St Louis Skyline (St. Louis, Clayton: condos, live, zoning)

[stlcitygirl]

^You have no aesthetic, class and are have to be one of the most arrogant posters on this board. You moved away, we are happy, get on with your life and leave this forum alone. If you had anything productive to say, it would be one thing, but its quite the opposite and you only show how shallow you are by posting.
-I'm sure you never gave the area a chance, maybe if you spent more time off this forum and trying to get to know your surroundings, you wouldn't have been so miserable. If you are half as condescending in real life as you are on this forum, no wonder you don't have friends and couldn't find work. Most people don't tend to hire people that are sarcastic, rude and put down your place of residence.Oh, I forgot you are from the beautiful Poughkeepsie, New York, where everyone is friendly, classy and loves transplants. You know who else is from there? Snooki

[lancerbaseball5]

^ Hey, Snooki's a great girl

It's ok, let Dinsdale fist pump in California. and Mr. Piranha, I apologize for my use of profanity. Yes, the STL skyline has some holes. But I agree with what everybody else has said, and for some reason, you seem to enjoy pointing out the negative aspects of everything.

Thanks for the responses, everybody.

[DinsdalePirahna]

Snookie is from Marlboro, NY, Across the river from Poughkeepsie. About the same as any of you claiming to be from East Saint Louis

[kshe95girl]

Originally Posted by DinsdalePirahna

Snookie is from Marlboro, NY, Across the river from Poughkeepsie. About the same as any of you claiming to be from East Saint Louis

My dad was from ESTL.....wth is your point????????
He grew up about a mile away from Miles Davis' dads farm....lemme guess, you dont "get" prog jazz.

[1greatcity]

Originally Posted by rxpwas

The skyline of another city that looks closest to St. Louis is Cincinnati. In fact, Cincinnati looks a lot like St. Louis minus the arch.

Every time I see a photo of Cincy, I think the same thing! But here's a major difference: Stand on the St Louis riverfront and look across the Mississippi, and you see all that ESL has to offer: an old grain elevator, undeveloped land, and a gawdy casino. Stand on Cincy's riverfront and look across the Ohio, and you see a vibrant riverfront (Covington's.) I just wish our view had more to offer.

[aragx6]

^^Let's see what MVVA can do.

But am I the only one who doesn't mind the Cargill grain elevator? I think the juxtaposition is interesting.

[rxpwas]

Originally Posted by 1greatcity

Every time I see a photo of Cincy, I think the same thing! But here's a major difference: Stand on the St Louis riverfront and look across the Mississippi, and you see all that ESL has to offer: an old grain elevator, undeveloped land, and a gawdy casino. Stand on Cincy's riverfront and look across the Ohio, and you see a vibrant riverfront (Covington's.) I just wish our view had more to offer.

You also see the resemblence. In Newport, Ky., next to Covington, you have Newport on the Levee, with bookstore, clubs, shops, restaurants, entertainment, pleasant atmosphere, and can walk to Cincinnati across "Purple People Bridge" in relatively short time to concerts or events at U.S. Bank Arena, and Great American Ballpark for Reds games. Unfortunately, not quite as accommodating across river in E. St. Louis, Ill. (I hate saying this, because I love the St. Louis area, like stopping there very much if going west from Ky. somewhere further west).

[1greatcity]

The reason the St Louis skyline, minus the Arch, isn't all that impressive (to some people) is probably because all of the city's tall buildings are not concentrated in downtown proper. So there's less of a "wow factor" like there is in Seattle, San Fran, Pittsburgh, etc.
The tall buildings of St Louis City are actually spread across an east-west axis for all of four miles! Drive into Missouri across the PSB on I-64 and continue west, and you'll see high-rises long after you pass the CBD: At the Wachovia (AG Edwards) campus; in Midtown and on the SLU campus; in the Central West End; and in the Barnes Hospital complex. (There are even a couple more tall buildings overlooking the west side of Forest Park.) If all of these high-rises were located downtown, where they could be seen all at once, our skyline would look twice as big as it does now.
But given that this is the way our city developed, our focus should be on the possibility of filling in the gaps between those various high-rise districts. In other words, let's create one continuous 4-mile long skyline!

[Brickmama]

The Huffington Post likes it.

18 Cities With Great Skylines (PHOTOS)

[DinsdalePirahna]

Originally Posted by 1greatcity

The reason the St Louis skyline, minus the Arch, isn't all that impressive (to some people) is probably because all of the city's tall buildings are not concentrated in downtown proper. So there's less of a "wow factor" like there is in Seattle, San Fran, Pittsburgh, etc.
The tall buildings of St Louis City are actually spread across an east-west axis for all of four miles! Drive into Missouri across the PSB on I-64 and continue west, and you'll see high-rises long after you pass the CBD: At the Wachovia (AG Edwards) campus; in Midtown and on the SLU campus; in the Central West End; and in the Barnes Hospital complex. (There are even a couple more tall buildings overlooking the west side of Forest Park.) If all of these high-rises were located downtown, where they could be seen all at once, our skyline would look twice as big as it does now.
But given that this is the way our city developed, our focus should be on the possibility of filling in the gaps between those various high-rise districts. In other words, let's create one continuous 4-mile long skyline!

You put tall buildings in downtown and it will take away the magnificence of the arch. St. Louis has an Edifice Complex would have been better off by using DC or Paris as a model.