Urban Review STL: Downtown Business Not So Good for Good Works

Urban Review STL: Downtown Business Not So Good for Good Works

Successful St. Louis business on the Loop tries to expand downtown but fails. Could lack of on-street parking in front of the downtown store have been a factor? "On-street parking does a number of very beneficial things for an area. First it reduces four traffic lanes down to two -- much friendlier. This also helps to slow down the traffic on the street. People parking and getting in/out of their cars & feeding the meter creates activity on the street. And finally having parking in front of the store decreases the perception that downtown has a parking shortage."