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Crosswords
Posted on November 29th, 2005 5 comments
The Highlands @ Forest Park
Oakland Avenue, St. Louis, MO
There are 2 things I think of every time I drive by this building.#1: Shortly after it opened for business, the east-facing elevation was quickly dotted with window shades. Much like ants under a magnifying glass, when that brilliant morning sun comes through all that glass, the inhabitants fry.
#2: All those window shades going up and down make that elevation look like a crossword puzzle.
14 ACROSS
Thoughts on the development standing on the ruins of The Arena
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5 Responses to “Crosswords”
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Urban Review - St. Louis November 29th, 2005 at 10:49 PM
Funny post! You can almost fit another line below for a total phrase, “So Lame It Hurts.”
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Darren Snow November 29th, 2005 at 11:00 PM
You’re gonna hate me for this, but before I looked closely at it I thought the building pictured was part of Northland. Is it all that different, really?
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Remiss63 November 29th, 2005 at 11:00 PM
or perhaps you could try, “it rots.”
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Claire Nowak-Boyd November 30th, 2005 at 9:48 PM
Bravo!
When I see it, first I think about the Arena and how lame it is that 1) this is the crap that replaced it and 2) they did a historic site-related name, but went with something that doesn’t remind folks of what was torn down for this.
Then, I think of how one of my dad’s profoundly creepy stepfathers at one point worked at the Highlands after it burned, cutting the amusement park’s remains apart with a torch. The torch exploded and singed off his eyebrows. That icky memory is about what this kind of development deserves.
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Anonymous June 13th, 2006 at 5:20 AM
It looks kinda moderne…
doesn’t it?
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