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On February 13, members of the Commercial Development Committee and others interested in the redevelopment of Delmar met at Grace United Methodist Church.
They heard from Steve Davies of the Project for Public Spaces.
He showed an interesting series of slides that demonstrated how design could affect usage in places similar to the Delmar MetroLink station. George Johannes, architectural consultant, said that they wished to come up with a plan that included architecture, landscape architecture, a public art component, and a reworking of the transportation and public space through urban design. Consultants for this project will be working with the Washington University Urban Design Center.
They intend to survey the MetroLink ridership and area businesses. Among other possibilities, they plan a bike path from the University City area to the Wabash Station. Austin Tao is the consultant who will address landscape design including lighting, sidewalks, and street furniture.
He will attempt to draw the area into a consistent whole.
When plans are further along there will be two interim public hearings and a final one in the middle of the summer.
The goal is to spawn both private and public investment in the area.
Following the various presentations, those attending broke into groups to come up with ideas for Delmar between Kingsland and DeBaliviere.
Each group then presented its plans to everyone.
The ideas were very similar and very practical.
Some included a signal light at Des Peres and Delmar, utilizing the Wabash Station as public space, and attracting new stores that everyone could use.
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Delmar enhancement meeting. No printed identification of individuals; photographer not credited.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, April 1997.
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