Comments on: Tear Down the San Luis for a Parking Lot on Lindell? http://www.pubdef.org/2008/03/30/san-luis-or-parking-lot/ CHANGE THE GAME Sun, 11 Apr 2010 12:59:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: CWELOV http://www.pubdef.org/2008/03/30/san-luis-or-parking-lot/comment-page-1/#comment-17689 CWELOV Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:16:56 +0000 http://www.pubdef.net/?p=2895#comment-17689 Just as the students said, the issue at hand IS the building space. R-K wants to expand classrooms, add an elevator, and improve the building for current and future students. However, the school cannot obtain the necessary permits to do that work unless they can accomodate parking. There are many steps that must happen before the school can expand, and providing parking is one of them. The City of St. louis will not allow a building to be structurally improved unless it is up to code. R-K's current parking situation makes it not up to code. (The only reason it has been able to exist for so many years without parking is that it was "grandfathered in" because it was built in 1922 when students took buses to school.) Without additional parking, R-K will not be able to expand, the enrollment will decline, and the school will inevitably close. I see more architectural value in the R-K building from 1922 than the San Luis building. Also, R-K and the AD have been trying to purchase the Engineer's Club lot for about 25 years now, and the Engineer's refuse to sell. Just as the students said, the issue at hand IS the building space. R-K wants to expand classrooms, add an elevator, and improve the building for current and future students. However, the school cannot obtain the necessary permits to do that work unless they can accomodate parking. There are many steps that must happen before the school can expand, and providing parking is one of them. The City of St. louis will not allow a building to be structurally improved unless it is up to code. R-K’s current parking situation makes it not up to code. (The only reason it has been able to exist for so many years without parking is that it was “grandfathered in” because it was built in 1922 when students took buses to school.) Without additional parking, R-K will not be able to expand, the enrollment will decline, and the school will inevitably close. I see more architectural value in the R-K building from 1922 than the San Luis building.

Also, R-K and the AD have been trying to purchase the Engineer’s Club lot for about 25 years now, and the Engineer’s refuse to sell.

]]> By: MattHurst http://www.pubdef.org/2008/03/30/san-luis-or-parking-lot/comment-page-1/#comment-17247 MattHurst Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:09:20 +0000 http://www.pubdef.net/?p=2895#comment-17247 I asked my mom about this when we drove by it a couple month ago, because I had heard about this plan. She said she was driven out from her Catholic high school in the country (well, Washington MO) to see the work the archdiose was doing on this apartment complex. At the time it was heralded as the upmost in modern progress. I think the same is true today. Just like so many part of urban develioment in this city, we can do better than this. I simply annot believe that we're still talking about parking lots in the age of $3+ a gallon cars. It is only a matter of time before public transport, if not outright reurbanization, change this dialog. We can do better than this, and we will. Thanks for telling this story. I asked my mom about this when we drove by it a couple month ago, because I had heard about this plan. She said she was driven out from her Catholic high school in the country (well, Washington MO) to see the work the archdiose was doing on this apartment complex. At the time it was heralded as the upmost in modern progress.
I think the same is true today. Just like so many part of urban develioment in this city, we can do better than this. I simply annot believe that we’re still talking about parking lots in the age of $3+ a gallon cars. It is only a matter of time before public transport, if not outright reurbanization, change this dialog. We can do better than this, and we will. Thanks for telling this story.

]]> By: VanishingSTL (Paul Hohmann) http://www.pubdef.org/2008/03/30/san-luis-or-parking-lot/comment-page-1/#comment-17145 VanishingSTL (Paul Hohmann) Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:43:17 +0000 http://www.pubdef.net/?p=2895#comment-17145 Thank you Senior@RK and anonymous for sharing the student perspective. Both your comments are very encouraging and very opposite of what we heard Saturday morning. It sounds like building space and not parking space is the bigger physical issue at RK. The current proposal from the A-D does nothing to address this. It seems like the A-D should spend the money that they are planning to use to demolish the San Luis and build the lot to address the bigger picture of expansion of RK itself. If that solution includes some extra parking for faculty and some students (say if they bought the Engineering Club), great, but it seems short sighted to make that the only determining factor in this equasion. Maybe the A-D should offer the Engineering Club one of the churches they have closed (or some other site) as trade for their building on Lindell. Thank you Senior@RK and anonymous for sharing the student perspective. Both your comments are very encouraging and very opposite of what we heard Saturday morning. It sounds like building space and not parking space is the bigger physical issue at RK. The current proposal from the A-D does nothing to address this. It seems like the A-D should spend the money that they are planning to use to demolish the San Luis and build the lot to address the bigger picture of expansion of RK itself. If that solution includes some extra parking for faculty and some students (say if they bought the Engineering Club), great, but it seems short sighted to make that the only determining factor in this equasion. Maybe the A-D should offer the Engineering Club one of the churches they have closed (or some other site) as trade for their building on Lindell.

]]> By: Star Jones http://www.pubdef.org/2008/03/30/san-luis-or-parking-lot/comment-page-1/#comment-17137 Star Jones Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:40:17 +0000 http://www.pubdef.net/?p=2895#comment-17137 I blame that damn Slay for this fiasco! I blame that damn Slay for this fiasco!

]]> By: john w. http://www.pubdef.org/2008/03/30/san-luis-or-parking-lot/comment-page-1/#comment-17109 john w. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:21:43 +0000 http://www.pubdef.net/?p=2895#comment-17109 NP Mary, that's what good conversation in an open forum is all about. Pub Def is a great, great blog. NP Mary, that’s what good conversation in an open forum is all about. Pub Def is a great, great blog.

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