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Urban Wildlife
6:37 am
Wed November 28, 2012

Into The Wilds...Of Forest Park

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Credit Philip Hamer, MUNY
This young great horned owl hatched last year in a nest near the MUNY theater in Forest Park.
Credit Kim Kreiling, Forest Park Forever
This red-tailed hawk is holding its next meal – a squirrel – in its talons.
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When most St. Louisans want to see wildlife in Forest Park, they head for the St. Louis Zoo.

But Forest Park Forever ecologist Peter VanLinn says there are plenty of animals in the rest of the park, too.

Not long after dawn on a brisk fall morning, he met up with St. Louis Public Radio's Véronique LaCapra in Forest Park’s Kennedy Forest, to look for some.


LACAPRA: What kind of wildlife might we see in the Kennedy Forest?

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Urban Development
4:30 pm
Mon July 16, 2012

A Rust Belt dilemma: demolition or redevelopment

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Credit Adam Allington/St. Louis Public Radio
Taken in the 3rd Ward, north of the old Pruitt-Igoe housing project in St. Louis.
Credit Adam Allington/St. Louis Public Radio
Taken in the 3rd Ward, north of the old Pruitt-Igoe housing project in St. Louis.
Credit Adam Allington/St. Louis Public Radio
Taken in the 3rd Ward, north of the old Pruitt-Igoe housing project in St. Louis.
Credit Adam Allington/St. Louis Public Radio
Demolition Specialist Roland Comfort photographing vacant buildings.
Credit Adam Allington/St. Louis Public Radio
Credit Adam Allington/St. Louis Public Radio
A vacant home in the 4th Ward neighborhood known as The Ville.
Credit Adam Allington/St. Louis Public Radio
Taken in the Walnut Park neighborhood of St. Louis.
Credit via Google Earth
A Google Earth view of a section of north St. Louis.
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Another Google Earth view of a section of north St. Louis.
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The City of St. Louis has some of the highest  home vacancy rates in the country, and last month the mayor of Detroit made news when he laid out ambitious plans to demolish as many as 10,000 vacant buildings by the end of his term.

With costs for maintenance and upkeep running in the tens of millions, many Rust Belt cities often find it expedient to simply demolish empty buildings in favor of vacant lots and the hope of future development.

But taking down problem properties creates a whole new set of issues which are often overlooked.

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