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 [...]
Here at Count On Downtown we didn’t think we’d ever get too excited by another McDonald’s Restaurant opening up. In this case we’ll make an exception. This new franchise owned by Jimmy Williams opened today, in sync with the new Tucker Boulevard section north of Cole Street that will eventually lead to the new Mississippi river bridge. The roadway [...]
