Downtown St. Louis

Some members of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen say they’re planning a bill that would counter board legislation introduced Friday for spending the Rams settlement money.

The board bill seeks to infuse $232.5 million into development in north St. Louis, southeast St. Louis and downtown.

The longtime home of Famous-Barr’s flagship store has been vacant since 2013. The city had it condemned last year.

The region is already set to host the Division I Men’s Ice Hockey finals 2025 and the first and second rounds of the Division I Men’s Basketball championship in 2026.

The 28-story, 780-room hotel closed in 2014. The foundation plans to work with the city, Greater St. Louis Inc. and the St. Louis Development Corporation on a plan to redevelop the site.

What would a monster look like if it were on vacation? Graffiti artists across the country will visually answer that question and more during St. Louis' annual Paint Louis festival on the riverfront.

The small district tucked directly north of the Gateway Arch National Park has quietly undergone a massive redevelopment in the past half-dozen years.

The Railway Exchange building has been vacant since 2014 and has become a high-profile downtown eyesore riddled with trespassing and other crime.

Survey results collected through the end of the month will help determine St. Louis metro area goals for years to come.

James Aylott’s new novel “Tales of Whiskey Tango from Misery Towers” is based on the lives of the author’s new neighbors after his family relocated from Hawaii to downtown St. Louis. The book chronicles the adventures of 11 ordinary St. Louisans during the summer of 2019.