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Sunday Poll: Support or Oppose the Closure of Chestnut St in front of Soldiers Memorial?

December 27, 2015 Downtown, Featured, History/Preservation, Transportation 4 Comments
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Earlier this year approval was given for the Missouri History Museum to take over the city-owned Soldiers Memorial Museum, the agreement was finalized last month. A preliminary sketch showed Chestnut St closed to vehicles, allowing the WWI Memorial building to connect with the WWI/Korean War/Vietnam War memorial to the South. Final designs will be presented early next year.

It is unclear if the street is closed to vehicles, if the city’s only parking-protected bike bike lane would be interrupted.  Which brings us to today’s poll:

The poll will be open until 8pm.

— Steve Patterson

 

Currently there are "4 comments" on this Article:

  1. JZ71 says:

    From a traffic (and parking) standpoint, closing it would appear to have minimal impact, but I see little benefit from further disrupting the urban grid to create any more “park” or green space – this is “downtown”! https://www.google.com/maps/@38.6290344,-90.2000599,18z

     
    • Greg says:

      In my mind, the biggest problem with this proposal is that the EB 40 exit at 20th street funnels traffic along Chestnut to go downtown. Closing that one block would require an awkward detour.

       
  2. Timm says:

    That earlier rendering released a few months ago is obsolete. Chestnut between 13th and 14th being closed is no longer part of the equation although it will be greatly reduced

     

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