Shaw

If you drive down South Grand in South St. Louis, you might have noticed the idle property at the northeast corner of Grand and Sidney. This property at 2350 South Grand is in the Tower Grove East neighborhood, just across the street from Shaw. While there is nothing remarkable about this building, the thing that is remarkable is that it has sat vacant and idle while everything else around it has been...

Late each summer, in South St. Louis' Tower Grove Park, nearly 150,000 people come through the park to sample a bit of merchandise, culture and food from countries around the world. Countries in attendance range from as familiar as Mexico and Scotland, to as obscure as Eritrea and Congo. It's an interesting experience and a good way to exercise your pallet. For the 12th annual Festival of...

Construction at the long-vacant apartment complex at 3800 Shenandoah in the Shaw Neighborhood of St. Louis is now complete. Developer T & E Development, LLC utilized Federal and Missouri State historic tax credits on the rehab of this apartment complex at wrapped up primary construction in August 2011.  Originally 24-units, the building was converted to 18-units in the finished project due to the...

Tucked behind Sasha's on Shaw in the Shaw Neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri, two mixed-use properties have been unceremoniously rehabbed. Located at 1810 Thurman and 1816-18 Thurman, both of these buildings are owned by the same people that own Sasha's. Repairs have been going on for the better part of two years, but it seems that things are finally wrapping up. Both buildings appear to being put...

Let me go on the record as saying I love historic architecture. It humbles me to think that with all the technological advancements of the last 100 years, the buildings of 100 years ago display a level of craftsmanship that seems to be lost in the modern day. That being said, our current system of preserving these historic structures misses the point entirely...