars to the bus but many times the bus is better than a private car.

Before moving downtown I would sometimes bike [...]

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Changes to the St.
Urban Review STL
Monday, February 08 2010

ABOVE: 1967 St. Louis ward map. Source: We Elect! book from the Buckowitz archives

Every ten years, following each national census, the boundaries of St. Louis’ 28 wards are redrawn. The map above is based on the 1960 census. The map below (rotated 90 degrees counter-clockwise) is the curren [...]

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Poll: Do you give money to the homeless on the street?
Urban Review STL
Sunday, February 07 2010

“Do you have any change?” Most of us have been approached by a homeless person asking for money.

ABOVE: entrance to the Horizon Club, a downtown St. Louis safe haven.

The poll this week asks how you respond when asked for money.  Next week when I present the poll [...]

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All possible comfort and care provided
Confluence City
Saturday, February 06 2010
It makes you feel like you are going to make it as a parent when you wake up in the morning and find this tableaux.Crime shows and other reports tell us that mutilated dolls betoken evil things, and so a very comfortably prepared night's rest for Pinky the Webkin puppy must be a portent of goodness.
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New exhibit focuses on the St.
Urban Review STL
Saturday, February 06 2010

ABOVE: One of the 40 new paintings by Shelia Harris for this exhibit

The City of St. Louis had already cleared 40 city blocks of the riverfront before the competition was held that resulted in Eero Saarinen’s Arch. The city’s oldest buildings and street grid were lo [...]

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Marine Villa Neighborhood
STL City Talk
Saturday, February 06 2010

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Project destroyed by 2006 arson fire getting rebuilt
Urban Review STL
Friday, February 05 2010

ABOVE: morning of June 14, 2006

A few years ago St. Louis experienced some high profile arson fires. In April 2006 a condo project under construction on South Grand was totally destroyed.  Then in June 2006 two separate projects in Lafayette Square were torched.  A year later, to the day, an arsonist destroyed an apartment c [...]

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Fitting for a Friday
STL Rising
Friday, February 05 2010
One of the values we promote here at STL Rising is to explore ways for improving the quality of life in our neighborhoods. And one of those nagging problems some neighborhoods have to deal with are those inconsiderate, speeding drivers that threaten our safety, and generally create havoc with the quiet enjoyment most of us seek in a neighborhood. So what to do? Various approaches on how to deal with the nuisance of speeders have been tried and many strategies are the cause of debate for neigh [...]
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