Neither has Rob Powers, who's on Day 188 of the Daily Dose of Blairmont.
It's simply ludicrous that any private citizen can track so many instances of illegal demolitions--with photographic evidence--and not produce any reaction from the local leadership.
Whether you want a big economic development scheme for North St. Louis, or you're squarely opposed to anyone touching the land other than a community-based entity, you should be against what is occurring right now. A well-connected, monied developer continues to chip away at neighborhoods, inciting further crime, abandonment, and disinvestment--saying nothing of preservation of irreplaceable architecture. We've seen rampant arsons and brick rustling. We've seen a lot of activity by Paul McKee and his various holding companies, but little activity from city government.
This is no way to "redevelop" neighborhoods.
This is one big, city-rubberstamped crime. It's also an excellent precedent for top-down, secretive planning when all other civilized places go to great lengths to avoid that kind of "planning".
This could happen again--somewhere else. Could the Ville be next?
What can I do? Locked down in New Orleans, what can I do?
Self Portrait with Transmission Tower. 2018
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What can I do as a resident of St. Louis City?
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