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As a city resident & a taxpayer, or someone who works in the city while living elsewhere—making you a city taxpayer as well—you have every right to engage with the Police Department’s commissioners. Whether you want to share a concern, offer a compliment, or simply talk about your day, you should know who to reach out and how to do so.

The contact information provided was released by the police department through a Sunshine Law request. If you choose to engage with board members, please always maintain a respectful and civil tone—it is the most effective way to foster a meaningful response and an open dialogue.

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/missouri/rankings

Two St.Louis city public high schools take 1 & 2 spots for best Public High Schools in Missouri and the only two in the top 100 nationally

Metro # 1 in Missouri & 22 nationally

Collegiate #2 in Missouri & 90 nationally

Once again, it proves that SLPS has the ability and talent to educate kids at a very high level

Market and Jefferson (on the NW corner, across the street from Downtown West): Work has started on a $100M Kimpton Hotel.

14th & Clark: $82M Sheraton Hotel with a rooftop deck and a sports bar in lobby (part of the building will stay condos). (image 1)

Locust & 21st: Construction has started on a $24M, 72-unit apartment building (the first of three on empty lots in that area north of the soccer stadium).

A $17M, 60-apartment project is close to finishing at Locust and 10th at the Farmers Savings building.

Pre-construction facade work has started at the Chemical building: 120-room hotel and 108 apartments, $135M. (image 2)

Jefferson Arms: 220 apartments and a 225-room AC Marriott hotel are going to partially open floor by floor. (image 3)$150m

A $200M renovation of Mansion House's 410 apartments should open next summer. (image 4)

Next door, the vacant tower is soliciting construction bids due at the end of Sept. for a hotel-to-apartments conversion (probably 400–415 units).

The vacant Last Hotel on Washington Ave. has started renovations into a Hyatt.

Millennium demo: Demolition of the big tower has removed the roof and top floor, with a $670M redevelopment to follow. (image 5)

Le Méridien at 1019 Pine is being renovated to reopen after being dark for more than a year (flooded).

Others without anything publicly announced, but with rumblings:
Some interest in Railway.

Cordish plans another tower or two at BPV.

The AT&T building should get more action next year.

Kiener garages improvements (sale publicly announced).

CITY SC massive redevelopment of the area between the stadium and Jefferson (got financing from the state to keep 85% of new state sales and income tax generated on-site for 30-something years to pay the development costs, millennium and BPV got the same deal).

Mark Twain closes on Sept. 1. Development in 2027.

The Wainwright Building should have something move in 2027.

Purina has some interest in building out its campus and having a better connection to Busch and BPV

$55M from the Rams settlement will equal $110M in improvements around downtown when the private sector match is added.

Total investment of the ones started and known is $1.4b and the rumblings will be another $1.7-2.5b

The roadway itself should be getting a refresh soon, the city awarded a $2.3m contract on Tuesday

More on the project here;
https://www.reddit.com/r/StLouis/s/GQCPFYEWZZ

The south tower along the Arch grounds is expected to start renovations in mid 2027 from previous use of hotel
to affordable residential, middle tower (mansion house, market rate) should be finishing up its $200m reno by than (410 units) and the north tower (gentry’s landing,
Market rate) is 95% occupied (416 units)

Over 1,200 units between the 3

St. Louis-based general contracting firm Paric is seeking bids for elevator improvements and demolition, plumbing, HVAC and electrical work. Bids are being accepted online through Sept. 24. A pre-bid meeting is scheduled for Sept. 9. The request for bids calls the project "Archview Apartments."

DevCo Residential Group did not respond to a request for comment. The Bellevue, Washington-based firm focuses on multi-family communities. DevCo and its affiliates develop, own and manage more than 10,000 apartments across the country, according to the company's website.
200 N. Fourth is owned by entities tied to New York-based Taconic Capital and California-based Axos Bank

https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2026/08/14/redevelopment-apartments-st-louis-vacant-downtown.html?utm\_source=st&utm\_medium=en&utm\_campaign=ae&utm\_content=SL&j=47053414&senddate=2026-08-14&utm\_term=ep4&empos=p4

Crime in Downtown and Downtown West has fallen sharply over the past five years. Through the first seven months of the year, total NIBRS incidents across the two neighborhoods dropped from 4,262 in 2022 to 2,388 in 2026 — a 44% decline. Property crime, the largest category, fell 57.5%. Crimes against persons are down 21.8%. Robbery is down 56.8%, theft from vehicles is down 71.8%, vehicle theft is down 53%, and vandalism is down 66.5%.

The obvious objection is that crime falls when there’s no one left downtown to be a victim. The spending data says otherwise.

Taxable sales in the downtown district have grown steadily across the same period. Through June, sales rose from $816.5 million in 2022 to $890.2 million in 2025 — up $73.7 million, or 9%. The gains came in every year: +7.5% in 2023, +0.3% in 2024, +1.1% in 2025. That’s a district holding its commercial base and adding to it, not one being abandoned. The Arch attendance has grown since 2022 as well and has Union Stations.

Worth noting that this growth came even as Cardinals attendance fell off considerably in 2024 and 2025. Downtown’s sales base absorbed that and still grew — which says the day-to-day economy here, the residents and workers and restaurants and events that aren’t tied to the baseball calendar, is carrying more weight than it used to. Cardinals fans probably spend about $28m less in 2024 and $75m less in 2025 vs 2022-2023 3.3m attendance years.

Crime didn’t fall because downtown emptied out. It fell while downtown kept doing business.

Sources: SLMPD monthly neighborhood crime data, Dept of Revenue quarterly taxable sales data and IRMA national parks visitor data

https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/new-owners-to-turn-st-louis-parking-garages-into-art-hubs/amp/

They go do shots of Busch Stadium garages….city based KSDK would never

Violent crime in down 10% vs last year through July and on pace for the lowest total since the 1960s and 70s adjusted to population

Violent crime is; homicides, rape, robbery and aggravated assault (make up nearly 75% of violent crime)

Rest of the crime data later in the week.

Source: slmpd monthly crime reports

This was one of the most embarrassing and humiliating political defeats in Missouri history.

They spent $40 million. They lied to you. They gaslit you. They tried to convince you to vote against your own interests. Amendment 5 lost because people do not trust this governor or this legislature not to screw them over just to give the wealthy another tax break. It was another attempt at the same failed experiment we’ve heard for decades: give the rich more money and somehow the rest of us will eventually benefit. It hasn’t worked. It never will.

Amendment 4? There’s really not much to say. It was one of the most undemocratic and vile amendments ever put before Missouri voters, built around a made-up rule requiring it to pass in every federal congressional district.

The governor, the Republican Party, and their wealthy donors thought Missouri voters were stupid.
In the end, it was them looking like the complete fucking morons.

But this doesn’t end today.

There are plenty of people voters can punish in November, including Brad Christ in West County. The legislators who voted to for these amendments and tried to screw you over don’t get to simply walk away from this. Remember their names. Remember their votes. And in November, make sure they remember yours.

These are all winnable in November in STL area:
HD 100, HD 105, HD 101, HD 104, HD 96 and HD 106. Senate 15. Google them, find their opponents and help however you can

Through July each year

2021: 109

2022: 102

2023: 96

2024: 99

2025: 81

2026: 73

2020: 55 for the month alone (155 through July)

All other crime data through July 2026 will be out August 5. I expect violent crime to continue its downward trend and be at a 60 year low in total and population adjusted

If amendment 4 passes here is what would happen in the next citizen lead constitutional amendment vote

67% turnout, “yes” get 70% statewide but the amendment fails because the 7th district isn’t above 50%. #moleg gop wants you to believe this is fair. Don’t fall for it

After more than 8 hours of testimony and 3 hours and 8 minutes of deliberations, the Board of Adjustment (5 residents) voted not to grant the appeal filed by the Missouri Coalition for the Environment seeking to overturn the permit. Vote was 5-0. Meeting started at 1:30pm
Wednesday and ended 12:38 am Thursday

Instead, the Board voted to allow the project to move forward, while adopting amendments to the conditions previously imposed by the Board of Public Service.

With the Board’s decision, there are no further administrative approvals or appeals remaining at the City level. The permit can now be issued unless an opposing party files an appeal in Circuit Court challenging the Board of Adjustment’s decision.

On a related note see image

Over the years he’s taken some incredible shots around town and now you can see them in an art gallery on Wash Ave