Preservation

Morning headlines: Monday, April 16, 2012

Rachel Lippmann

Amanda Vinicky contributed reporting from Springfield.Ill. lawmakers have packed agenda when they return to SpringfieldState lawmakers in Illinois have…

The city of St. Louis has received a $24,600 grant to survey and study mid-century modern buildings, including the McDonnell Planetarium at the St. Louis Science Center.

City of St. Louis gets money to survey post-World War II buildings

Rachel Lippmann

The city of St. Louis will spend the next two years documenting and researching area buildings that went up during the post-World War II construction…

The proposed ambulatory care center at the site of the old Pevely Dairy complex.

Denial of Pevely Dairy demo will get another city review

Rachel Lippmann

The St. Louis city Planning Commission has agreed to consider whether Saint Louis University should be allowed to tear down three buildings at the old…

4500 block of Athlone Avenue in the O'Fallon historic district

Arts

2011 more practice than preaching for St. Louis preservation enthusiasts

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/national/local-national-998050.mp3 2011 was an excellent year for historic preservation in the region,…

Board approves compromise on Pevely Dairy demo

Rachel Lippmann

Updated 10:30 p.m. Dec. 19Saint Louis University says it's considering all options after the city's Preservation Board denied its request to demolish most…

Government, Politics & Issues

Commentary: Skinker-DeBaliviere house tour celebrates a century of diverse neighborhood living

Lana Stein

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: After an absence of 27 years, as part of a centennial celebration, the Mother's Day house tour in the…