One of the last pieces of flat land left out in the western edge of St. Louis County, the fields once owned by the small Cahtolic school, Linda Vista, has finally been swallowed by “progress.”

The earth has been ripped away, revealing a strange mix of bedrock and soil.

Trees hand precariously, and almost certainly fatally, just feet from a now exposed cliff.

One of the main reasons I support redevelopment in the city is not just for civic reasons, but for environmental reasons. How is the destruction of the natural world at the intersection of Kehrs Mill and Strecker Roads making the world a better place?