If you were following the #Soulard Twitterverse on Saturday night, you saw that Gladstone's, at the corner of Soulard and 10th, closed up shop after Saturday night. Looks like they closed just in time, too. I was out of town, but judging from the Twitterverse that night, St. Louis got a ton of rain. Apparently, the rain caused the already falling-apart building to attempt a complete suicide, where the ceilings on two floors at least partially-caved in. No one was hurt. I guess the building has about as much support as this Gladstone's Bartender's pants, or lack thereof.Gladstone's had been up for sale for a good while. Here's a link to the Craigslist posting that I am pretty sure is Gladstone's.
A gentleman who was exiting the building while I was taking pictures said that work began on the front of the building to "make it safe" at the end of April and since then "they haven't done sh&t". In accessing the property records for that address, we see that the building is owned by Rothschild Properties Soulard LLC, the same company behind Red Brick. A building permit was issued on 6/8/11 for " EXTERIOR REPAIRS AS PER PLANS" valued at about $8,000.
Here's a link to a blog post concerning this holding company and their involvement in owning the eyesore that is falling down by Chava's.
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