Obviously there’s a huge amount of work going on inside Crestwood Plaza, but the parking garage for the old Stix, Baer and Fuller is coming down slowly. Stylistically, the Stix, later Dillard’s department store was the most aesthetically pleasing, but apparently the parking deck was structurally unstable, and it has to be demolished. The two…
Tag: Parking Garages
Gateway Arch Renovations
They’re tearing down the Arch Garage. I think it is just over thirty years old. It’s going to be weird with it gone. Thanks to terrible (non-existent) signage, myself and about twenty tourists ended up on the wrong side of the construction fence. Thanks, guys! Luckily, there was this sign that pointed us in the…
St. Louis Centre, Eviscerated
Alerted by a post at Vanishing St. Louis, I decided to use the new St. Louis Centre Memorial Parking Garage last Friday. That was a big mistake. I had already seen the new exterior, but I wanted the opportunity to see the new parking garage built in the floors of the old mall. I must…
Cupples Warehouse #7
Update: Demolished before renovation could occur. There has been a lot of disinformation, and outright lies being spread about the condition of Cupples Warehouse #7. Read the facts here, at the Cultural Resource Office’s website; scroll down to page 28 to read the official opinion. Perhaps the most infuriating disinformation is coming from KMOV, which…
Downtown, From Above in the Early 20th Century
Can you identify which buildings are still standing, and which ones aren’t? All photos from “This is Our St. Louis” by Harry M. Hagen.
Meet the New St. Louis Centre, Same as the Old Centre
What the heck? The new parking garage that replaced the failed St. Louis Centre looks like the old mall, except that it’s black instead of white. See my old pictures of the mall here and here before redevelopment. I like the black entryway for the red granite building; I guess it makes sense. I like…