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St. Louis names Maya Angelou's birthplace a landmark

A 127-year-old brick two-story in the Gate District is the city’s latest landmark. The house at 3130 Hickory St. was the birthplace of author and activist Maya Angelou, who was born Marguerite Johnson...

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National Blues Museum announces April opening

The National Blues Museum has set April 2, 2016, as its opening day. The project intends to tell the history of blues music through exhibits and community outreach. Dave Beardsly, Mike Kociela and Rob...

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It's a deal! Missouri History Museum takes over Soldiers Memorial Museum

Updated 1:24, Nov. 11 with agreement - This Veteran’s Day, the Missouri History Museum takes over as official custodian of Soldiers Memorial Military Museum. The city and history museum formalized the...

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U. City group seeks greater protection for historic buildings

A University City preservationist group called Heritage Sites Protection Initiative handed over petitions to the St. Louis County Board of Election Commissioners last week with what it hopes to be...

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Reflections: In Wellston, a 'family reunion' explores faded riches, realities...

Architect-preservationist Andrew Raimist pulled open a makeshift plywood door, the sort of bashed-up door you see before the boarding-up service shows up. Once, a door here would have opened onto a...

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Rescued at auction: The John Myers House in Florissant goes to the man in the...

If the afternoon light is just right the house glows golden, and the best view of it, ironically, is when you exit the Innerbelt, I-170, a roadway that once threatened to knock the venerable old...

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College documentarians look at sustainability — and at the world of St. Louis

Emily Colmo knows a whole lot more about sunflowers today than she did three months ago. Back then, she began her sunflower journey in distressed parts of St. Louis, where vacant land has been planted...

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Long empty Arcade Building reopens as apartments

Updated Friday, Dec. 11, 5 p.m. Developers say that construction is complete on the Arcade Apartments. Construction crews wrapped up their work last week and the first residents have moved in. Jeff...

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Saving the 'Tin Man': Preservationists hope to give Millstadt water tower a...

The old water tower in Millstadt, Ill., wears an unflattering coat of rust these days, but preservationists say the nearly 85-year-old landmark is as solid as the American steel used to build it during...

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Last chance (for now): Soldiers' Memorial set to close for two years of...

St. Louis residents have less than a week left to visit the Soldiers' Memorial Military Museum downtown before it closes Feb. 28 for two years, until 2018. “It’s a very significant moment for the...

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The historic Bolduc House, a Ste. Genevieve landmark, reopens to the public

Operations manager Robbie Pratte pointed to an orange line on a utility post outside the landmark Bolduc House Museum in Ste. Genevieve, Mo., that is set to reopen on Tuesday. The marker, which was...

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A path forward: Historic preservation must include social justice

Preservationists are a hardy and dedicated bunch. Stalwarts of the movement have faced hard battles, and usually kept their chins up when berated with contemptuous remarks about little old ladies in...

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What to do with Saint Louis University Hospital's building? A great-grandson...

When the industrialist Firmin Desloge died in 1929 at 86 years of age, his various enterprises, including Missouri lead mining, made him as rich as tycoons such as William K. Vanderbilt and Andrew...

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Will the other shoe drop on the Buster Brown Blue Ribbon Shoe Factory?

Jim Osher can’t imagine how anyone could think of tearing his building down. "You see that piece of wood?" he asks pointing to a massive rafter. "That’s old growth Douglas fir. You can’t get that...

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St. Louis agency picks developer for landmark Bevo Mill

Updated 10:25 a.m., May. 25 with winning proposal: A developer has been selected to reopen the landmark Bevo Mill in south St. Louis. The city's Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority says Pat and...

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Goldenrod Showboat avoids the salvage yard again, and preservationists have a...

Six months after a preservation group bid the Goldenrod Showboat a final farewell, the St. Louis landmark has again avoided the salvage yard, and there's a new plan to disassemble and rebuild the...

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Missouri lawmakers take up Greitens' call to revamp tax breaks

It wasn't that long ago that Republican leaders in the Missouri House and Senate were deeply divided and nearly at each other's throats over tax credits. In 2011, an entire special legislative session...

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‘Something has to be done’: Telling the story of one of the oldest black...

When Terri Williams’ daughters brought home their Black History Month assignment from school, she noticed most of the historical figures were entertainers or athletes. This contrasted with the uniquely...

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9 months after move, St. Louis nonprofit still uncovers history-filled rooms...

If you’ve undertaken any kind of home renovation project, you’ve probably encountered a few, well, we’ll call them pleasant surprises. But they’re likely nowhere near the size of the surprises that...

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North St. Louis building where Ike and Tina Turner performed won’t be...

Updated Jan. 23 — A building that was the site of an historic St. Louis music venue will remain standing, at least for the time being. The St. Louis Preservation Board Monday night unanimously backed a...

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