Old North Progress

The first images is a vintage 'flounder' behind a new Habitat foundation going in. The rest document the progress of a LEED Platinum 'flounder' going in this summer. Click on the images to enlarge.

Grand Opening of Old North Grocery COOP

A little help goes a long way. Click on the link below for COOP news from last September which is tied to a little help given by AFH & some Washington U. Architecture students in late 2008. Today is the COOP's grand opening. Click on the images to enlarge. This will be part of Habitat's submittal in the LEED for Neighborhood Development certification process as well.
Old North Grocery COOP Gets Funded

Habitat in Old North

The Architecture Section

http://ecoabsence.blogspot.com/2010/03/architect-discusses-crown-square.html

Special thanks to Michael Allen for promoting hte event on his blog. (see link above)

The next meeting of our section is this Thursday at the Guild at 7:00PM. Feel free to come by and check us out. It will feature a presentation by Rob Wagstaff on the design and re-development of the 14th Street Mall in Old North.

The meeting is at The St. Louis Artists' Guild in Oak Knoll Park

http://sustainstl.org/intersection-of-art-architecture-and-sustainability/
is Sustainable St. Louis' intro to the Architecture Section.

Architecture for Humanity and Old North Grocery Coop

From: Karen Heet
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 12:36 PM
To: Richard Reilly
Subject: ONSL Grocery Co-op has been funded!

Richard,

I also wanted to share with you that the food co-op we’re developing in 2718 N 13th Street has been funded by the Missouri Foundation for Health! It’s a three year grant for operational expenses, so we still need to find funding for the building renovations, but your work with the WU architectural students helped MFH understand the concept. You’ll see in our attached newsletter a rendering done by the students. This was instrumental in conveying our vision. There’s also a story about the co-op on the front page of today’s P-D. http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/8050C131CD9AA6D08625763B00092FB6?OpenDocument#tp_newCommentAnchor

So thank you for all of your help!!!

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