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Riding the Dream-Train to Development Bliss

Riding the Dream-Train to Development Bliss

Aug 4, 2016

We’re no real-estate experts, but what you see above (the Sunnen Station on the MetroLink Blue Line) clearly isn’t “beachfront...

Saint Louis Should Learn from MetroLink’s Disappointing Past

Saint Louis Should Learn from MetroLink’s Disappointing Past

Jun 9, 2016

Mayor Slay is talking up plans for a billion-dollar-plus expansion of Saint Louis’s light rail system, the MetroLink. This means that...

Change On the Way for Rideshare Regulation in Missouri?

Change On the Way for Rideshare Regulation in Missouri?

Feb 19, 2015

The Mardi Gras celebrations that took place last week in Soulard were met with extremely cold weather, with temperatures dropping...

A New Homegrown Option Downtown

A New Homegrown Option Downtown

Nov 14, 2012

Soon, more than just homegrown produce will be available in the Soulard area. Next year, a homegrown charter school is slated...

In Praise of Jennings

In Praise of Jennings

Oct 21, 2011

An overriding emphasis on Big Ideas and Big Changes can obscure the fact that most improvements in life happen in...

Planners Save Missouri!

Planners Save Missouri!

Sep 24, 2010

“There are few things as important as effective government planning,” I said to myself the other day while enjoying a...

Nothing Worse Than Changing a Right Answer

Nothing Worse Than Changing a Right Answer

Apr 7, 2010

I play in a fair amount of trivia night competitions — not as many as I used to before having...

Yet Another Example of Terrific City Planning

Yet Another Example of Terrific City Planning

Jul 23, 2008

The Kansas City Star has a story on the failures of the planning process in Kansas City’s Beacon Hill neighborhood....

Why Don’t They Just Designate the Building as Blighted? It’d Save Some Time

Why Don’t They Just Designate the Building as Blighted? It’d Save Some Time

Dec 3, 2007

This has been a hot topic around the office, but as I was skimming through our recent posts, I realized...

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