Lots going on in Fox Park, warehouses finding new life and preserving our history.

President George H. W. Bush gave a campaign speech in Fox Park back in 1992. Crime was on his mind. I summarized the parts of his speech with local interest.

A return to a 2018 post about our neighborhood’s vacancy problem as well as plenty of updated photos and commentary two years later.

Fox Park is seeing such positive activity, investment and creativity. With more and more new partners taking stock in the neighborhood, we live in an amazing neighborhood in an amazing city.

Some recent random acts of kindness experienced on Russell Boulevard prompted this quick post on the value of native plants and community building.

Yeah, I released the frustration valve recently, but as with most things, it's good to get it out and there will be hope right around the corner. So it goes with my latest complain-fest. In this case, a comment from a reader gives the optimistic bent a bump.

The loss of another corner building to trespassers and firebugs is a punch to the gut. We have to demand better from property owners in this city. This post is an exploration of my neighborhood of the last seven years. I drove around and took photos of every board-up and researched the ownership profile and recent history. It's easy to surmise that suburbanites and out of state "investors" do not have neighborhood/St. Louis pride on their resumes. We...WE...residents of St. Louis need to take our city back.

The last "Favorite Development of 2017" lands right in my stomping grounds. Sure, not as splashy or eye-catching as some of the higher profile projects, but real, private investment in our neighborhoods is what we REALLY need to become a whole city again. Here's to a 2018 filled with as many good projects and investment as 2017. Cheers!