St. Louis is preparing to test a new way to rebuild long-vacant blocks in the Ville — by putting houses back where homes once stood.
The St. Louis Development Corporation has approved a pilot project that would bring about 10 new homes to empty lots in the historic North St. Louis neighborhood, an area still recovering from years of disinvestment and damage from the May 16 tornado.
Under the plan, SLDC will partner with Module Building Systems, a St. Louis-based builder that specializes in modular construction. The homes would be placed on city-owned land controlled by the Land Reutilization Authority and the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority…