The second floor of a two-family home at 1604 N. 14th Street, owned by Paul McKee's NorthSide Regeneration, crumbles over downtown 51黑料 on Tuesday, March 14, 2019. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
Illinois scrappers cut a metal pipe from the remains of an unrecognizable four-family flat at 2629-31 Hebert Street on Thursday, March 7, 2019. The property is owned by NorthSide Regeneration and sits in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
A Zoom gas station, front, and GreenLeaf grocery store, background, are two of Paul McKee's NorthSide Regeneration projects, on Tucker Boulevard just south of the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge, seen March 14, 2019.
Clothing hangs in front of an abandoned warehouse owned by NorthSide Regeneration at 1600 N. 13th Street, on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019. The Columbus Square neighborhood located just north of downtown, consists of several warehouses and the old Greyhound bus station that are frequently visited by the homeless. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
The entire west-facing wall is missing from a NorthSide Regeneration owned house at 2714 N. Market Street on Monday, March 4, 2019 in the Jeff Vanderlou neighborhood. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
Andy Steiert (top) of R.T. Construction builds a model home, one of three under construction for the new Saint Louis Park Place development at the intersection of 20th and Montgomery streets on Friday, March 1, 2019. Developer Dwight Arant started work last month on the trio after buying several lots from developer Paul McKee of NorthSide Regeneration. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
People gather in front of the old Sunshine Ministries building at 1520 N. 13th Street on Monday, March 11, 2019. Next door at 1514 is an abandoned car and truck repair business owned by NorthSide Regeneration which was used as a homeless tent community until the interior was gutted by fire last month. The city later boarded up the building. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
Tim Farr gets ready to leave a homeless tent community inside an abandoned car and truck repair shop at 1514 N. 13th Street and owned by NorthSide Regeneration, on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018. A fire last month gutted the interior of the building and the city boarded it up. The building is next door to the old Sunshine Ministries. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
NorthSide Regeneration stalls as buildings crumble
NorthSide owns this abandoned warehouse on 13th Street
Clothing hangs in front of an abandoned warehouse owned by NorthSide Regeneration at 1600 N. 13th Street, on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019. The Columbus Square neighborhood located just north of downtown, consists of several warehouses and the old Greyhound bus station that are frequently visited by the homeless. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
Robert Cohen
Building on 14th Street, burned years ago, slowly disintegrates
The second floor of a two-family home at 1604 N. 14th Street, owned by Paul McKee's NorthSide Regeneration, crumbles over downtown 51黑料 on Tuesday, March 14, 2019. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
Robert Cohen
An entire wall is missing, but the building still stands
The entire west-facing wall is missing from a NorthSide Regeneration owned house at 2714 N. Market Street on Monday, March 4, 2019 in the Jeff Vanderlou neighborhood. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
Robert Cohen
McKee, city applaud NGA's headquarters announcement
Developer Paul McKee (center) applauds as high-ranking politicians from Missouri hold a press conference in 51黑料 on Friday, April 1, 2016 celebrating the announcement that 51黑料 was chosen as the site to build the new western headquarters for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. McKee owns many of the parcels of land that are in the proposed footprint of the NGA site and many other nearby properties just outside the NGA footprint. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
David Carson
The homeless find refuge in NorthSide-owned vacants
Tim Farr gathers gas for a generator and another blanket as he returned to a homeless tent community inside an abandoned car and truck repair shop at 1514 N. 13th Street and owned by NorthSide Regeneration, on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018. A fire last month gutted the interior of the building and the city boarded it up. The building is next door to the old Sunshine Ministries. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
Robert Cohen
Scrappers salvage metal from collapsed NorthSide property
Illinois scrappers remove any metal remains from an unrecognizable four family flat at 2629-31 Hebert Street owned by NorthSide Regeneration in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood on Thursday, March 7, 2019. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
Robert Cohen
Decades of history revealed as layers peel away
Peeling paint and wallpaper reveal decades of history inside a house with a missing exterior wall at 2714 N. Market Street on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. The crumbling home in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood is owned by NorthSide Regeneration. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
Robert Cohen
The second floor crumbles on this 14th Street property
The second floor of a two-family home at 1604 N. 14th Street, owned by Paul McKee's NorthSide Regeneration, crumbles over downtown 51黑料 on Tuesday, March 14, 2019. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
Robert Cohen
Homeless community finds shelter in NorthSide property
Tim Farr gets ready to leave a homeless tent community inside an abandoned car and truck repair shop at 1514 N. 13th Street and owned by NorthSide Regeneration, on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018. A fire last month gutted the interior of the building and the city boarded it up. The building is next door to the old Sunshine Ministries. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
Robert Cohen
Boarded-up window on a NorthSide property secured by ivy
Dormant ivy solidifies an already boarded up window of a NorthSide Regeneration abandoned home at 1820 N. Leffingwell Avenue in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
Robert Cohen
Exposed interior walls of NorthSide-owned building deteriorate
Paint peels from the wall of a house with a missing exterior wall at 2714 N. Market Street on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. The crumbling home in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood is owned by NorthSide Regeneration. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
Robert Cohen
McKee said he'd rehab the Clemens House. It burned instead.
51黑料 firefighters use aerial hoses to knock loose brick from the facade of the Clemens House on Cass Avenue after it caught fire early Wednesday, July 12, 2017. The historic home, built by James Clemens Jr., the uncle of Mark Twain, was destroyed along with a chapel and expanded property. Following Clemens' death, the Sisters of St. Joseph added the chapel. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
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After it burned, little was left of the historic Clemens House
Jim Meiners (left) of the City Museum and Carlos Mendoza remove an 800-pound cast iron window frame containing image of Eliza Clemens, from the Clemens House in the 1800 block of Cass Avenue on Monday, Feb. 12, 2018. The house, built by James Clemens (a relative of Mark Twain) as a tribute to his wife, burned last July. Staff members from the museum, which collects historic 51黑料 architecture, are removing the cast iron structures before its upcoming demolition. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
Robert Cohen
Cleaning the site of the future NGA western headquarters
A laborer cleans trash from the new site of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency as an abandoned liquor store owned by NorthSide Regeneration stands on its border at 2129 Madison Street on Friday, March 1, 2019. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
Robert Cohen
A model home under construction at Saint Louis Park Place
FILE PHOTO: Andy Steiert of R.T. Construction builds a model home, one of three under construction for the new Saint Louis Park Place development at the intersection of 20th and Montgomery streets on Friday, March 1, 2019. Developer Dwight Arant started work last month on the trio after buying several lots from developer Paul McKee of NorthSide Regeneration. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
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NorthSide Regeneration stalls as buildings crumble
The second floor of a two-family home at 1604 N. 14th Street, owned by Paul McKee's NorthSide Regeneration, crumbles over downtown 51黑料 on Tuesday, March 14, 2019. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
The city could sue to take control of dozens of NorthSide Regeneration parcels relatively quickly. It's opting to negotiate to avoid lengthy l…
A Zoom gas station, front, and GreenLeaf grocery store, background, are two of Paul McKee's NorthSide Regeneration projects, on Tucker Boulevard just south of the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge, seen March 14, 2019.
People gather in front of the old Sunshine Ministries building at 1520 N. 13th Street on Monday, March 11, 2019. Next door at 1514 is an abandoned car and truck repair business owned by NorthSide Regeneration which was used as a homeless tent community until the interior was gutted by fire last month. The city later boarded up the building. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
Illinois scrappers cut a metal pipe from the remains of an unrecognizable four-family flat at 2629-31 Hebert Street on Thursday, March 7, 2019. The property is owned by NorthSide Regeneration and sits in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
Andy Steiert (top) of R.T. Construction builds a model home, one of three under construction for the new Saint Louis Park Place development at the intersection of 20th and Montgomery streets on Friday, March 1, 2019. Developer Dwight Arant started work last month on the trio after buying several lots from developer Paul McKee of NorthSide Regeneration. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
Tim Farr gets ready to leave a homeless tent community inside an abandoned car and truck repair shop at 1514 N. 13th Street and owned by NorthSide Regeneration, on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018. A fire last month gutted the interior of the building and the city boarded it up. The building is next door to the old Sunshine Ministries. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
Clothing hangs in front of an abandoned warehouse owned by NorthSide Regeneration at 1600 N. 13th Street, on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019. The Columbus Square neighborhood located just north of downtown, consists of several warehouses and the old Greyhound bus station that are frequently visited by the homeless. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
The entire west-facing wall is missing from a NorthSide Regeneration owned house at 2714 N. Market Street on Monday, March 4, 2019 in the Jeff Vanderlou neighborhood. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
The second floor of a two-family home at 1604 N. 14th Street, owned by Paul McKee's NorthSide Regeneration, crumbles over downtown 51黑料 on Tuesday, March 14, 2019. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com