Fifty years ago today the Beatles played at the then-new Busch Stadium II (1966-2006):
The Beatles made their only appearance in St. Louis on Aug. 21, 1966. They performed 11 songs, including some of their biggest hits: “Yesterday,” “I Feel Fine” and “She’s a Woman.”
One song they didn’t play was “Rain.” Nature took care of that. A substantial thunderstorm competed at times with the sounds being piped from 200 speakers at Busch, which was only a few months old. (Post-Dispatch)
I wasn’t there — I was still in my mom’s womb in Oklahoma. I also wasn’t at the Paul McCartney concert on the 13th at the decade-old Busch Stadium III.
Thinking about these two concerts got me wondering about venues, which is the subject of today’s non-scientific poll:
The answers above are shown in random order, the poll closes at 8pm.
Street lights are important for safety, so motorists and pedestrians can see better at night. Good lighting can help reduce crime. Sadly, most cities, including St. Louis, have bad lighting. Instead of lighting the road and sidewalks we also light up the night sky.
Our loft is on the 4th floor of our building, our windows don’t directly face Locust St. Still, a cobra head light across the street blasts our uncovered windows with light every night.
Looking South from our balcony toward Locust St, two cobra head lights can be seen — one per sideThis cropped version narrows down to the two lightsCropping again you can see
The solution is to replace the old cobra head lights with more efficient LED lights, right?
The new plan for security was put in place before the recent robberies. It calls for four more surveillance cameras, license plate recognition cameras, and brighter street lights.
“What we want now are the surveillance cameras that have red and blue flashing lights on them so that people realize they are on camera and that is a really critical next step to make people realize this is a watched area,” said Missy Kelley with Downtown St. Louis, Inc.
The plan calls for all 3,000 downtown street lights to be replaced with LED lights that are brighter.
“Change out all of the cobra head lights downtown to LED lights which are brighter and whiter and will splash back onto the sidewalk. They will light the streets but also light the sidewalks,” Kelley said.
Myth #1: The use of LEDs reduces light pollution and is “good for dark skies” because they’re highly energy efficient.
Myth #2: The use of LEDs reduces light pollution and is “good for dark skies” because they make it easier to control where the light lands on the ground.
Myth #3: LED lighting increases traffic safety
Myth #4: LED lighting improves security by discouraging crime.
Myth #5: Energy savings from LEDs automatically means a lower carbon footprint, which is better for the environment.
Just like most regions, we’re replacing bright cobra heads that scattered light in all directions with brighter LEDs that scatter more light in slightly less directions. Brighter isn’t necessarily better or even safer.
In July 2011 I blogged about three unfinished houses on North 22nd Street, in a development known as Bosley Estates. Last week they remained unfinished and decaying. They’re at 3920, 3916, and the worst is 3912 (see on Google Street View).
Unfinished house at 3912 N. 22nd, July 20113912 & 3916 N 22nd Street last week
Entity purpose: “All purposes allowed under the act.“
Registered agent: Gary Johnson: 3918 Page Ave., St. Louis, MO 63113
Organizers: Gary Johnson, Ken Hutchinson, and Walter Allen: 3918 Page Ave., St. Louis, MO 63113
Tax bills mailed to: 625 N. Euclid Ste 500, St. Louis, MO 63108 (now luxury apartments)
Building permits for 3920 & 3916 were applied for, and issued, on 4/14/2006. The permit for 3912 N 22nd was applied for on 5/16/2006, issued a month later.
City records show 4 sales for 3912 N. 22nd:
4/5/2006 for $15,144 LRA/back taxes (vacant lot prior to start of new construction)
7/15/2009 for $2,500 foreclosure
10/22/2009 for $2,500 foreclosure
2/27/2013 for $4,000 as part of a multi-location sale
Four new houses on the block were finished and sold. If I had bought one I’d be upset these were allowed to go unfinished for a decade! Bosley Estates is named after the alderman,Freeman Bosley Sr.
Last week LHM, owners of Union Station, announced plans to add an aquarium as par of the remake of the property. The 1985 mall under the train shed failed, but the hotel portion has continued to do well.
Developers are planning to build a $45 million aquarium is [sic] Union Station near downtown St. Louis and they say it will feature one of the largest collections of sharks in the Midwest.
The 75,000-square-foot St. Louis Aquarium will display thousands of aquatic species, such as stingrays and fish in 1 million gallons of water in the complex’s former mall area. A planned v-shaped rope bridge will suspend visitors above the shark tank. It will also include a gift shop, 8,500- square-feet of private event space with the shark tank as a backdrop, and possibly a themed restaurant in the old Houlihan’s space. (An aquarium for St. Louis is part of the redesign for Union Station’s former mall)
Thinking many of you have opinions, it’s the poll topic this week.
The shooting of an unarmed African-American by a white Ferguson police officer was what opened the eyes to myself and other whites to what blacks had been saying for years. Two years ago this morning Michael Brown died on Canfield Drive.
Heading east on Canfield Dr I spotted the line of red roses in the center of the street. August 22, 2014Next to the sidewalk there are more items as a tribute to Michael Brown. August 22, 2014By the first anniversary a plaque had been placed, photo date 9/7/15We visited again on Sunday 9/7/16; more than a year later, the concrete still appears new9/7/16Looking East down Canfield Dr toward the spot where he diedToo far for me to walk to the spot, but we slowly drove by it to look at the items people have left
The plan was a building set back behind a parking lot.As of Sunday, the site has been cleared. The opportunity still exists to build a more urban building up to the public sidewalk
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