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Endangered buildings
12:42 pm
Tue August 14, 2012

Old 'favorites' return to St. Louis' most endangered list for 20th anniversary

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Carr School is among the most endangered buildings in St. Louis for 2012 as determined by the Landmarks Association of St. Louis. The Ittner-designed school was on the inaugural list in 1992.
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Some familiar structures have returned to the the Landmarks Association of St. Louis's list of most endangered buildings in the region.

It's the 20th year the Association has published the list, which is designed to highlight 11 iconic or important buildings in danger of disappearing due to neglect or proposed demolition.

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Cupples demolition
4:50 pm
Mon November 14, 2011

Owner asks for permission to demolish Cupples 7

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This screenshot from Google Maps shows the roof of Cupples 7 at 1014 Spruce. The building's owner has applied for a demolition permit, saying it's safer than having the building come down on its own.
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Saying he has no choice, the owner of a crumbling building in the Cupples Station warehouse complex has applied for a permit to demolish the building.

Developer Kevin McGowan, who owns the building at 1014 Spruce St. known as Cupples 7, filed his application on Nov. 9th.  Streets around the building have been blocked off since late September due to safety concerns.

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Brick Theft
11:09 am
Wed December 22, 2010

Brick theft steals St. Louis history

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Andrew Weil is the Assistant Director of the Landmarks Association of St. Louis, where he works to preserve the area’s 19th-century buildings. Lately, theives have been knocking them down to sell their bricks. (Mandi Rice, St. Louis Public Radio).
Buildings that are vandalized by brick theives are often called "doll houses." (Mandi Rice, St. Louis Public Radio)
There is also a legal used brick industry in St. Louis, selling from businesses like this one, Century Used Brick. The legal market is being undersold by the illegal products gathered by thieves. (Mandi Rice, St. Louis Publicr Radio).
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Every day, train cars and semi trucks leave St. Louis stacked high with pallets of bricks.  They head south to cities like New Orleans, to be reused in new construction. 

But those bricks leave at a cost to the city—they’re often stolen from buildings the city owns, damaging both the government’s investment and city’s historic heritage.  Mandi Rice takes us to one of those neighborhoods, and asks what the city government is doing to curb the problem.

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