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Revitalizing abandoned buildings in Old North St. Louis

July 6, 2009

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming

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community, globalwarming, neighborhood, oldnorth, rehabilitation, revitalization, smartercities, smartgrowth, st.louis

I really enjoy writing about Old North Saint Louis, because it is showing such hope and progress as it transforms from a severely depopulated, urban once-wasteland into an impressively awakening diverse neighborhood.  One of the parts of the neighborhood that appears...continued

A photo & video update on Old North St. Louis, one of the country’s best revitalization stories

April 16, 2009

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably

Tags:
community, historicpreservation, neighborhood, oldnorth, revitalization, smartgrowth, st.louis

Last year, I could hardly contain my enthusiasm when I learned what has been going on in the Old North neighborhood of St. Louis, a once-thriving community that went through massive decline.  As I wrote last year, it is being...continued

More on St. Louis

June 26, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
cities, climatechange, downtown, flooding, redevelopment, smartgrowth, st.louis

 Last week I wrote about the extraordinary restoration of the Old North Saint Louis neighborhood.  This week, my thoughts have been more on the massive flooding that has come to the Mississippi River valley, including areas close to Saint Louis. ...continued

Kaid Benfield
Kaid Benfield
Director, Smart Growth Program
Washington, DC
Co-founder, LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system; co-founder, Smart Growth America coalition; author, Once There...
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