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LRA demo applications
4126 PENROSE
4130 PENROSE ST
4024 PENROSE ST
4127 CLAY AV
4138 LEA PL
3714 CORA AV
4015 CAMELLIA AV
4030 N TAYLOR AV
4032 CAMELLIA AV
4042 DRYDEN AV
4424 LEE AV
4431 KOSSUTH
4435 FARLIN AV
4449 FARLIN AV
4452 KOSSUTH AV

November 29, 2025 at 3:39 AM

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Demo Alert: 7121 S BROADWAY
7127 S BROADWAY
7129 S BROADWAY

November 29, 2025 at 3:38 AM

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Ann

@ucitygal.bsky.social

Crundun Martin. 💔

November 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM

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Julie in STL

@hyperhouse.bsky.social

I have my suspicions about which building this is (I've been walking here regularly the past 2 weeks) but I suspect this weekend is going to be full of vacant house fires

St. Louis Fire Dept
@STLFireDept
N. Euclid & St. Louis - 2-1/2 story brick building, heavy #fire showing on the first and second floors. One line deployed. Primary search underway. Exposure building on Side B. #STLCity

Engine Company 26 is first due.
Battalion 5 is in Command.

November 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM

NextSTL

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If only people weren't coerced to spend so much on cars and driving.
#carsruincities

STLrainbow @stlrainbow.bsky.social · 2d

www.firstalert4.com/2025/11/25/l...

Line stretches miles long as the Urban League gives out 3,000 Thanksgiving meals

The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis gave out 3,000 Thanksgiving meals on Tuesday.

www.firstalert4.com

November 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM

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Carolina A. Miranda

@cmonstah.bsky.social

Amazing what happens when you yank out a freeway:
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Can a Waterfront Park Wake Up Downtown Seattle?

After demolishing an elevated highway and digging a $3 billion tunnel, the Pacific Northwest’s largest city is eager to show off its “new front door.”

www.bloomberg.com

November 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM

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Michael Hobbes

@michaelhobbes.bsky.social

Every time

When the bridge closed, about 25,000 vehicles crossed it daily and TfL predicted a severe economic impact.

Six years later, 9,000 of those journeys have vanished - not diverted to other crossings, but simply evaporated

November 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM

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Dave Morse

@dave-morse.bsky.social

Then they stopped. I asked why. The woman, who identified herself as the manager, said that they'd laid off all their employees that didn't have their own car, so they had no need of the ebike anymore. I'm not sure that's even legal, but, uh, that's when my affection for that branch ended.

November 22, 2025 at 1:02 AM

NextSTL

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How do we protect our city from cars?
#carsruincities

Richard Callow @publiceyestl.bsky.social · 15d

The former Last Hotel on Wash Ave apparently had a run in with a car.

Pictured: extensive damage to a building facade

November 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM

NextSTL

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The next Earnings Tax vote will be April 7, 2026, when it will be retained again by a wide margin.

www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/c...

Board Bill Number 100 In Session 2025-2026

Earnings Tax Bill

www.stlouis-mo.gov

November 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM

NextSTL

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Way to go Baltimore!
Shall we end the mandate?
#parkingsmartstl
#zoneforpeoplestl
"The city is reducing red tape for development by eliminating parking minimums and allowing single staircases in certain buildings."

Baltimore, eyeing a ‘renaissance,’ passes a slew of housing reforms

The city is reducing red tape for development by eliminating parking minimums and allowing single staircases in certain buildings.

www.multifamilydive.com

November 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM

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The War on Cars

@thewaroncars.bsky.social

NEW EPISODE: "The Creation of America's Car Culture." Producer Ilana Strauss talks to @norton.bsky.social about the two men who, in the 1920s, teamed up to sell more cars and shape the way cities handle traffic. Their legacy can be felt across the country today. podcasts.apple.com/lu/podcast/t...