urban renewal /tags/urban-renewal urban renewal en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Thu, 01 Feb 2024 11:15:00 GMT Kranzberg buys two historic buildings from SLU for the arts, saving them from demolition /arts/2024-02-01/kranzberg-buys-two-historic-buildings-from-slu-for-the-arts-saving-them-from-demolition St. Louis preservationists are celebrating a plan by the Kranzberg Arts Foundation to purchase two historic Olive Street buildings that St. Louis University had planned to demolish. Thu, 01 Feb 2024 11:15:00 GMT /arts/2024-02-01/kranzberg-buys-two-historic-buildings-from-slu-for-the-arts-saving-them-from-demolition Chad Davis The Neck was the heart of Independence’s Black community, until the city demolished it /2023-02-01/the-neck-was-the-heart-of-independences-black-community-until-the-city-demolished-it The Neck neighborhood was in the center of historic Independence and housed the biggest Black community in the city. When the Harry S. Truman Library was built to honor the president, urban renewal policies he put in place destroyed the neighborhood. Wed, 01 Feb 2023 11:00:00 GMT /2023-02-01/the-neck-was-the-heart-of-independences-black-community-until-the-city-demolished-it Savannah Hawley-Bates MoDOT looks to improve St. Louis bridges and interchanges along I-64 corridor /2023-01-23/modot-looks-to-improve-st-louis-bridges-and-interchanges-along-i-64-corridor The Missouri Department of Transportation proposes three improvement options along Kingshighway and Jefferson Avenue between Chouteau and Forest Park avenues. Mon, 23 Jan 2023 10:00:00 GMT /2023-01-23/modot-looks-to-improve-st-louis-bridges-and-interchanges-along-i-64-corridor Britny Cordera Vivian Gibson named Missouri author of the year for memoir detailing Mill Creek Valley /culture-history/2022-09-16/vivian-gibson-named-missouri-author-of-the-year-for-memoir-detailing-mill-creek-valley In "The Last Children of Mill Creek," Vivian Gibson describes the lives of herself, her parents and siblings in their Mill Creek home in the 1950s. The predominantly Black neighborhood, which encompassed parts of midtown and downtown St. Louis, was demolished in 1959 as part of an urban renewal campaign. The Missouri Library Association has named Gibson author of the year. Fri, 16 Sep 2022 10:15:00 GMT /culture-history/2022-09-16/vivian-gibson-named-missouri-author-of-the-year-for-memoir-detailing-mill-creek-valley Chad Davis