Some Positive Changes In The Last Ten Years
In the last decade of blogging I’ve posted about the positive change that’s taken place in our region, it was fun looking back at the headlines of thousands of posts.
For today I’ve selected a positive post from each calendar year of this blog:
- 2004: Urban Places in St. Louis I am Thankful for
- 2005: Discover the Potential of Ivanhoe Street
- 2006: Locust St. Now Two-Way West of 14th!
- 2007: Tower Grove Farmers’ Market Kickoff Celebration, May 12th
- 2008: Fountain Park Residents Come Together In Park
- 2009: New Dog Park Opens in South St. Louis Neighborhood
- 2010: North 14th Street Finally Reopened To Vehicle Traffic
- 2011: Leather Trades Brings Art & Life To 16th & Locust
- 2012: MX Rises From Former St. Louis Centre, Pi Now Open
- 2013: Old Gas Station, New Use
- 2014: Rehabbed Corner Storefront Now A Bright Spot In Fox Park Neighborhood
Here’s one example, the former St. Louis Centre mall:


Lots more great things happened in the city & region. Next Friday I’ll list some of the bad things from this same period.
— Steve Patterson