Volunteer group seeking ways to improve connectivity between riverfront & downtown STL, including replacement of a mile of former I-70 with a boulevard.
St. Louis, MO
Joined February 2010
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Strange thing, they were already connected by the oldest urban invention, the sidewalk. teapawt.net/nearmap/status/7148267…
The @CityArchRiver Project will connect Downtown St Louis with @GatewayArchSTL & the River: bit.ly/1pWa1zO
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Yes. Fascinating plan. "Should Kansas City tear out the north freeway loop in Downtown for use in new development? bizj.us/1ld3ze?ana=twt"
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MSD says 4 million gallons of raw sewage a day still flows into Meramec River,during meeting with Arnold residents.
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A highway to boulevard idea makes it on a Transportation Improvement Plan TIP in Rhode Island @CityToRiver strongtowns.org/journal/prov…
On @HEC_TV right now: John Goodman is narrating a documentary about River Des Pres. Appropriately named "A Sewer Runs Through It."
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Press release re @Scotts_MGro award for St. Louis Riverfront Butterfly Byway on southern part of Mississippi River usmayors.org/pressreleases/u…
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. @StayTunedSTL Nothing will happen while I-70 still exists. Remove that, and N. Broadway becomes a more opportune extension of downtown.
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Examine what's lovable about the neighborhoods we love and replicate that on the north riverfront. And remove the highway.
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@CityToRiver And most of the properties are owned by the same entity - that could be a plus.
Imagine if you can: the Rams leave, & the stadium is never built. We'll have a historic riverfront w/ potential that needs to be activated.
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More levees. Higher levees. Massive floodplain development. No room for rivers to roam. Problems being pushed downstream. This is our fault.
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Hundreds of volunteers in South City filling sand bags to shore up the River Des Peres levees.
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Too many volunteers to count as sandbagging effort along River Des Peres gets into full swing.
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Send 1 email to support extending Grant's Trail to the River des Peres Greenway, a critical #STL connection! ow.ly/WckhA #Thanks
.@jeffrainford @jrosenbaum The interstate cutting the riverfront off from downtown makes redevelopment difficult. It's happening anyway.
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.@downtownstlbiz The public expressed concern over decision to isolate @LacledesLanding at every opportunity. @CityArchRiver was defiant.
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.@downtownstlbiz @CityArchRiver The consequences of further dismantling our street grid were known and obvious. And yet, #STL did it anyway.
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