Nicki's Central West End Guide
an urban news journal
The following post was just published in the November 2023 issue of the CWEA Griffin. To view the entire issue, click here. Photo shows trees on Taylor at McPherson At a recent CWE North Special Business District meeting, commissioners voted to allocate funds to underwrite an extensive tree maintenance and reforestation project, including trimming,…
Could plans for the desolate northeast corner of Olive and Newstead become a catalyst for St. Louis to become known as the “Piano Capital of the U.S.”? That’s the idea behind Joe Jackson and his wife Morgan Cameron’s purchase of the former Standard Oil station located a short block west of their Jackson Pianos store…
A common refrain during several interviews I’ve conducted over the past year or so with restaurateurs working to open new businesses in the CWE involved their frustration over the unreasonable amount of time it takes to process a liquor license application. In Joe Baker’s case, above, it was 6 months from the time he applied…