Last Wednesday, the CityArchRiver 2015 Foundation presented their latest update about the plans to renovate the Arch Grounds. It wasn’t good. Most lacking in the presentation was energy. It almost felt like the speakers had to be dragged onto the stage to speak about their part in the total effort. The crowd seemed generally bored, and despite the notion that [...]
The CityArchRiver 2015 Foundation presented its second update to the community Wednesday night, its first in 12 months. There wasn’t a lot of news, nor the typical enthusiasm this time. There were no specifics offered regarding design, no mention of Cathedral Square, or the south end. Final design for a new Kiener Plaza is reported to have been completed, but [...]
You know it’s winter in St. Louis when it’s sunny and warm. A good opportunity to take a stroll along Broadway on the North Riverfront. It’s so obvious, it’s painful: this area has all the attributes to become Mainstreet USA, without the mouse. Quality architecture, proximity to downtown, and new infrastructure being built to the north and west. A new [...]
AFP was in town to explore the St. Louis craft beer community. Newer craft breweries Urban Chestnut and  O’Fallon Brewery are featured, as well as the pioneers of St. Louis craft beer, the St. Louis Brewery, better known as  Schlafly.  St. Louis Post-Dispatch beer connoisseur, and author of  “Brew in The Lou” Evan Benn explains the rise of craft beer breweries after the sale of [...]
We’re having a party! On Tuesday, January 24, we’re organizing a New Year’s Reception for Count On Downtown readers, downtown visitors, enthusiasts and residents. In partnership with the Downtown St. Louis Residents Association (DSLRA), Metropolis STL, Downtown Living Now and Lucas Park Grille we would like to invite you for a complimentary glass of Champagne and hors d’oeuvres at the [...]
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After we scored a scoop with the article: Fiat Coming To Downtown St. Louis on January 6, 2012, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch took notice and reporter Tim Bryant started making some phone calls. He spoke with John Warren, a Richard Ellis leasing agent – the same person I spoke with earlier that day. Warren confirmed to me that a Fiat “dealership” ( [...]
After attending last Saturday’s Billikens vs George Washington game we felt like celebrating SLU’s win by exploring the Midtown area. (Not that we need an excuse to visit this hopping district.) New are the blue neon-rimmed buildings in the Midtown/Grand Center area. It certainly looks good, and with nightlife options like the Fieldhouse, Triumph Grill, Urban Chestnut, and the brand [...]
Count On Downtown has confirmed with the broker of the 1015 Locust building that Fiat is planning a dealership, a Fiat Studio in Fiat lingo, on this corner of 11th & Locust. Note: Nothing is final yet. If everything works out, including permits from the city, Fiat Studio is expected to open in March 2012. This dealership will sell Fiat’s [...]
Update: Plush, a new concert venue, nightclub, restaurant, and diner will be opening this Saturday. Earlier story: (March 2011) A new and significant development in the Midtown Alley neighborhood is Plush, a club that will host live music but also be home to a diner, a restaurant , catering services and a Penthouse for private events. Plush will be the St. [...]
Yesterday, we had an opportunity to check out the views from the Park Pacific building at 13th & Olive Streets. It was a rainy and foggy day but that only added to the gloomy Gotham City look that downtown sometimes possesses. A perfect day to go on a 360 degree tour of downtown St. Louis, as seen from the 15th [...]
Several concepts have been proposed under the Bottle District moniker over the years. Now that the 17-acre site  just north of the Edward Jones Dome will be sold to Paul McKee’s NorthSide Regeneration LLC (after last week’s swift and decisive approval of the deal by the Board of Aldermen) what will happen next? McKee and his investors have hinted at [...]
Bill Streeter’s film Brick by Chance & Fortune will be showing at the Orpheum Theater in downtown St. Louis this Saturday, December 17th at 3:30 PM. St. Louis is a city with a rich and unique hsitory of brick architecture. Home to some of the largest amd most innovative companies of the 19th and 20th centuries, the city boasts some of [...]
The new Mississippi River Bridge project, slated for completion in early 2014, is starting to show significant progress. The towers on both banks of the river are now clearly rising into the air. When completed, the main span of this 1,500 feet long, cable-stayed bridge will be the third-longest in the United States. The bridge towers will reach 400 feet, [...]
Aspiring entrepreneurs pay attention. From January 27-29, 2012, the Startup Weekend organization will host a 54-hour event for startup enthusiasts to come together to share ideas, form teams, build products, and launch startups. Startup Weekend is an event which focuses on building a web or mobile application which could form the basis of a credible business over the course of [...]
This Saturday, December 10th, from 1 till 8 PM, the third annual Art at the Loft Exhibtion is held at the Syndicate Lofts at 10th and Olive Streets in downtown St. Louis. Art at the Loft offers a chance to interact with the artists in a gallery setting and purchase hand made art. Featured Artists Include: Kara Zipprich Hayes – Irie’ [...]
UPDATE: Four artists impressions added to story. The $79 million renovation of the St. Louis Central Library on Olive, between 13th and 14th Streets is in full swing. Work is slated to be completed in the summer of 2012. In the meantime, the park just to the south across Olive has received a makeover. The newly-laid concrete walkways and [...]
After more than a decade ice skating has returned to downtown St. Louis. Across the street from the Peabody Opera House (14th & Market) a temporary ice skating rink has been built that will be operating until January 16th. The rink is situated in Schiller Park and the setting is quite nice. It’s surrounded by trees with nice city views [...]
