Yesterday’s weather was nearly perfect. I had an hour of responsibility-free time and took a spin on the 49cc Honda Metropolitan to get some air and photos of a few projects that I’ve been watching evolve: The apartment building on the former Victor Iron Works site in Soulard, Grand Flats in Compton Heightsand the Woodward Lofts in Forest Park Southeast.

I found a few new things and new angles of other projects taking shape.

Thought it was worth sharing to prove the point that St. Louis is transforming once again.

I headed east on Russell from the St. Louis City Talk World Headquarters and took in the size and scale of the new luxury apartment building at Russell and 13th Street in Soulard.

What an impressive form compared to the single story shed/cinder block building that predated it.

This project was on our favorite announcements of 2016, and we provided construction updates in 2017, so it’s nice to see it completed in 2018. Before and after: