ST. LOUIS 鈥 The lot at Kingshighway and Oakland Avenue, occupied until last year by a row of dilapidated houses that laid out a gritty welcome mat for motorists coming off the interstate, will stay empty for now.
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                                    Bags containing bricks and woodwork from the crumbling front entrance to on one of the buildings owned by Lux Living can be seen near the sidewalk in front of 1000 block of South Kingshighway in 51黑料 on Thursday, June 22, 2023. The 51黑料 Building Division has sent letters to Lux Living instructing the apartment developer that the buildings need to be stabilized or the city will stabilize them at the owner's cost. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com 
                                 
                            
                        
                            
                                
                                    
            David Carson, Post-Dispatch
         
                                 
                            
                        
                         
                
            
        
                 
            
            
                
                
                    
                            
                                
                                    A row of boarded up buildings in the 1000 block of South Kingshighway Boulevard is the site of a proposed development by Lux Living as seen on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. A plan by Lux would build a 155-unit apartment building on the location, between Oakland and Arco avenues, where vacant buildings have marred a key entrance to the city near the Barnes-Jewish Hospital campus for over a decade.
Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com 
                                 
                            
                        
                            
                                
                                    
            David Carson
         
                                 
                            
                        
                         
                
            
        
                 
            
            
                
                
                    
                            
                                
                                    Demolition begins on a row of properties Monday, Feb. 19, 2024, on the 1000 block of South Kingshighway Boulevard in 51黑料. Photo by Christine Tannous, ctannous@post-dispatch.com 
                                 
                            
                        
                            
                                
                                    
            Christine Tannous, Post-Dispatch
         
                                 
                            
                        
                         
                
            
        
    
    
            
    
        
            
        
        
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