By Matt Wyczalkowski and Christian Frommelt This is a pivotal time to advocate for bicycle and pedestrian safety in St. Louis. As car crashes and dangerous roads imperil us and divide neighborhoods, the City will spend hundreds of millions over the next three years to address traffic violence. The $46M Principal Arterial Traffic Safety program, The post Fighting for Safety on St. Louis’ Most Dangerous Roads appeared first on NextSTL.

Earlier this year,  I happened upon the drone video work of Jimmy Wolfe aka Empty Midwest on Youtube.  In his now 22 part series on abandoned STL structures, Jimmy has documented many of STL’s most endangered architectural treasures from above, revealing the damage and decay invisible from the curb. Prominent among the dozens of structures The post An Inventory of 70 Former Public School Buildings in STL appeared first on NextSTL.

At the corner of Olive and Jefferson in Downtown West St. Louis stands a building from 1968—a relatively recent addition to the city’s landscape. While this modern structure has its own unique story, the site is steeped in an even deeper history. This unassuming corner has been home to key moments in civil rights and The post 2334 Olive: A Century of Progressive Politics appeared first on NextSTL.