Downtown St. Louis

It's the first major plan to guide development in the city's core over the last two decades.

Jack Coatar was worried about an exodus of residents and businesses from downtown St. Louis even before the area began seeing civil unrest and a surge in crime this summer. Now the 7th Ward alderman is hearing people express more and more concerns. In an area that used to bustle with concertgoers, diners and Cardinals fans on many nights, the pandemic-driven vacuum of activity has been filled with something else entirely.

St. Louis Public Radio's Wayne Pratt speaks with Citizens for a Greater Downtown's Arnold Stricker.