14th St. Mall in 2006<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nOld North St. Louis Restoration Group, which is coordinating redevelopment of the mall, recently moved its headquarters from shambling storefront to renovated space in the mall. The group proudly points to the very successful, 2010 opening of the Old North St. Louis Farmer\u2019s Market as a positive sign of things to come for the neighborhood they call a new \u201curban village.\u201d<\/p>\n
Will it work? Urban observers doubt that the 14th<\/sup> St. Mall will ever return to its early 20th<\/sup> Century glory days. And hopes in the area have been shattered many times. Today\u2019s sluggish retail economy, tight money, and the huge odds facing new retail ventures will place enormous hurdles in the way. Local St. Louis politics, notorious for sabotaging change and innovation, will also play a role. But this time, at least from what I saw on June 9, 2010, the effort seems excruciatingly close to a chance for success. And I sincerely hope not to have to write another neighborhood-on-the-verge story about\u00a0 the 14th St. Mall again, one year from now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s hope that this time, it\u2019s for real. A recent visit to the two-block area in north St. Louis, known as the 14th Street<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,119,16],"tags":[515,513],"yoast_head":"\n
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