Tuesday, 12 March 2013 01:49
Loop streetcars get final approval
Streetcars will be returning to the Delmar Loop. Monday evening, the University City Council unanimously approved "conditional use" permits for the Loop Trolley Company.
Plans call for the streetcars to run down Delmar to DeBalivier, then south to the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park.
The project is expected to cost around $40 million, with $25 million coming from a federal grant.
The trolley should be up and running by late summer of 2014.
Plans call for the streetcars to run down Delmar to DeBalivier, then south to the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park.
The project is expected to cost around $40 million, with $25 million coming from a federal grant.
The trolley should be up and running by late summer of 2014.
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Tuesday, 12 February 2013 14:18
Missouri History Museum vastly overpaid for land
ST. LOUIS (AP) - An appraisal of land purchased by the Missouri History Museum in St. Louis suggests that the museum overpaid by about $615,000.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the appraisal was released Tuesday.
The museum purchased the land from former Mayor Freeman Bosley Jr. in 2006, paying Bosley and a business partner $875,000. The appraisal determined the land's value at about $260,000 at the time, and about $215,000 now.
The land was also contaminated, requiring up to $300,000 for environmental cleanup.
Robert Archibald resigned as museum president in December, though both he and Bosley denied that personal or political connections played a role in the deal.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the appraisal was released Tuesday.
The museum purchased the land from former Mayor Freeman Bosley Jr. in 2006, paying Bosley and a business partner $875,000. The appraisal determined the land's value at about $260,000 at the time, and about $215,000 now.
The land was also contaminated, requiring up to $300,000 for environmental cleanup.
Robert Archibald resigned as museum president in December, though both he and Bosley denied that personal or political connections played a role in the deal.
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