Before anyone else has to sift through this nonsense, let me give a quick rundown: County whining about the city, people afraid of the darkies, Ed rambling about the damn Opera House and smart pills, Kansas City is better, malls are dead, Muny Muny Muny, I don't want to pay for parking.
Now that's out of the way, let's jump in.
St. Louis is attempting to do something, ANYTHING, with Union Station. It's been sitting nearly empty for a while now with just a food court, some shops and the hotel. Since it's a fairly historic area and beautifully designed inside, it would be a shame to just let it rot away.
Various ideas have been floated over the years with nothing sticking. Turning it into an indoor water park, a soccer park, and aquarium or whatever weird things St. Louisians manage to dream up to make the city better. Instead of all that, the plan is to turn the upper floor into convention/meeting areas. Maybe add some trains coming in as well. Some more stores, perhaps. Basically, they want to make it the bustling area of business and commerce it once was.
Some of you may think no one could ever have a negative thing to say about this. Of course you are wrong.
Now we reach the whiner's part of the blog post. St. Louisians don't know how good they have it for parking. Yes, you have to pay to park downtown sometimes. Sure, you could take the metrolink, park on the streets near by, or thank your lucky stars it's not as bad as parking in New York City, but no. When a man needs some Sabarros Pizza, he doesn't want to pay for parking as well. We have the Galleria Mall for that!
Did he put quotes around it because he was doing finger quotes in the air, or was it because this "Educator" at a "College Prep" school can't spell?
As for Kevin Hurt, he's all over this comment thread attacking Ed Golterman's responses. Which is like laughing at the guy in his bathrobe in the front lawn screaming about squirrels stealing his TV channels. I rarely link Ed in any of these blog posts since he's just rambling on about how the Muny or the Opera House is neglected, or how some new addition to a park won't be senior friendly. He's the guy at every town hall meeting with a list of complaints and in real life, you just nod your head and ignore him. It can be entertaining, but you don't want to get into it for fear of him showing up next month with a BFF tin foil hat for you.
Further highlights include:
Guy who didn't read the article.
Guy who only wants to use tax payer money to tear it down and apparently thinks malls aren't a thing.
Guy who still uses the word 'bangers'.
Ed giving me the hilarious visual of a Voltron hookup of Grand Center and the Fabulous Fox battling the Peabody
And a guy believing we are tired of all that grandeur being thrown around the City
Please, let us know what YOUR insane theories are in the comments section!
Now that's out of the way, let's jump in.
St. Louis is attempting to do something, ANYTHING, with Union Station. It's been sitting nearly empty for a while now with just a food court, some shops and the hotel. Since it's a fairly historic area and beautifully designed inside, it would be a shame to just let it rot away.
Various ideas have been floated over the years with nothing sticking. Turning it into an indoor water park, a soccer park, and aquarium or whatever weird things St. Louisians manage to dream up to make the city better. Instead of all that, the plan is to turn the upper floor into convention/meeting areas. Maybe add some trains coming in as well. Some more stores, perhaps. Basically, they want to make it the bustling area of business and commerce it once was.
Some of you may think no one could ever have a negative thing to say about this. Of course you are wrong.
With twenty 'likes' so far, Dennis McConnell apparently speaks for quite a few people when he claims that HOOD RATS took over Union Station. Hands up, everyone who has been in Union Station even once in the last six months. I won't claim there aren't some shady people wandering around since my hand isn't up either, but I have it on good authority from someone who gets lunch there on a regular basis (My wife, who I assume I can trust in these matters) that the HOOD RAT ratio is fairly low. Even in the past, HOOD RATS were not a majority of the denizens of Union Station, unless you want to count the singing fudge makers, which I am sure many St. Louisians who comment on STLToday do. That, or the nod their heads in appreciation of the minstrial show because they have been transported here from the early 1900s and are confused by our computers and lack of brown people in their places.
Replying to Dennis, we have Michael Wilding who offers more insight into the deterioration of Union Station.
I like the idea of county shoppers pretending hitting up the Baby GAP as "hunting" in any way. Also, I am annoyed that racist people can't just be racist. Just say Spooks, we're all reading it between the lines anyway.
Crap, my bad. Apparently I am the racist for assuming HOOD RATS and A CERTAIN ETHNICITY meant black people.
Did he put quotes around it because he was doing finger quotes in the air, or was it because this "Educator" at a "College Prep" school can't spell?
As for Kevin Hurt, he's all over this comment thread attacking Ed Golterman's responses. Which is like laughing at the guy in his bathrobe in the front lawn screaming about squirrels stealing his TV channels. I rarely link Ed in any of these blog posts since he's just rambling on about how the Muny or the Opera House is neglected, or how some new addition to a park won't be senior friendly. He's the guy at every town hall meeting with a list of complaints and in real life, you just nod your head and ignore him. It can be entertaining, but you don't want to get into it for fear of him showing up next month with a BFF tin foil hat for you.
Further highlights include:
Guy who didn't read the article.
Guy who only wants to use tax payer money to tear it down and apparently thinks malls aren't a thing.
Guy who still uses the word 'bangers'.
Ed giving me the hilarious visual of a Voltron hookup of Grand Center and the Fabulous Fox battling the Peabody
And a guy believing we are tired of all that grandeur being thrown around the City
Please, let us know what YOUR insane theories are in the comments section!
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