Current Projects
Euclid Streetscape
Park Central Development is sponsoring the Euclid Streetscape Project for Euclid Avenue between Forest Park Avenue and Lindell -- including new sidewalks, lighting, street furniture, landscaping and public art. In addition, the streetscape project will feature rain gardens, which will address storm water problems, improve tree growth, and decrease wasted rainwater. Click here to read more.
Bike Racks and Cycling Infrastructure
The CWE Midtown Infrastructure Committee chose a bicycle rack design, to be implemented and installed in CWE South in 2012. The committee will also investigate further cycling infrastructure, including bicycle lanes throughout the area.
Past Projects
Street Repaving
Street repaving was completed on Spring, Duncan, and on Laclede
between Kingshighway and Euclid. The project is funded by 17th Ward
Infrastructure funds.
Tree Wells on Sarah
CWE Southeast SBD is contributing funds to maintain the tree wells on Sarah.
Buckingham/North Court
The street was paved with 17th Ward Infrastructure funds in 2010.
Taylor Avenue Lights
The pedestrian lights will make that stretch of Taylor Ave more
attractive and safer for pedestrians at night, and will better connect
Taylor south of Lindell to Taylor north of Lindell, which already has
pedestrian lighting installed. Pedestrian lighting is another initiative
to make the Central West End and the 17th Ward a more walkable,
pedestrian-friendly, and vibrant community.
The $330,000 project was funded by various sources, including $60,000
from Washington University Medical Center, $30,000 from Central West
End South Business District, and $100,000 from block grant. The
remaining funding came from the 17th Ward Infrastructure Funds allocated
by Alderman Joseph Roddy. Organizations contributing to the implementation of the project
include Park Central Development (formerly Central West End Midtown
Development), Washington University Medical Center, Board of Public
Services, Comptroller’s Office, Community Development Agency, and
Gerstner Electric.
Pedestrian Crossing Countdown Signals
Pedestrian crossing countdown signals have been installed at the
intersections of Kingshighway and Laclede and Kingshighway and West Pine
to increase pedestrian safety.
The Boyle & Laclede Community Garden
The garden is underway with raised beds, mulch, and other aesthetic
and functional improvements with funding from the Infrastructure
Committee and West Pine-Laclede Neighborhood Association. The garden
consists of shared plots, and all members are free to take any of the
produce.
Cutoff Cobrahead Lights
New cutoff fixtures are being installed in cobrahead lights throughout the neighborhood.
Sarah Streetscape
Sarah Street boasts new sidewalks, lighting and trees from Forest Park Avenue to Lindell, thanks to a streetscape project funded by 17th Ward infrastructure funds and designed by neighborhood residents.
Wayfinders
Four wayfinders have been installed on Euclid at Forest Park Avenue, Laclede, West Pine and Lindell to guide visitors to the Central West End. The wayfinders feature a map and listing of businesses.
CWE Signage
Signs directing visitors to the Central West End were installed along exterior streets.
Alley Repaving
Several alleys in the Central West End South have been repaved using 17th Ward infrastructure funds.
Street Maintenance
The Central West End South Special Business District has contracted with a landscape maintenance company to keep Euclid clean and neat and take care of plants and flowers.
Pet Waste Stations
Pet waste stations were installed throughout the neighborhood to encourage owners to clean up after their pets.
Imagine Art Here
Neighborhood residents brainstormed ways to include public art in the neighborhood at a charrette sponsored by CWE Midtown Development.
Click here for a map of 17th Ward infrastructure projects.