"The project will help restore the conservation area’s natural flood plain and curb costly repairs to the old levee along the river’s edge." #STL

The people in front of me at the game today found a dog on their way to the game and somehow got it into the stadium. The puppy was unbelievably perfect. I consider him the Royals good luck charm this season. They’re naming the dog Crown by the way.

'St. Louis ‘No Kings’ protesters push back on Trump’s power' 🖋 Rod Hicks | The St. Louis American 📸 Lawrence Bryant | St. Louis American #stlamerican #stlnews #stlouis #NoKings https://www.stlamerican.com/news/local-news/st-louis-no-kings-protesters-push-back-on-trumps-power/

Is he ever going to be healthy enough to trade? #STLCards

“Plans to demolish the garage have been in the works since at least 2025, when the LCRA purchased the 10-parcel vacant garage for about $2.6 million. It sits just south of the actual Railway Exchange building.” #STL

St. Louis could demolish as many as 1700 tornado-damaged homes. Older buildings often release lead and asbestos as dust during demolitions, representing immediate and long-term health hazards. #STL

Very happy that CANFIELD DRIVE was recognized. #STL

The Trump administration's aggressive pace early victories, but only by skipping almost all of the procedural steps required by federal law. Once universities and their allies recovered from their shock, they were able to block many, if not most, of the White House’s moves in court.

"The project makes use of a former Land Reutilization Authority property, the former United Railways substation on North Spring Avenue" in the in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood. #STL

The Federal Emergency Management Agency told St. Louis it will not pay for most building demolitions the city hoped would be covered. This denial means St. Louis will have less money to spend on rebuilding.

I love this stamp.

"The venue opened as a dance hall in 1928 and later featured performances by the Ike and Tina Turner Revue — who recorded part of a live album there — Chuck Berry, Dolly Parton and many other well-known artists before they achieved stardom." #STL

#STL #Ferguson

I can't get over this number: in 2007, there were 360,000 newspaper jobs. Now, there are 80,000. "My local paper sucked!" Sure. What sucks even more? The void. "I get all my news from the Guardian!" No, the Guardian doesn't report on your town council, your school board, local cops.

#STLCards #STL

Lecture this Tuesday! Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis: An Illustrated Timeline. #STL @sah1365.bsky.social @stlpubliclibrary.bsky.social

The Department of Education has ended its "Dear Colleague" directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.

I have a guest post about CANFIELD DRIVE on the University of Missouri Press blog. #STL @umissouripress.bsky.social

Tonight! #STL @leviathanbookstore.bsky.social @umissouripress.bsky.social

“For decades, a fatal assumption of American downtowns has been that, to compete, they must offer their best approximation of the big, blank parcels and ample parking of their suburban rivals. It’s an impossible game to win.”

Looking forward to this on Thursday at Leviathan Bookstore! #STL @leviathanbookstore.bsky.social

Thanks. I hate it. #STLCards

👀 What if I told you there was a hidden art gallery scattered across the country? What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished? What if I told you that I found them? A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):

"Through Prop NS, the city stabilizes homes in the city land bank and lists them for sale to investors or prospective home renovators. However, after five years, only 12 homes have been fully rehabbed through the program." #STL

Happy to be at Leviathan Bookstore in St. Louis next week to talk about my new book, CANFIELD DRIVE. #STL @leviathanbookstore.bsky.social @umissouripress.bsky.social #4theVille

MoDOT has proposed plans to remove or significantly alter the I-64/Compton Avenue interchange in St. Louis. #STL

"Recovery officials urged property owners to apply if there’s any outstanding need before that deadline. After that, unsafe properties that haven’t applied for assistance and have shown no signs of improvement will be condemned..." #STL

Thanks to the Mound City Messenger for this review of Canfield Drive. #STL. @umissouripress.bsky.social @moundcitymessenger.bsky.social

"McKee and his firm are frequently cited as barriers to growth in North City. They’re accused of sitting on empty or deteriorating properties and not delivering on promises to redevelop the area after cutting a deal with the city to obtain around 1,500 acres of North St. Louis 17 years ago..." #STL

Happy to chat about my book on "The Way of Improvement Leads Home" blog. #STL #Ferguson @umissouripress.bsky.social

Great to see my book, Canfield Drive, at the #AHA26 meetings!

"The proposal lays out short-term actions including home repair, home down payment assistance, flexible retail permitting and more long-term plans like creating mixed-income housing, establishing a land trust and creating community improvement taxing districts." #STL

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch said this about CANFIELD DRIVE by Matthew Knox Averett: “Combining a narrative of racialized housing policies with deep, statistical dives into local history, including an illuminating series of maps, CANFIELD DRIVE provides a convincing systematic analysis.”

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has a short review of my book on the urban history of Black spaces in St. Louis. #STL @stltoday.com @umissouripress.bsky.social

"Primed for tragedy long before." Today's book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @matthewaverett.bsky.social & @umissouripress.bsky.social! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Suburban Omaha strip mall: Starbucks, vape shop, bar, and shoe store.

I wrote about the Bernard Lynch “slave pen” in my book about #STL, Canfield Drive: upress.missouri.edu/978082622339... @umissouripress.bsky.social

My new book, Canfield Drive, is available now. The book is the first comprehensive history of Black spaces in St. Louis and it reconstructs the urban context of the 2014 killing of Michael Brown and the #Ferguson Uprising. #STL upress.missouri.edu/978082622339... @umissouripress.bsky.social

CANFIELD DRIVE: A History of Race and the American City on a Street in St. Louis by @matthewaverett.bsky.social is now available! Find the book here: upress.missouri.edu/978082622339... #StLouis #STL #BlackHistory #HistoryMatters

New projects in downtown #STL.

I have a chapter on #Petrarch and #Rome in this great new volume on "overwriting" the #MiddleAges. "'Per menia fracte urbis:' Overwriting and Building-Over Medieval Rome"

“The fire reflects a growing regional homeless population that has also prompted fires in St. Louis County, Lincoln County and East St. Louis, Ill. in the past few days.” #STL

'St. Louis tornado survivors call for FEMA reform' 🖋 Ashley Winters | The St. Louis American 📸 Photo by Lawrence Bryant #stlamerican #stlnews #stlouis #DisasterRecovery #FEMAReform #CommunityAdvocacy #NorthSTL