With all the investment in the Midwest, most (or all) of our region's cities are experiencing an evolution in their housing.

My question is: What direction are we moving architectually?

If you guys are interested, let's see some housing project-rundowns for cities in the Midwest. Let's keep it simple, just post anything under-construction, and only include housing. It should be interesting to see the new directions each city is heading to.

This site presents a fairly exhaustive list of downtown Indianapolis residential projects:

http://www.indydt.com/newresprojects.html

If you click the links, many of the projects have a quick snapshot of the construction project and links to the developers' websites where there may be more pictures.

Tough to pinpoint a particular architectural trend here in Indy, although it certainly tends to be low-rise. Some people with more architectural-style experience may be able to speak about it more.

According to the City of Milwaukee Housing Development Website:
(might be wrong?)
Downtown Housing (http://www.mkedcd.org/downtown/pdfs/Housing.pdf)

First Place on the River (185 Units)
http://www.eppsteinuhen.com/images/studios/projects/firstplace_03.jpghttp://www.euarch.com/images/studios/projects/firstplace_01.jpg

HarborFront phase II (160 Units total, phase I complete)
http://www.waterfront-condominiums.com/show-room/images/harborfront-pic5.jpg

Sterling (112 Units)
http://www.sterlingcondominiums.com/img/home_img.jpg

Marine Terminal Lofts (84 units)
http://www.mandelgroup.com/data/condos/marine3_big.jpg

City Green (91 Units)
http://www.citygreencondos.com/img/gallery/gallery_2.jpg

601 Lofts (80 Units)
http://www.eppsteinuhen.com/images/studios/projects/601a.jpg

River Renaissance (80 Units)
http://www.visualizesuccess.com/images2/portfolio_images/River-Ren.jpg

Water Street Lofts (80 )
http://www.tandem-realty.com/images/waterstreet.jpg

Union Point (71)
http://www.eppsteinuhen.com/images/studios/projects/unionpoint_01.jpg

University Club Tower (56)
http://www.mandelgroup.com/data/condos/ACFqXDdzo.jpg http://www.mandelgroup.com/data/condos/ACFsqF7jC.jpg

RiverCrest (40)
http://www.jansengroup.com/domains/jansengroup/UserImages/rivercrest1.jpg

Park Terrace Bluff Homes (Overpriced around $450,000)
http://www.vetterdenk.com/prop/bluff/bluff_r2_c1.gif

The Edge (U/C?)
http://www.edgecondos.com/i/tour/river.jpg

^^I'm always extremely impressed with what's happening in Milwaukee. The riverfront development is amazing! I'll definitely have to drive down to make a visit sometime this summer.

So this thread is an excuse for Eastsider to post a bunch of Milwaulkee condo/apt/loft projects.

Yawn.

This thread doesn't tell me much at all about Milwaulkees direction, as i dont see any suburban housing, nor any historical context to show a direction...which impys moving from one place to another.

This stuff could be anywhere, if it wasn't on those great Milwaulkee watefronts...the cities great assett aside from Lake Michigan.

So this thread is an excuse for Eastsider to post a bunch of Milwaulkee condo/apt/loft projects.

Yawn.

This thread doesn't tell me much at all about Milwaulkees direction, as i dont see any suburban housing, nor any historical context to show a direction...which impys moving from one place to another.

This stuff could be anywhere, if it wasn't on those great Milwaulkee watefronts...the cities great assett aside from Lake Michigan.

I made this thread so I could see new construction in other cities in the Midwest, it's hard to find by just browsing all the threads.

If you have some new ones of Dayton, they'd be cool to see.

Dayton....LOL...i wish. This is a stagnant to dying city so there is nothing as extensive as is happening in places like Milwaulkee, Twin Cities, Indianapolis, or anywhere else in the Midwest for that matter.

So there is mimial to post, except just a few things.....

Here are some examples of some neighborhood "infill"....

Some newer homes close to Miami Valley Hospital, south of downtown, between said hospital and the University of Dayton campus...part of a neighborhood redevelopement partly sponsored by the hospital. I wish I had more of this area as this is probably the best example of contextual infill in town.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/Jeff59c/Dayton%20good%20and%20bad/27InfillA.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/Jeff59c/Dayton%20good%20and%20bad/28InfillB.jpg

Some infill right across the river from donwtown..this is just a stand-alone unit, not part of a larger project.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/Jeff59c/Dayton%20good%20and%20bad/29McPhersonA.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/Jeff59c/Dayton%20good%20and%20bad/30McPhersonB.jpg

Here are some infill housing in an abandoned vacant area, built by a building trades training program affiliated with a charter high school. This is in the "Inner West" area of Dayton, and is proving to be a pretty good attempt at repopulating an "urban prairie" neighborhood that suffered abandondment and demolition....the market here is really just working class folks.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/Jeff59c/Dayton%20W%20Side%20Hungarian/2NDStreetC.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/Jeff59c/Dayton%20W%20Side%20Hungarian/ConoverA.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/Jeff59c/Dayton%20W%20Side%20Hungarian/Edison5.jpg

newer next to some older 19th century housing stock.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/Jeff59c/Dayton%20W%20Side%20Hungarian/Edison6.jpg

There are some downtown or near-downtown loft conversions but they are not really new housing, nor do they look new. A fairly large, +/- four block downtown housing project has just been announced, but there are no new renderings of it to post. I am sort of curious to see what it is going to look like.

There are plenty of good sites in Dayton, in-town, for infill, just not the economy to support developement.

Just from the pics of the Milwaukee condo projects above, and not the single family housing project, there are currently at least 1189 condo units under construction in Milwaukee.

From what I see in Cleveland there are lots of new low to midrise condos (with a few high rises waiting for demand) being built, which as I see it could really be built in anywhere,USA. There are developers though building smaller single-family homes that try to be modern while blending into the century old housing stock. There are also lots of rowhouse/townhouse developments and cluster homes that fit into the existing street grid and again are modern, but have a flavor reminiscent of the original housing stock.

Just from the pics of the Milwaukee condo projects above, and not the single family housing project, there are currently at least 1189 condo units under construction in Milwaukee.


plus the potential of 400 more if that 32 story tower proposed by the developer in north carolina comes to fruition

From what I see in Cleveland there are lots of new low to midrise condos (with a few high rises waiting for demand) being built, which as I see it could really be built in anywhere,USA. There are developers though building smaller single-family homes that try to be modern while blending into the century old housing stock. There are also lots of rowhouse/townhouse developments and cluster homes that fit into the existing street grid and again are modern, but have a flavor reminiscent of the original housing stock.

That would be tight if you could dig up a photo as an example, it sounds like some attractive development.

some new homes in Gary, Indiana

the duneland development

http://www.garyhopevi.org/duneland/images/0844628-R1-016-6A.jpg

http://www.garyhopevi.org/duneland/images/0844628-R1-042-19A.jpg

http://www.garyhopevi.org/duneland/images/0844628-R1-044-20A.jpg

http://www.garyhopevi.org/duneland/images/0844629-R1-024-10A.jpg

there are also 123 infill units going up in downtown Gary, called the Horace Mann project, couldn't find any pics.

There's too many happening in the urban neighborhoods Of columbus and downtown.

Heres the best rundown I know of the residential projects. This list with pictures and information for each is available at
www.downtowncolumbus.com

Id like to see more Cleveland stuff---we dont see that city too much on here.

Dayton....LOL...i wish. This is a stagnant to dying city so there is nothing as extensive as is happening in places like Milwaulkee, Twin Cities, Indianapolis, or anywhere else in the Midwest for that matter.

So there is mimial to post, except just a few things.....

Here are some examples of some neighborhood "infill"....

Some newer homes close to Miami Valley Hospital, south of downtown, between said hospital and the University of Dayton campus...part of a neighborhood redevelopement partly sponsored by the hospital. I wish I had more of this area as this is probably the best example of contextual infill in town.

Those first few are some pretty interesting infill structures. Pretty funky...somewhat traditional feel with some contemporary flair...They don't seem to fit the neighborhood very well. Do you see any of this construction in the more suburban areas of Dayton?

There's too many happening in the urban neighborhoods Of columbus and downtown.

Try limiting it (downtown and new-construction only), it helped me. Where's the Minneapolis pictures? I know theres a lot going on there.

I agree Milwaukee posters are prolific on these threads, why is that?
What's going on housing wise in other cities like:

Saint Paul, MN
Lincoln, NE
Omaha, NE
Des Moines, IA
Cincinnati, OH
Louisville, KY
Little Rock, AR
KC
STL
Detroit
????

In neighborhoods near their respective downtowns???
PUD (Planned Urban Development) is very big, how is it working there? That old Duany-Platter-Zyberg Seaside thing is finally making inroads on edge of town surburbia, is it impacting your town? I think I saw a posting of this for in Indy.

Those first few are some pretty interesting infill structures. Pretty funky...somewhat traditional feel with some contemporary flair...They don't seem to fit the neighborhood very well. Do you see any of this construction in the more suburban areas of Dayton?. Suburban things are more generic developer stuff.

Here are some more examples from the same neighborhood...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/Jeff59c/Dayton%20Redev/Rubicon5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/Jeff59c/Dayton%20Redev/Rubicon7.jpg

..the one on the far right is infill, the others are old

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/Jeff59c/Dayton%20Redev/Rubicon8.jpg

Townhouses that are take-offs on the Chicago two-flat, a housing type not found in Dayton...so these are very un-contextual for our urban vernacular. Yet they work on the narrow lots.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/Jeff59c/Dayton%20Redev/Rubicon1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/Jeff59c/Dayton%20Redev/Rubicon3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/Jeff59c/Dayton%20Redev/Rubicon2.jpg

A modernist "architect" house. I think this was even published in "Dwell" magazine.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/Jeff59c/Dayton%20Redev/Rubicon4.jpg

I think the one on the far left is infill, made to match the other vernacular houses on the street

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/Jeff59c/Dayton%20Redev/Rubicon6.jpg

...in the Innerwest area, the Wright-Dunbar development is maybe a better attempt to be contextual. This is a real mix of old and new.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/Jeff59c/Dayton%20Redev/WD1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/Jeff59c/Dayton%20Redev/WD2.jpg

One on the left is new, the right, a traditional 19th century Dayton vernacular house..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/Jeff59c/Dayton%20Redev/WD3.jpg

Wright-Dunbar is an ongoing project...the area is being redeveloped from east to west..the western side still has a lot of vacant space and few abandoned houses...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/Jeff59c/Dayton%20West%20Side/1W-D.jpg

..they are rebuilding one street/block at a time.

For loft stuff..this building was recently redeveloped....this is part residential loft/part office/light industry.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/Jeff59c/Dayton%20Redev/Firefly1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/Jeff59c/Dayton%20Redev/Firefly2.jpg

And this is the next proposed redevelopment...The Mercantile Lofts...aka "The Merc"....includes an old district steam plant...this is also mixed use...loft residential with commercial.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/Jeff59c/Dayton%20Redev/Merc1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/Jeff59c/Dayton%20Redev/Merc2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/Jeff59c/Dayton%20Redev/Merc3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/Jeff59c/Dayton%20Redev/Merc4.jpg

Inside

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/Jeff59c/Dayton%20Urban%20Nights/13UN.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/Jeff59c/Dayton%20Urban%20Nights/14UN.jpg


Some promo stuff from their website (http://www.daytonlofts.com/index.htm)

http://www.daytonlofts.com/images/site-plan-lg.jpg

http://www.daytonlofts.com/images/Historical-Third-Street-Bldg-lg.jpg

http://www.daytonlofts.com/images/matts-kitchen-med.jpg

http://www.daytonlofts.com/images/living-room-lg.jpg

http://www.daytonlofts.com/images/townhouse-Layout1.jpg










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I really like. :)
Who is developing those houses??? Being an infill project are they subsidized?What are the prices like?

St Louis

http://www.urbanstlouis.com/images/renderings/fluer-de-lis-condos.jpg

http://www.urbanstlouis.com/images/renderings/ad010805.jpg

http://homepics.realtor.com/image1/http/stlouis/submit/large/015/518084a.jpg

http://www.urbanstlouis.com/photos/urbanstl/gladescorner003.jpg

http://www.urbanstlouis.com/photos/urbanstl/georgian005.jpg

http://upload.pbase.com/image/53277471.jpg

http://www.vailplacetownhomes.com/RENDERING-Comm-web.jpg

http://www.vailplacetownhomes.com/RENDERING-Res-web.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/Chrome979/DSC08724.jpg

http://www.urbanstlouis.com/images/renderings/MississippiPlace002.jpg

http://www.urbanstlouis.com/photos/mississippiplace002.jpg

http://www.urbanstlouis.com/images/renderings/comptongate001.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/stlouis_314/image/52890661.jpg

http://www.urbanstlouis.com/images/renderings/1005Mississippi001.jpg

http://www.urbanstlouis.com/photos/lafayettewalk006a.jpg

http://www.urbanstlouis.com/photos/parkave001.jpg

http://www.urbanstlouis.com/photos/parkave002.jpg

http://www.urbanstlouis.com/photos/parkave003.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/stlouis_314/image/48838727.jpg

http://www.urbanstlouis.com//images/renderings/highlandwalk001.gif

http://images15.fotki.com/v265/photos/5/50550/965067/100_0415-vi.jpg

http://www.urbanstlouis.com/images/renderings/4545lindellblvd001.jpg

http://www.opuscorp.com/assets/img/projects/c_mul_ext_pketwr_o_01.jpg

http://www.urbanstlouis.com/images/renderings/lindellcondo001.jpg

http://www.behomewise.com/images/builders/Mills%20Properties/Renaissance_33.jpg

http://www.cornerstone-stl.com/images/current_projects/gaslight/gaslight_large.jpg

http://www.urbanstlouis.com/photos/urbanstl/metrolofts001.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/42006137.jpg

http://www.urbanstlouis.com/photos/urbanstl/cortex090905.jpg

http://www.swtdesign.com/_images/experience_urban.jpg

http://www.urbanstlouis.com/images/renderings/grandavebridge.jpg

Metrolink Subway Under Construction-

http://www.crosscountymetro.org/images/photos/Facilities02/Forsythportal1004.jpg

http://culverwaycohousing.com/walkwaysmall.jpg

http://www.urbanstlouis.com/photos/urbanstl/1710Carroll001.jpg

http://www.urbanstlouis.com/photos/urbanstl/1710Carroll002.jpg

http://www.urbanstlouis.com/images/renderings/charlestonsquare.jpg

What direction are we moving architecturally? I see a lot of traditional infill, a few moderately contemporary structures and very little that is cutting edge or avant-garde. It's business as usual. That's OK, but for my taste I'd like to see some more adventurous architecture.

Isn't it odd that people still like to live in 19th century style homes? What's with that? Do these people also wear Victorian clothing and drive buggys? :)

The St Louis things are pretty impressive. I myself really appreciate the contextual approach to infill, particularly in a neighborhood setting. I can see going modern in a downtown or high-density environment, like in some of the high rise examples, but a modernist take is somewhat disruptive to older neighborhoods.

Who is developing those houses??? Being an infill project are they subsidized?What are the prices like?

For the Dayton examples, Wright-Dunbar and the one with the "two flats", which I think is called Rubicon, im not too sure.

I think there was some govt/nonprofit involvement in both projects in terms of land aquistion and infrastructure...very sure of it for Wright Dunbar, which was a joint venture between the city and the local homebuilders association. The houses are all built by local builders and developers. The Rubicon developement had some of involvement from a local hospital, which pretty much tore down the northern part of this neighborhood for expansion.

The prices I think are in the $100,000 into the $200,000s range. They are all over $100,000, that I know.

What is this building, an old high school or something??

http://www.urbanstlouis.com/photos/urbanstl/georgian005.jpg

Great pics of Dayton! I really like some of those houses.

What's going on housing wise in other cities like:

Louisville, KY



Louisville has a lot of new housing under construction downtown...this is for stuff Only Under Construction right?

Ok 1 would be the demolition and rebuilding of thge Clarksdale Public Housing Projects in Downtown Louisville.

quick run down
Location:Jefferson-Muhammad Ali

Investment (million):$140.00 million
Projected Completion:2009
Type:Construction
Primary Funding:
Size:Public
Details: Jackson-Clay/
6-city blocks/29-acres
680 new homes/apartments/
condominiums

Clarksdale was A 65-year old public housing development comprised of 713 dwelling units and 15 non-dwelling units. Just east of downtown, it sits on six city blocks, totaling approximately 29 acres. But now Clarksdale is in the process of a renwel with more than $200 million in tax credits, federal and private funds. Clarksdale I HOPE VI: $20 million grant and Clarksdale II HOPE VI: $20 million grant. Clarksdale I (in process) Includes the 4-block area west of Clay Street. Over 500 new units will be constructed on-site in Phase I, to include a mixture of apartments townhouses and over 160 for sale homes. The Community Builders Inc. is LMHA's on-site developer partner. Clarksdale II will include 218 rental and 4 lease-for-own public housing units off-site. The Housing Partnership, Inc. and New Directions Housing Corp. are LMHA's off-site developer partners. 176 public housing rental units and 4 lease-to-own public housing units will be developed off-site as part of the Clarksdale I revitalization. Clarksdale Phase I is projected to be completed in four years (September 30, 2008). The time frame for Phase II is also four years, with completion in 2009.

Clarksdale before
http://www.pbase.com/soulbrotha4620/image/30823332/original.jpg
demolition
http://www.pbase.com/soulbrotha4620/image/55097515/large.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/soulbrotha4620/image/55097518/large.jpg

one of the new renderings
http://www.pbase.com/soulbrotha4620/image/55097521/large.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/soulbrotha4620/image/55097519/large.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/soulbrotha4620/image/55097524/large.jpg

http://www.lca-inc.org/lca/Properties/BldgPages/Medical%20Center/clarksdale.jpg
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Park Place Lofts
in progress
http://www.pbase.com/soulbrotha4620/image/34494903/medium.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/soulbrotha4620/image/34494904/large.jpg
complete
http://www.pbase.com/soulbrotha4620/image/53655175/original.jpg
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the Fleur-de-lis Condominiums are going up right next to ^park place lofts
http://www.lca-inc.org/lca/dtliving/images/FleurdelisRend.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/soulbrotha4620/image/34494911/original.jpg
Location:40 E. Main St.
Investment (million):$22.50
Projected completion:10/2007
Type:New construction
Primary funding:Private
Size:
No. of floors:5
Details: 74 condominiums/
200,000 sf
74 condominiums/
18,000 sf retail/
150 parking spaces/
courtyards
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"The Hub" will also be in the same area as those listed above
http://www.lca-inc.org/lca/dtliving/images/LoftsofBroadway.jpg
Location:300 E. Main St.
Investment (million):$3.50
Projected completion:late 2007
Type:New construction
Primary funding:Private
No. of floors:5
2 separate structures/
60 market rate units/
7,500 sf retail space/
60 parking spaces
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Green Street Lofts
http://www.lca-inc.org/lca/Images/GreenStrLofts.jpg
Location:800 W. Jefferson St.
Investment (million):$3.00
Projected completion:TBA
Type:New construction
Primary funding:Private
No. of floors:3
30 condominiums/
office space/
retail space
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Glass Work Commons
http://www.lca-inc.org/lca/Images/GWCommons.jpg
Location:820 W. Jefferson St.
Investment (million):$12.00
Projected completion:TBA
Type:New construction
Primary funding:Private
No. of floors:5
27 condominiums/
54 rental units/
22,500 sf office/
7,500 sf retail
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http://www.lca-inc.org/lca/devactivity/images/WPPhaseII.jpg
Location:222 E. Witherspoon St.
Investment (million):$6.00
Projected completion:2007
Type:New construction
Primary funding:Private
No. of floors:5
36 market rate apartments
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this is Water Front Park Place Phase I
location:222 E. Witherspoon St.
http://www.masonrymagazine.com/7-05/art/1_WATERF.jpg
Total units: 75 (condos)
One bedroom: 12
Size: 1,273-1,592 sf Four Bedroom: 1
Size: 2,540 sf
Two bedroom: 50
Size: 1,276-6,373 sf Five Bedroom: 3
Size: 3,184-5,047 sf
Three bedroom: 9
Size: 1,770-7,248 sf
Sale price range: $232,800-$1,565,500
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Elliot Park Place in the West End.
http://www.pbase.com/soulbrotha4620/image/50702695/large.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/soulbrotha4620/image/50702696/large.jpg

edit...this site is too damn slow

Most of what I can think of in downtown Omaha (under construction/renovation)...

Riverfront Place, 12 stories x 2
http://www.eomaha.com/gallery/develop/69/pic5.jpg

Rows at SoMa
http://www.eomaha.com/gallery/develop/82/pic6.jpg

Brandies Building conversion
http://www.eomaha.com/gallery/buildings/7/pic8.jpg

Paxton Hotel condominiums (hotel in background, parking garage/office space in foreground)
http://www.eomaha.com/gallery/develop/88/pic2.jpg

Creighton University Opus Square housing
http://www.eomaha.com/gallery/develop/162/pic2.jpg

Beebe & Runyan lofts
http://www.eomaha.com/gallery/develop/83/pic4.jpg

Barker Building
http://www.eomaha.com/gallery/develop/106/pic2.jpg

Burlington Station (condos w/ restaurant/retail
http://www.burlingtonstation.com/images/home_img.jpg

902 Dodge Street
http://i2.tinypic.com/r27u5j.jpg

Kimball Laundry building conversion
http://i2.tinypic.com/r20t2g.jpg

'Slowdown' lofts (part of concert hall/indy theatre project)
http://www.eomaha.com/gallery/develop/144/pic1.jpg

The Hill
http://www.eomaha.com/gallery/develop/132/pic1.jpg

Farnam 1600
http://www.omahacondoconnection.com/farnam1600building250.jpg

1101 Jackson St
http://www.eomaha.com/1101jackson.jpg

The Rorick
http://www.omahacondoconnection.com/rorick_250_200.jpg

Not to be a stickler, but try to keep the postings to "HOUSING--UNDER CONSTRUCTION"". That way we can keep things organized, and create a new thread for different topics down the road.

I think it's really interesting to see what people have been posting. St.Louis has some beautiful projects going on right now (were those all U/C?). I'm down with the Dayton infill as well, interesting designs for that neighborhood. Louisville was a surpise as well, great density going down. The Omaha condo-tower still looks good, have they began selling the units yet?

What is this building, an old high school or something??

http://www.urbanstlouis.com/photos/urbanstl/georgian005.jpg

This is the Georgian Condominiums in the old city hospital building. It is prominently located between Soulard & Lafayette Square. These luxury condos will have stunning views of downtown STL & Arch on one side, or overhead views of old South St. Louis rowhouses and church steeples on the other side.

I love all the projects shown on this thread throughout the Midwest. When I move back to America's greatest city, St.Louis, I will enjoy visiting all the other cool Midwestern cities.

Very impressive stuff everyone. I will agree with Avian001 about being more daring with new architecture. I personally don't care much for faux-historic infill. I understand that developers want new construction to "fit in" with existing buildings, but new buildings that are designed to look old usually turn out looking much cheaper than the authentic buildings which surround them. I don't think we need to try to recreate the past to make new construction look attractive. I think bold, innovative design is a wonderful complement to existing urban fabric. Let the historic buildings look historic, and let the new buildings look modern. I want cities to have an architectural legacy for future generations to appreciate. Every era of design is important.

Much of this so called daring architecture, isn't all that daring, if other cities are building the same type of daring architecture. Give me some full glass houses with indiglow lighting and digital windows. St Louis is building historical architecture in historical neighborhoods. Some of these other cities build "daring" housing stock because frankly, their historic housing stock isnt nearly as impressive. What's there to emulate? A log cabin?