The end of another year…so for the last post of 2014 I’ve selected 63 images from the 800+ I uploaded throughout the year. Enjoy, please be patient as they load.
JANUARY
Fields Foods opened at 1500 Lafayette Ave without pedestrian access, this was soon corrected after my post14th St @ Washington Ave.: Stones pavers & concrete removed so a new bus shelter can be built.At MLK & Taylor I noticed this new storefront because it stood out from how it looked for yearsPipes burst in the upper floors of the YMCA/Centenary Tower buildingWork was still wrapping up on the Tucker projectThe Treasurer’s office began testing different parking meters
FEBRUARY
The Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge opened, thus was seconds after Illinois Gov Quinn & Missouri Gov Nixon cut the ribbonThe St. Louis flag turned 50 as the city turned 250The wrap on the new low-floor downtown trolley buses looks like the original
MARCH
IDOT officials held an open house at the Jackie Joyner Kersee Center in East St. Louis to get input into speeding up Amtrak from Alton to St. LouisSome members of the First Presbyterian in Edwardsville IL opposed the sale of the property to the school district, the church would be leveled for parking. The congregation has worshipped on the same site since the early 19th centuryNew bike lane & pedestrian zone on Chippewa, looking west toward Morgan FordThe Castle Ballroom in midtown was damaged in a storm, later razed.The property to the north had a gate that blocked the public sidewalk, it was later removedIt was announced a park was planned for the north side of the Eads Bridge, to the right of the trucks parked in the alley,To prep for a new Civic Center bus transfer facility, all the trees were cut downFields Foods pedestrian access problem correctedMetro showed of the first of 15 articulated buses they would receive in 2014, mostly for use on the #70 Grand routeCity police had out of town journalists park on the sidewalk during a basketball tournament because…homeland security6th ward residents checked out the Participatory Budgeting project expo
APRIL
On April Fool’s Day I got many people with the announcement of a Trader Joe’s in a new mixed-use building at Grand & OliveInside the “Live” area of Ballpark Village the day before the home openerI proposed returning 9th & 10th north of Washington or Cole into two-way streetsSchnucks closed their North Grand locationAfter two years of not having a car, my then-fiancé and I bought a used car together.The east facade of the Lewis & Clark branch of the St. Louis County Library which was planned to be demolished after a new library was built.On April 29th major equipment was ripping out the unloved center planters on 13th Street between St. Charles St & Washington Ave
MAY
I took at look at the dire economic disinvestment in the north county area at Chambers & Lewis & ClarkI convinced Culinaria to stop filling the entire sidewalk in front of their 9th Street grocery store with cafe tablesPlans for the new Civic Center MetroBus transfer facility were made available.
JUNE
David and I exchanging our vows on Sunday June 8th at the Malcolm Martin Memorial park in East St. Louis, officiated by our friend Chris Reimer.Our reception was brunch at Bevo Mill, Lydia S. drove us in her Tesla.The Melvin Price Locks & Dam celebrated 20 yearsI took a look at the unincorporated area of North County known as Spanish Lake, the Belle Parke Plaza strip mall shown hereFive years since Citygarden opened in 2009
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JULY
Fair St. Louis was held in Forest Park because of work on CityArchRiverAt the Yorkshire Village shopping center in Webster Grovers I noticed new construction that wasn’t ADA-compliant. Months later this gets corrected.A new phase of the North Sarah project opens, here 3-story buildings were used at Vandeventer & CD Banks AveThe Arcade-Wright across 8th Street from the 8th & Pine MetroLink light rail station needed to secure more off-street parking to get financingHorse-drawn carriages operating in extreme summer heat raised concern about hoe the horses are treatedA St. Louis police officer parks in front of a fire hydrant, a Glendale cop on Facebook says this is no big deal. Later he’s fired after his comments on protests in Ferguson
AUGUST
Just 4 days after the primary election, Darren Wilson shot & killed Michael Brown. This QT was burned as anger boiled overRoses on Canfield Dr end at the spot where Michael Brown’s body was left for four hours the afternoon of Saturday August 9th, 2014
SEPTEMBER
Tiny north county suburb of Flordell Hills returns having their own police forceAmeren replaced worn out concrete vault lids on OliveIn late September we visited Cheyenne WY on our honeymoon in Colorado & Wyoming
OCTOBER
The National Park Service began to cut down the ash trees on the Arch grounds so they can be replaced with a better speciesI visited the newly opened Mercedes-Benz dealership that returned to the city from the suburbsThe developer of Yorkshire Village fixed the accessibility problem I discovered in July
NOVEMBER
The last Blumeyer tower starting to be razedWe visited the Kansas City area IKEA, it’s nearly identical to the St. Louis IKEA under construction that’ll open in Fall 2015Speaking of opening in the Fall of 2015; Whole Foods will occupy the ground floor of City Walk at Euclid & PineThe AutoZone W, Florissant after the late night Grand Jury announcementO’Reily Auto PartsThe Fashion R Boutique at 9844 W. FlorissantAt AutoBuyCredit at 10250 W. Florissant a total of 16 cars were destroyedPrime Beauty Supply at 1475 Chambers at W. Florissant9163 W. Florissant, just north of McDonald’sThe HealSTL storefront space
DECEMBER
Parking garage ar Locust & Tucker undergoing a concrete restoration costing at least $2 millionTree of books at the Central LibraryHouse at Delmar & Pendleton being renovatedBoard of Adjustment rules NLEC is a nuisance, in May 2015 must limit beds for homeless to 32 or close
I hope you had a great 2014 and that 2015 will be even better!
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