There are tons of beautiful brick buildings in North St. Louis (one of the areas highlighted in the article), which are blighted over time, as they start crumbl

There are tons of beautiful brick buildings in North St. Louis (one of the areas highlighted in the article), which are blighted over time, as they start crumbling after decades of no maintenance. One such building is this an old victorian mansion that's slowly and meticulously being restored by a local: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuteYo4Kgm1t1DqkUV33BcQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuteYo4Kgm1t1DqkUV33BcQ I've visited the area a few times (and used to drive through it on the way into the city), and it's a little depressing how every time I drive through I see another couple of buildings gone. Just last month, one of the historic church buildings (mostly brick) burned down [1], while last year another historic church building that was converted into an indoor skate park (Sk8 Liborius) also burned down [2]. The tough thing is, the developers in that area are happy to let all the buildings rot and fall over, and eventually they can sell larger plots of land to projects like the NGA, who are building a new $2 billion HQ [3] [1] https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/crews-battle-fire-at-historic-vacant-church-in-st-louis/63-8fd9a3c0-681a-4afd-943d-ede411ba47c0 https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/crews-battle-fire-at... [2] https://spectrumlocalnews.com/mo/st-louis/news/2023/06/29/flames-engulf-sk8-liborius-early-thursday--fire-spreads-to-another-vacant-building https://spectrumlocalnews.com/mo/st-louis/news/2023/06/29/fl... [3] https://www.stlpr.org/economy-business/2022-12-20/ngas-nearly-2-billion-new-western-headquarters-reflects-datas-growing-role-in-warfare https://www.stlpr.org/economy-business/2022-12-20/ngas-nearl...