
The Arch City Report
A weekly news podcast covering the biggest stories from the St. Louis Business Journal.
Episodes
20 episodes
Would you live downtown?
Would you live downtown? Odds are good that if you already live in the St. Louis region, you’ve already made up your mind that doing so isn’t safe. But one downtown developer has data showing outsiders who haven’t been exposed to downtown’s saf...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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17:02

The saviors of South Kingshighway
South Kingshighway was once a bustling retail corridor touching a dozen south St. Louis neighborhoods. But years of disinvestment has left South Kingshighway in a state of disrepair. This week we introduce you to one family, the Garcias, led by...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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19:07

Meet the man who wants to buy the Post-Dispatch
Most St. Louisans have come to know David Hoffmann as the man trying to turn Augusta into the next Napa Valley. But over the last several months, he’s emerged as America’s most aspiring newspaper magnate. He joins the Arch City Report with the ...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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31:32

Are nonprofits in turmoil?
Some high-profile St. Louis nonprofits are in turmoil, including a well-known radio station that finds itself needing to sell its license and office tower. Meanwhile, other charitable groups are coming up with innovative ways to give back to th...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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21:22

Cards start season in a slump
Baseball season is upon us, but after two years of declining attendance, the prospects this year don’t look good for the businesses that rely on visitors to Busch Stadium. This week, we take a look at exactly how much sales have declined in and...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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22:53

Why this is becoming Hockey City USA
A series of national hockey events have all come to St. Louis around the same time as the Blues are battling for a playoff spot. This week, we ask the president of the Blues and the St. Louis Commission about what this says as a location for de...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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38:46

Will the Green Line Get Trumped?
The north-south MetroLink expansion, projected to cost as much as $1.1B, is light on ridership projections, but high on promise for what it would do to help reinvigorate north St. Louis. But with the Trump administration in power, transity agen...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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23:01

Startling Data on Metro East
The St. Louis-area counties west of the Mississippi might be the engine driving Missouri’s economy, but its Metro East counterparts can’t say the same in Illinois. Its economic output, data show, relies heavily on one major employer fraught wit...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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25:43

Arch City Report Extra! The mayoral interviews: Andrew Jones
The Business Journal is releasing its interviews with the candidates for St. Louis mayor in their entirety. Here, Andrew Jones outlines his vision for St. Louis.
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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46:10

Downtown Plots a Comeback
The proposal to redevelop the vacant Millennium Hotel site, like several other downtown projects, will rely heavily on apartments in a neighborhood where supply already outpaces demand.
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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22:08

Arch City Report Extra! The mayoral interviews: Michael Butler
The Business Journal is releasing its interviews with the candidates for St. Louis mayor in their entirety. Here, city Recorder of Deeds Michael Butler describes his plan for spending the Rams money and increasing the city’s population, among o...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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48:40

Arch City Report Extra! The mayoral interviews: Cara Spencer
The Business Journal is releasing its interviews with the candidates for St. Louis mayor in their entirety. Here, Alderwoman Cara Spencer outlines her vision for St. Louis.
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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48:07

The Birth of Panera, a St. Louis Icon
The founder of Saint Louis Bread Co., Ken Rosenthal, passed away last week. Hear what one of his original partners, and a former CEO of the company, has to say about Rosenthal’s legacy and the company that would eventually become Panera.&nbs...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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29:21

The County’s Slow Death
An inside look at a move to create a land bank in St. Louis County, plus a conversation with SLU Demographer Ness Sandoval on whether the need for a land bank should be viewed as a sign of decline in the county.
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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23:01

Explaining St. Louis’ Development Decline
Development in St. Louis has declined considerably and we get into why it’s happened; Political disputes over how to spend the Rams money boils over at the Board of Aldermen, sowing frustration; And a look ahead at a big event next week where w...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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23:47

Inside the Push for a City Manager
A local alderman explains their push to create a new position managing city operations; a bill in Jefferson City seeks to regulate a health care middleman with a big impact on St. Louis; and meet the Business Journal’s newest reporter.
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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20:28

The politics of snow removal
Two weeks after a snow storm hit the region, it’s still plaguing St. Louis residents and small businesses and casting a looming shadow over a pair of city elections.
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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25:03

Why Tony's Mattered
The Arch City report dives into the city’s earnings tax payout and we speak with a restaurant expert on what made Tony’s so special to St. Louis.
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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21:42
