The Grim Reaper has been seen lurking around the 3200 block of Olive. Saint Louis University filed demolition permit applications with the city last week to raze 3221 and 3225 Olive. These buildings are not within a Preservation Review District nor a Historic District, so there is no review by the Cultural Resources Office. The The post Demo Alert: 3200 Olive, Rally tonight to stop SLU’s wrecking ball appeared first on NextSTL.

America is getting older [1], and American drivers are getting way older [2, Figure below]. This seachange in the demographics of those operating motor vehicles is incredibly important (and, I would argue, underconsidered in the urbanist world). Older adults driving in complex environments (e.g. complicated traffic patterns, lane changes, turns, and congestion) have a much The post Road Diets and Older Adults appeared first on NextSTL.

Extreme Heat Belt (EHB) and Urban Heat Island(UHI) It doesn’t seem fair that the Midwest should be hit hardest by the heat of climate change, but that is apparently what is shaping up to happen.  Last year the First Street Foundation released its 6th National Climate Risk Assessment.  Among the dire predictions is an increase The post Reforesting STL in the Era of Climate Change appeared first on NextSTL.