Northside-southside tod corridor study

ST. LOUIS’ EQUITY LINE

The NS - SS Corridor represents a project where the City of St. Louis can connect underserved communities on the north and south sides of the city to job centers in the central core and downtown. The potential to stabilize neighborhoods, improve infrastructure, and build communities, through transit, drives the narrative of the corridor. Overlaid on existing transit systems, the transit extension allows St. Louis to be connected arch-to-park, river-to-county, and north-to-south.

This report calls on St. Louis to commit to a 10-year campaign to position itself to become New Starts-competitive. This campaign embraces Momentum Investing, a transit and targeted economic development strategy to adopt walkability regulations and incentives and to begin redeveloping urbanism along the corridor now. The report studied three pilot stations which represent diverse design challenges, market strengths, and development readiness. The resulting master plans are exemplars of placemaking, each featuring distinct form, character, and public spaces designed to draw people to each unique destination.

Client: Bi-State Development

Location: St. Louis, MO

Year: 2019

The resulting master plans are exemplars of placemaking, each featuring distinct form, character, and public spaces designed to draw people to each unique destination. The City Museum-adjacent 14th and Delmar master plan redevelops four corners of surface parking into a museum-themed mixed-use district, anchored by an “art park” topped with an airplane fuselage. The Jefferson, Chippewa, and Broadway intersection transforms from traffic engineering “spaghetti” into a walkable district, anchored by a new highly sustainable “flatiron” building. The vision for 16th / Cass transforms this largely vacant area into a world-class exemplar of sustainable urbanism, certified under the rigorous Living Community Challenge, and a must-see living sustainability laboratory on St. Louis’ north side.