Washington Ave is now flooded with light
The former St. Louis Centre pedestrian bridge over Washington (between 6th & 7th) is totally gone now. Also gone is the bay of St. Louis Centre that projected over the sidewalk along the South side of the street.
The difference is dramatic.
Traffic and one sidewalk is now open. Monday I will post about my thoughts about bringing more life to Washington Ave between the Eads Bridge and 10th St.
– Steve Patterson
Maybe I'm out of the loop… but what is scheduled to replace St. Louis Centre, anything? Do they have a plan for that area once everything is all demolished?
They are taking it back to the steel structure. The ground floor will be storefront retail space with the upper levels as parking. I think a theater as well.
This is great to see.
They should leave that last column (south side far west end) standing as a memorial to future generations never to do this again. (see Cheonggyecheon River in Seoul)
I really appreciate skybridges, but the width of the bridge and its height from the sidewalk are crucial factors that were clearly not considered with St. Louis Centre.