by Michael R. Allen
McEagle Land Acquisitions, LLC was chartered on February 16. Will the sundry LC’s and LLC’s involved in the “Blairmont” project begin selling to this company once the Distressed Area Land Assemblage Tax Credit Act is passed?
Month: March 2007
Remember the USS Inaugural that was moored on the St. Louis wharf to serve as a museum? During the 1993 flood, the former Navy minesweeper was swept away itself. However, it did not get very far. As “Memory_machine” tells us in his blog entry “Undergroundozarks goes to the Library / The Wreck of the Inaugural”, the wreck of the ship is just south of the MacArthur Bridge, and readily visible.
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Blairmont in the ACC
There is a good article by Matt Murphy about the “Blairmont” project in the current print edition of Arch City Chronicle.
by Michael R. Allen
According to a post on MayorSlay.com, the $100 million airport terminal reconstruction project will “carefully rehab” airport’s landmark main terminal by Minoru Yamasaki. As the region’s most widely used modernist building, the integrity of the terminal is an extremely important expression of local stewardship of mid-century design. Alongside rehab, the terminal could be enhanced by removal of some of the intrusive canopies in front and other later alterations. While full restoration is unlikely, a sympathetic rehabilitation could restore much of the modern character of the terminal that is a worldwide gateway to the city (just like another modernist icon).