Construction could begin soon in St. Louis on five row houses in the Benton Park neighborhood.
The project moved ahead Monday when the St. Louis Preservation Board voted preliminary approval of plans by developers Mickey Ribaudo and Jon Maness.
Their project is a contemporary take on the traditional St. Louis brick row house. The Preservation Board has a say in the project because the site—at 2300 Pestalozzi Street, at Indiana Avenue—is within the Benton Park Local Historic District.
Killeen Studio Architects designed the three-story row houses. Like most buildings in the area, the new houses are planned with red-brick exteriors. Unlike the old buildings, the Killeen-designed houses get third-floor covered decks.
Ribaudo and Maness plan parking in the rear off a new alley they propose building. They said after the board meeting Monday they had yet to determine the project's precise cost but hope to begin construction soon.
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After some discussion, the board approved the plan provided the developers scrub a small balcony from the Pestalozzi side of one house and put a bit more brick on the rear. Otherwise, the rear of the houses are planned with fiber cement lap siding.
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