In July, drivers zipping along West Florissant Avenue in St. Louis’ Mark Twain neighborhood likely caught a glimpse of something unfortunately not more familiar in North City: a new home under construction.
In just a matter of days, the corner of West Florissant and North Euclid was transformed from the vacant lot it had been for nearly two decades to one with a new, two-bedroom, one-bathroom home standing on it, one that sells for far less than most new construction in the city.
“It was exciting seeing walls thrown up in a day,” says James Grimmett of the local ReDesign Network and the general contractor for the house. “Whenever they came, they threw the walls up. I think it was about four hours.”…