Gravois Park

The rules say commercial operators must have a federal pilot’s license and a business license. There are also restrictions on where they can fly. SMS Novel, a company based in the Washington, D.C., area, wanted to fly drones in the Gravois Park neighborhood to enhance public safety.

Residents of Gravois Park have opposed a Washington, D.C., film company's plan to use drones to conduct surveillance in their neighborhood. The company’s owner said he'd use the footage to prevent crime. Residents turned to the City of St. Louis to stop the plan.

The project includes the rehabilitation of the historic Melba Theatre on South Grand, which multiple private developers have tried to take on in the past.

Gravois Park has an unlikely advocate for inclusive development in a 12-year-old girl who wants to see the vacant buildings and lots on her block be…

Many St. Louis artists struggle to make a living and pay the rent.The Kranzberg Arts Foundation wants to help by buying 25 properties and developing…

St. Louis artist Sarah Bernhardt had no idea she’d be teaching children when she first moved into her Gravois Park studio. But that changed after a rock…

Four neighborhoods in south St. Louis could look a lot cleaner in the next couple years, thanks to new local efforts to address illegal dumping.The "So…

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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 6, 2012 - In a local take on "The Tempest," Shakespeare Festival St. Louis will present "The New…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 18, 2011 - Oh, Gravois Park, what be thy plagues, thy dreams?'Tis no flight of fancy; Gravois…