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Originally Posted by mhays
Somtimes "innovation districts" don't involve a ton of public money, or the public money is worthwhile regardless of whether the district thrives, like STL's new rail station I assume.
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In addition to the Cortex "innovation district" this light rail station will serve two neighborhoods on either side of Forest Park Ave and is adjacent to a bunch of new retail (including IKEA) and several new large (though not tall) apartment buildings under construction.
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Originally Posted by mhays
STL appears to be doing things well, aside from the potential disadvantage of not being of the edge of Downtown, which might be worth the tradeoffs for all I know.
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The Cortex district is intentionally located halfway between St. Louis University and the Washington University School of Medicine/Barnes-Jewish Hospital medical complex (~1 mile apart). So in this case I think it's better positioned here than on the edge of downtown.