Good things come to those who wait

Today I shopped at the new City Grocers downtown (920 Olive, no web site yet). Those waiting in St. Louis for things to happen have been rewarded yet again.

Yes, the historic Century Building isn’t even razed yet for a massive parking garage and signs of a renewed downtown neighborhood are everywhere. A neighborhood, unlike a business district, is full of residents and an active street life. City Grocer will do far more for downtown than the Old Post Office project ever will.

A whole new group of people, myself included, will seek out downtown residences simply based on having City Grocers and the smaller but very niceLucas Park Market as urban amenities. These new residents will encourage other businesses to start in downtown or relocate from other areas to downtown. We are witnessing the reverse of what happened as people & businesses left downtown and the city in the mid to late 20th Century.

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