please stop showing areial pictures of St. Louis. it is so depressing to see a city that once had so much potential to be so lifeless. look at all the vacant lots. all the architectural heritage that once was, now vanished.
very sad!
St. Louis isn’t lifeless! Sure, it’s not perfect, but I like St. Louis. I love St. Louis! And I won’t stop posting pictures of it because it depresses you to see it. If you don’t want to see it, don’t look.
Personally, I’d like to see more. I’ve never been, and I would definitely like to visit.
Jonco, I am a native St. Louisan now expatriated. I am not talking about the greater metroplitan area but inside the city limits itself. Look at the Riverfront. So much potential but what is there? Nothing. North St. Louis?A Brick rustler’s paradise. How many murders weekly? The nepotism and ineptitude in city government and on the board of education.
Sure it’s not perfect. What was it, 5% of city residents pay 95% of property taxes? C’mon. Even A-B/Inbev’s days are numbered there as a big time brewery.
Hate to be so negative but what has St. Louis have to offer?
Oh yeah, there is that progressive rag called the Riverfront Times. Wouldn’t even wipe myself with it.
Used to love getting schlogged on summer nights at the Broadway Oyster Bar or at the Venice Cafe. St. Louis does have a cool bar scene.
Yeah…I agree with Jonco and Markus. I love Saint Louis area and miss it. Though, it made me sad that so much of downtown is sort of rundown. It’s being redone but still…there is so much potential. I can’t wait to see it again when I return home for two weeks in December. I love it.
Yah know what? It’s not the town that makes the people, It’s the people that makes the town. Every city has it’s ups and downs but we’re all going thru a hard time with the economy. Butt, stay strong and just maybe, we really expect too much outta our paycheck.
Hey, I have had the good fortune to visit St. Louis several times throughout my life, and I can honestly say they are finally starting to reach their potential. Downtown is MUCH livelier now than it was in the 70s and 80s. They are improving. I do have to ask Jonco, though, if Ballpark Village is finally going to start building up. I notice from this pic that the pit from Old Busch is no longer there. I can’t wait to see how it looks with that project done.
Besides downtown, there’s lots of cultural things around St. Louis…. museums, parks, the botanical garden… Grant’s Farm a bit outside the city… the zoo. And the Gateway Arch and the riverfront are still nice places to see.
If I didn’t live here in the Chicago area, I’d love to live in St. Louis. It’s definitely a vastly approved city and I can’t wait to visit again.
i meant to say “vastly improved city…” but I’m sure you all got that anyway…. 😛
Can’t tell from the pix, but is the Baseball stadium completed? It’s been several years since I was in St. Louis and I was sad to hear that the old Busch Stadium was being torn down. I was born and grew up in St. Louis, but now live in Colorado. My parents still live there and I visit from time to time.
vastly approved city
I’m Mike Firesmith and I approve St.Louis.
In what way is the arch a sports venue?
Bungee Jumping….
Good luck to St. Louis and all the other old cities & towns. Times changed in the 2nd half of the 20th century, and left the old working cities struggling. But a lot of them are at least trying to reboot, and times are changing again, and who knows…
Roth,
Yes the new stadium is complete. The space just to the left of it is where part of the old stadium was. It’s not the gaping hole it was, but it still needs to be developed. They announced a month or two ago that the final plans were complete and construction of Ball Park Village will get underway soon. It should be midway completed by the time the All Star game is in St. Louis next year. That is, unless the current financial crisis doesn’t delay it further.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis_Ballpark_Village
please stop showing areial pictures of St. Louis. it is so depressing to see a city that once had so much potential to be so lifeless. look at all the vacant lots. all the architectural heritage that once was, now vanished.
very sad!
St. Louis isn’t lifeless! Sure, it’s not perfect, but I like St. Louis. I love St. Louis! And I won’t stop posting pictures of it because it depresses you to see it. If you don’t want to see it, don’t look.
Personally, I’d like to see more. I’ve never been, and I would definitely like to visit.
Jonco, I am a native St. Louisan now expatriated. I am not talking about the greater metroplitan area but inside the city limits itself. Look at the Riverfront. So much potential but what is there? Nothing. North St. Louis?A Brick rustler’s paradise. How many murders weekly? The nepotism and ineptitude in city government and on the board of education.
Sure it’s not perfect. What was it, 5% of city residents pay 95% of property taxes? C’mon. Even A-B/Inbev’s days are numbered there as a big time brewery.
Hate to be so negative but what has St. Louis have to offer?
Oh yeah, there is that progressive rag called the Riverfront Times. Wouldn’t even wipe myself with it.
Used to love getting schlogged on summer nights at the Broadway Oyster Bar or at the Venice Cafe. St. Louis does have a cool bar scene.
Yeah…I agree with Jonco and Markus. I love Saint Louis area and miss it. Though, it made me sad that so much of downtown is sort of rundown. It’s being redone but still…there is so much potential. I can’t wait to see it again when I return home for two weeks in December. I love it.
Yah know what? It’s not the town that makes the people, It’s the people that makes the town. Every city has it’s ups and downs but we’re all going thru a hard time with the economy. Butt, stay strong and just maybe, we really expect too much outta our paycheck.
Hey, I have had the good fortune to visit St. Louis several times throughout my life, and I can honestly say they are finally starting to reach their potential. Downtown is MUCH livelier now than it was in the 70s and 80s. They are improving. I do have to ask Jonco, though, if Ballpark Village is finally going to start building up. I notice from this pic that the pit from Old Busch is no longer there. I can’t wait to see how it looks with that project done.
Besides downtown, there’s lots of cultural things around St. Louis…. museums, parks, the botanical garden… Grant’s Farm a bit outside the city… the zoo. And the Gateway Arch and the riverfront are still nice places to see.
If I didn’t live here in the Chicago area, I’d love to live in St. Louis. It’s definitely a vastly approved city and I can’t wait to visit again.
i meant to say “vastly improved city…” but I’m sure you all got that anyway…. 😛
Can’t tell from the pix, but is the Baseball stadium completed? It’s been several years since I was in St. Louis and I was sad to hear that the old Busch Stadium was being torn down. I was born and grew up in St. Louis, but now live in Colorado. My parents still live there and I visit from time to time.
vastly approved city
I’m Mike Firesmith and I approve St.Louis.
In what way is the arch a sports venue?
Bungee Jumping….
Good luck to St. Louis and all the other old cities & towns. Times changed in the 2nd half of the 20th century, and left the old working cities struggling. But a lot of them are at least trying to reboot, and times are changing again, and who knows…
Roth,
Yes the new stadium is complete. The space just to the left of it is where part of the old stadium was. It’s not the gaping hole it was, but it still needs to be developed. They announced a month or two ago that the final plans were complete and construction of Ball Park Village will get underway soon. It should be midway completed by the time the All Star game is in St. Louis next year. That is, unless the current financial crisis doesn’t delay it further.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis_Ballpark_Village