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Originally Posted by Emprise du Lion
Correct. It's not just limited to office space either.
In terms of residential buildings, Studio Gang's 100 Above the Park is currently under construction in the CWE for example, and it's the tallest building located outside of downtown in the city at 385ft. It's some 51ft taller than One Cardinal Way currently under construction in downtown. |
Another similarity to the LA comparison with the 'linear downtown' of Wilshire. On my visits to St. Louis, I definitely noticed the prevalence of highrises outside of the core, and the strong central corridor from basically downtown out to Clayton. There are some incredibly vibrant neighborhoods along that corridor-- Delmar Loop, Central West End, Wash U area...all pretty impressively built up and active. The eastern pole (downtown) is the weak spot.
East St. Louis and the shitty nature of the IL side of STL Metro probably hurts Downtown STL a lot. Downtown feels like it's kind of on the edge of the world given the nothingness that exists across the river. The fact that Northern Kentucky is healthy and home to the airport certainly helped Downtown Cincinnati remain important in a way that it surely would have lost given the northern sprawl of that metro.