Built St. Louis
The North Side: Old North St. Louis

14th Street Mall
March 2003: This is the largely-abandoned 14th Street Mall, a two-block pedestrian shopping district set up in the 1970s that failed spectacularly. The mall was a common attempt at urban revival in that decade, based on the notion that removing cars from existing retail strips will attract pedestrians. In truth, unless a district is already thriving, it simply drives them away further. Automobile access is a vital component of most urban settings.

The street needs to be restored before the commerial strip will have a chance to be revived.

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