[palermodude]

Could anyone estimate the following:
How much of STL pre-1930 architecture has been destroyed/demolished?
How many entire historical neighborhoods have been destroyed/demolished?
Is it possible that 70-80% of that which was standing in 1930/40 is still there?
Or am I a naive dreamer?

I love the Arch, but they destroyed what could have been a great tourist attraction, by demolishing 80 SQUARE BLOCKS of dense, historical structures. That was the oldest part of the city.

Has anyone seen Old Montreal? They built the "new city" just west of the original settlement, and they did not destroy it. Now it's a huge tourist attraction.