Fox Park
Last night's candidate forum in Fox Park featured an excellent turnout of residents on a decidedly cold, windy night. While at SLDC, I noticed incredible progress in the neighborhood's development, particularly over the past few years. I told the residents that when I attended open houses for rehabs in Fox Park, I often brought friends and associates from City Hall so they could see not only what developers were doing there but what a rich stock of historic St. Louis architecture was packed into one relatively small area. As with many city neighborhoods, the possibilities are endless. I see Fox Park's redevelopment following along the lines of the Benton Park neighborhood during the past 10 to 15 years. The phase of "pioneering", while never truly past where old buildings are concerned, will give way to one in which the private market and hard work of residents like Beth Stelmach and Beth Conroy bring the area into its own as a destination for people rediscovering the city. Like my own neighborhood, Tower Grove East, Fox Park has a great collection of corner properties that offer exciting possibilities for new commercial and retail uses.
[Posted under Campaign Diary by Christian Saller on Wed., Jan 31, 2007 at 10:55 AM]