Macy’s announced the closing of the downtown store this week. This came as a shock to many but city leadership didn’t seem to be too bothered by the grim news: Mayor Slay tweeted: “15 years ago, an announcement that Macy’s DT would close would be tragic. Today, it is merely sad and inevitable as retail changes.” The Downtown Partnership had [...]
Citygarden, downtown St. Louis’ gem on the Gateway Mall, is so pleasing and attractive that it’s easy to experience it without mining all it has to offer. That’s why a new app the garden introduced May 1 is going to be so significant for thousands of visitors. The new app, which is free, is downloadable from the iTunes App Store [...]
On a rainy, gloomy Saturday morning, why was I hanging out of the Culinaria parking ramp taking a picture of the view down Olive Street? Because it made me smile. Because it inspired me, made me happy and lifted my black mood. I’d spent the previous 45 minutes muttering under my breath, seething with anger and irritation over a [...]
Spring is (kind of) in the air. This means we can go back to exploring on foot what’s happening in downtown St. Louis. The other day we had a chance to take some photos of the work in progress at Ballpark Village. The good news is that the project finally seems to move along swiftly. Dirt is being moved and [...]
Last night the new MX Movies in the Mercantile Exchange (MX) development opened up for a festive preview. The official opening is scheduled for today. The theater will start its run downtown with “Les Misérables”, “Lincoln” and Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained”, which we had the privilege of seeing last night and if we may say so, it was excellent. The [...]
The construction of the new 1,500 feet long cable-stayed Mississippi River bridge is progressing nicely. Currently, the towers have topped out at their designed height of 400 feet. Crews are now attaching the cables that hold up the bridge deck. The gap between East and West is shrinking continuously. Earlier post about the New Mississippi Bridge: As New Bridge Rises [...]
The completely renovated downtown Central Library will be opening to the public on Sunday, December 9. The downtown gem underwent a $70 Million renovation and finishing touches are still being made. Over 4 million books were displaced during the construction but they have now carefully been returned to their home on Olive Street. Soon, almost a century after it first [...]
Collective, a retail co-op has opened in the MX district, in the former St. Louis Centre. Collective features more than 35 boutiques and unique retailers from around the St. Louis region and Chicago. These retailers have each leased a space in this chic and urban retail environment. Currently available at Collective are: Adam Foster, Alternative Apparel, Beltshazzar, Genovese Jewelers, Ivy Hill, Juxtapose, Kate Pollman, Oh Lolli Lolli, Q [...]
A new gallery annex furniture/antiques store will be opening its doors at 1123 Locust Street in November. The store will be named Le Grand Ballroom and a website – www.sstyler.com- is coming soon. The store will be occupying the former Salt of The Earth space on the ground floor of the Alexander Lofts Building across the street from Rooster. We [...]
The renovated Central Library, which will be opening late November/early December, has recently begun to show off its new lighting system. It looks fantastic. It’s simply amazing to see the transformation that has happened to the library and the park just to the south of it. Time for a nighttime tour of Library park and its surroundings. Related: CBS Radio [...]
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Built in 1928, the Park Pacific is a beautiful building. The proposed parking structure and residential addition was at one time beautiful as well. Of course something is nearly always lost from rendering to final project. In this case, the cancelled residential component left just another bland garage. And that’s basically as promised, minus some signage and screens. With the [...]
Lucas Park, the somewhat hidden gem bound by St. Charles, 13th, Locust and 14th Street, will be closing in June for a comprehensive renovation project. During the renovations, which will include burning off the old grass and seeding and regrowing new grass in August, the dog park on the north side of the park will stay accessible. Among the improvements [...]
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The Cardinals released their latest plans for Ballpark Village today. From the the press release: Project Description Ballpark Village is an approximately $700 million mixed-use retail, entertainment, office and residential district being developed in partnership by the St. Louis Cardinals and The Cordish Companies. Spanning seven city blocks on the 10-acre site just north of Busch Stadium, Ballpark Village will [...]
π Pizzeria, the successful local restaurant chain who’s pizza’s are favored by the president is ready for a Wednesday, May 23rd opening at the MX development in downtown St. Louis. The new restaurant is located on the corner of 6th and Washington, right next to downtown’s Convention Center MetroLink station. Pi will be the first tenant to open in the [...]
The Coliseum Music Lounge, St. Louis’ newest music venue, will be opening tomorrow, May 17 with their first scheduled event: a Show-Me Burlesque Gala with performances at 8 and 11 PM. On Friday they will feature Dirty Muggs, a Blues/Rock/Soul band from St. Louis, and to top things off, the inaugural Electric Circus will debut Saturday night. This promises to [...]
Number 9, the building of the Cupples family currently under restoration by the Koman Group, will become home to a Flying Saucer Draught Emporium in the fall, according to the St. Louis Business Journal. Flying Saucer is a Dallas-based restaurant chain with 15 locations in Arkansas, Missouri (Kansas City), Texas, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina. The Flying Saucer’s owners [...]
