by Michael R. Allen
Today’s edition of the St. Louis American carried the smart editorial “Urban Preservation and Politics.” That the city’s African-American newspaper sees fit to editorialize about historic preservation in north St. Louis shows that we re amid a paradigm shift, at least insofar as elected officials across north city are concerned. By placing his ward into the city’s preservation review program, Alderman Antonio French (D-21st) may have started an economic and housing development revolution.