downtown

Friday night, 62 cars were broken into downtown, most of them just south of Busch Stadium. It’s time like these when we wish the police would tell us everything’s going to be ok and that not to worry, they’ve got things under control. We don’t live in a town where you can’t even go to a ballgame without thinking about what inning you should leave to go get your car rather than thinking about what inning you have to leave before your deluxe nachos make a reappearance south of the border, do we? [Read More]

The “Partnership for Downtown St. Louis” released numbers that say the population of downtown St. Louis grew 3% in the last six months. Downtown residents grew from 11,997 as of Dec. 31 to 12,409 at the end of June, according to the report. The survey includes information on all housing within the 2.95-square-mile downtown area, bounded roughly by Chouteau on the south, Cass Avenue on the north, the Mississippi River to the east and Jefferson Avenue to the west. [Read More]

You go in and site down on at the disgusting Eat-Rite counter in Downtown St. Louis and you amazingly survive the food, only to have someone shoot you when you leave. Police say the woman, 30, got into an argument with a man inside The Eat-Rite Diner at Chouteau Avenue and 7th Street around 5:30 a.m. Sunday. Police say the man left, but returned a short time later with a gun and shot the woman as she stood outside the restaurant. [Read More]

“Civic Leader” Jim Cloar of the Downtown St. Louis Partnership says that about 600 new people moved to downtown St. Louis over the last year. Hmm, ok. So it seems like thats an easy statement to just throw out there especially when you clearly have a vested interest in downtown sucking less. I mean maybe its true…but its hard to believe a guy coming from his place. Well look, maybe he just said it quietly to a reporter or something…it wasn’t making a big deal out of it. [Read More]