At Count On Downtown we are very excited (and proud!) to announce that Erica Smith, formerly the social media editor at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and now spreading awesomeness at Infuz Digital Marketing in downtown St. Louis, will be sharing her storified Storify Tweet stories on our website. As of today you can find them under the tab “Storified by Erica Smith”. [...]
Schlafly Beer presents a new festival this Memorial Day Weekend that will feature a community yard-sale of items from city residents and a pig roast. The new event is called Pork Shop, and it is scheduled for May 26th from 10AM to 6PM at the Schlafly Tap Room in downtown St. Louis. City residents looking to unclutter their homes can [...]
Recently, we ran into a familiar face during the inaugural Downtown St. Louis ARTWalk. None other than Erin Laine Beckman was one of the artists whose work was highlighted at the Leather Trades Artists Lofts, starting point of the ARTWalk tour. As frequent patrons of downtown’s hip music lounge LOLA, we already knew Erin was one of downtown’s best bartenders. She [...]
Maurizio’s Pizza will be moving to a new space in the Justice Center Garage on Tucker Boulevard & Clark Avenue. The restaurant is currently building out the space and is expecting to make its move in June. The Justice Center parking garage was built at a cost of $ 12.7 million and is part of the St. Louis City Parking system. [...]
Updated on May 2 with corrected location of The Coliseum Music Venue. If you’ve ever driven or walked to downtown St. Louis coming from the west, chances are you’ve seen this colorful quartet of buildings on the intersection of Jefferson and Washington Avenue. Named GW Lofts by developer Blue Urban, the buildings are a combination of rental lofts with commercial spaces [...]
Update April 25: Fiat has added a second employee to its downtown studio. They can now offer test drives downtown without having to make an appointment. Fiat’s Studio Showroom will be open this Saturday during the Downtown Home Tour. Earlier post from March 16: Fiat now has a presence downtown. Its Downtown Display Studio Showroom has opened quietly at 1015 [...]
The inaugural Downtown St. Louis ARTWalk was held last night under perfect weather conditions. The walk’s starting point was downtown’s artist hotbed Leather Trades Lofts on 1600 Locust. All floors were open to the public, from the ground floor studio spaces, to the dance studio, music studio and community room on the higher floors. The hallways were adorned with art, [...]
A new restaurant, Joe’s Chili Bowl, opened last friday in the former Terrace View space at Citygarden in downtown St. Louis. Not much has changed as far as the interior is concerned, which is good because it is a gorgeous space. What has changed however is the menu. Joe’s Chili Bowl, owned by restaurateurs Kim Tucci and Joe Fresta features ”Joe’s Famous [...]
Written by Frank DeGraaf – Updated Tuesday April 17 at 8:00 PM with response from CityArchRiver 2015 Foundation. Let me start by reiterating that I’ve always been a proponent of a “lid” over I-70 at the Arch Grounds in downtown St. Louis. When Michael Van Valkenburgh & Associates (MVVA) were chosen as the landscape architects for the Arch Grounds renovation [...]
Updated April 19 at 1:30 PM with comments from Conrad Wildsmith from St. Louis Immersion Language Schools: St. Louis Language Immersion Schools (SLLIS) will be opening a downtown campus scheduled to be fully operational for the 2012-2013 school year. The school will be going into a former office building at 1881 Pine Street, caddy corner from the future St. Louis [...]
Yes, the NRA (National Rifle Association) is in town but this a COLT of an entire different caliber. Verizon Wireless is bringing out its own pinch-hitter during the Cardinals’ 2012 season home opener to ensure that baseball fans in and around Busch Stadium won’t miss a call or have trouble sending others text, pictures or video highlights about the game. [...]
Enterprise-rent-a-car recently opened a rental center on 23rd Street and Washington in Downtown-West. They are located in a mid-century modern building, connected to the Motor Lofts to the east and situated just a block from Jefferson Avenue to the west. The interior of the building has been completely renovated and exhibits the familiar Enterprise corporate style. The new center is [...]
Today, the section of North Tucker Boulevard between Cass Avenue to the north and Dr. M.L. King Drive to the south has opened for traffic. The roadway consists of two lanes in each direction, separated by a median. The road deck is lined by new sidewalks, new streetlights, trees, and areas for plantings near the crossings. The new street signs [...]
Local Harvest Café, Grocery & Catering, the Morgan Ford staple known for their fresh and seasonal foods, will be expanding into a space on the corner of 9th & Olive Streets in downtown St. Louis. The café will be located in a 3,330 square feet corner space in the Old Post Office, facing northwest with views of the Old Post [...]
At Count On Downtown our desire to write about developments downtown is based on our conviction that downtown St. Louis is the best neighborhood in the metro area: not just for recreation, entertainment, sports, or even work, but above all to reside in. By writing about happenings in downtown we’re hoping to spike your interest in our neighborhood. Simply put: [...]
Today will mark the start of negotiations between the St. Louis Rams and the Convention & Visitors Commission (CVC). The CVC will present the Rams with a plan that will include their vision on how to elevate the Edward Jones Dome to “top tier” NFL territory. According to the lease agreement, the dome has to offer a better experience than [...]
Good times last Tuesday night at our New Year’s reception at Park Pacific in downtown St. Louis. Big thanks to Mayor Francis Slay for stopping by and staying for over an hour. Also in attendance: bloggers NextSTL, Gateway Streets and STLEnergized; St. Louis Post-Dispatch journalists Tim Bryant and Tim Logan; Tim Eby from St. Louis Public Radio, and, of course, [...]
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 [...]
