It’s 8 pm, and I’m leaving the Dollar Store in University City, Missouri. It’s a magnificent June evening: the sun is setting and a
Category: Missouri region
14th Street mall on the verge of another comeback
Let’s hope that this time, it’s for real. A recent visit to the two-block area in north St. Louis, known as the 14th Street
On the waterfront with Robert Criss
Bob Criss doesn’t claim to walk on water, but on a walk over the water, he has a lot to say about current [pun
The first MO woman elected to Congress & the street named for her
If you live in or near St. Louis, you may have walked or driven on a street named in her honor, but you might
Q & A with The Urbanophile
Aaron Renn is an opinion-leading urban analyst on a mission to help America’s cities thrive and find sustainable success in the 21st century. His
City to River thinks outside the concrete box
Opportunity is knocking on St. Louis’ front door. The fiftieth anniversary of the completion of the Gateway Arch (2015), and plans for a new
Skimping on Parents as Teachers
Looked at side-by-side, two recent news story create a contradictory picture that underscores the ironic and misguided path educational funding in Missouri is about
From Ballpark Village to Ballpark “Tillage?”
The eyesore next to the new Busch Stadium in downtown St. Louis was supposed to be Ballpark Village, an ambitious, downtown-changing development of restaurants,
311. St. Louis still not on the map.
If you see a rabid raccoon, a leaking fire hydrant or a stray chicken in front of your house, and you live in the
Senator McCaskill: Please Lead!
In a recent posting in ShowMeProgress, a blogger going by the name of Willy K, residing in southwest Missouri reports on an exchange of