Above St Louis - Page 2

Ex-Ithacan · #21 Posted **Jan 23, 2007, 12:43 PM**

Thank you sir. May I have another?

Great per usual KC.

PhillyRising · #22 Posted **Jan 23, 2007, 1:39 PM**

Wow...it's been almost 20 years since I was in St Louis...it looks very different and very nice. I don't ever remember there being towers that far away from the downtown area.

nygirl1 · #23 Posted **Jan 23, 2007, 1:55 PM**

KCGridlock, I don't know how many times you have been told this on ssp.com or ssc.com but you sir areGOD SENT. I especially loved the nabes during this tour of yours. St. Louis has such a unique character ( Red Brick) I absolutely love it. Truely an American Gem.
I vote you make your next trip a Washington- Baltimore- Philly- NYC- Boston trip... hey you'll be able to make 5 new threads of spectacular ariels and I know you love it. You know we freakin love it. Anyone second that???
Love your work.

- Gia

dfane · #24 Posted **Jan 23, 2007, 2:02 PM**

St. Louis is so underated.
Nice looking city indeed.
I think St. Louis is overlooked because of Chicago same as us in Philly feel overlooked because of NYC.

My prediction is that St. Louis will have a boom it is too nice and has way to much potential not to.

btw KC comes through again with great pics

mrherodotus · #25 Posted **Jan 23, 2007, 2:02 PM**

It's hard not to love "The Lou"!

TXLove · #26 Posted **Jan 23, 2007, 2:32 PM**

oh man these are great pics of St. Louis, your arieals are to die for.....cant wait for the next "above" series

STLgasm · #27 Posted **Jan 23, 2007, 2:42 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by nygirl1

KCGridlock, I don't know how many times you have been told this on ssp.com or ssc.com but you sir areGOD SENT. I especially loved the nabes during this tour of yours. St. Louis has such a unique character ( Red Brick) I absolutely love it. Truely an American Gem.
I vote you make your next trip a Washington- Baltimore- Philly- NYC- Boston trip... hey you'll be able to make 5 new threads of spectacular ariels and I know you love it. You know we freakin love it. Anyone second that???
Love your work.

- Gia

I definitely second that!!!

Ex-Ithacan · #28 Posted **Jan 23, 2007, 2:49 PM**

OK, I'll third it.

matguy7070 · #29 Posted **Jan 23, 2007, 3:25 PM**

Underated indeed!

I moved to St.Louis in 1995 from the east and I absolutely love it.

The city has so much culture, diversity and beauty (especially in architecture).
The old bitch has been rolling back with a vengence too. Downtown is a vital new neighborhood and how wn both National and International urban renewal/renaissance awards and the inner city population is up for the past 3 years after years of loss to the burbs.
St. Louis has a wonderful METRO rail/subway system and really gives residents and visitors an easy way to get around the city fast.

I, on the other hand, found this one of my favorite pictures of Midtown and the Central West End.

I, actually find this type of infill somewhat needed in urban cores to attract the "suburbanite" to inner city living. A sense of the "suburbs" in the city. In St. Louis there is so much infill and a lot of infill is going this way in certain districts, but as you can also see, STL has an incredible dense housing stock throughout the inner city.

People are always amazed to see how dense the city is in comparrison to other midwestern cities. It truly does look like an east coast town.

Thanks KC for your great and hard work! We love it..

Arch City · #30 Posted **Jan 23, 2007, 6:05 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shawn

After the first 20 pictures or so, I thought to myself, "Extremely nice pics showing off St. Louis' midrise density."

. . . and then I saw this:

For the record, the mid-rises and towers in the immediate background are of the Central West End and Midtown, which are about 1.5 to 2 miles west of downtown's core. Think of downtown St. Louis' core being about 1.5 mile from the bottom of the picture.

Great pics, Grid. When are you going to do West County, Chesterfield Valley?