Welcome To Nowhere 9.12.2007 | 0 Comment(s)

After reading this entry over at Vanishing STL I have an awful feeling inside.

I wasn't very familiar with the Ambassador Theater Building or its history. Seeing the pictures, and knowing what replaced this gorgeous structure...ugh...it's heartbreaking. 7th and Locust is absolutely dead thanks to the unnecessary plaza/drivway that replaced the Ambassador. If you ever needed proof that lots of open space doesn't make a downtown, visit this intersection.

Thanks to Paul Hohmann the history lesson, it was fascinating and truly depressing. Someday we'll have a culture of preservation in this city, but I'm afraid by that time it won't matter much.