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This is a compendium of information on the real estate companies controlled by developer Paul J. McKee, Jr. known widely by the name of the first of his holding companies to buy a north side parcel, Blairmont Associates LC. Through these companies McKee has purchased over 700 parcels located in an area roughly bounded by Delmar Boulevard on the south, Grand Avenue on the west, Palm Avenue on the north and I-70 on the east. The purchases began in 2003 and continue to this day. Many of these holdings are adjacent to city-owned real estate or in the path of infrastructure projects. The purchases are in the 3rd, 5th 6th, and 19th wards of the city. Included in the inventory at least 150 historic buildings. This ownership has significantly damaged historic buildings through acute neglect, and has lowered the quality of life for many of the people who live near their purchases. Overall, the holdings have perpetuated the neglect of one of the city's most hopeful areas. ~ Michael R. Allen, editor
Introduction (Start Here)
Parcel Map of the Holdings
Google Earth Map of Holdings
List of Companies / Buildings Owned
Introductory Video
Ecology of Absence Blog Entries About Blairmont
Things We Lost in the Fires (May 7, 2008)
Larmer LC Rapidly Buying Property in JVL, St. Louis Place (May 5, 2008)
Brick Rustlers Decimate Wright Street Block (March 26, 2008)
Meeting on McKee, North Side Development Tomorrow Night (March 11, 2008)
DED Seeking Comments on Rules for Distressed Areas Tax Credit (January 25, 2008)
We're Losing the Intersection of Glasgow and St. Louis (January 16, 2008)
Bill Would Lower Acreage Requirements for Distressed Areas Tax Credit (January 16, 2008)
McKee's Holding Companies May Be Preparing for Tax Credits (January 9, 2008)
LLCs and LCs Linked to McKee Change Agents (November 19, 2007)
MCU Needs to Get McKee to Appear in Public (October 26, 2007)
McKee Purchases Building on Stable Block in Old North (October 25, 2007)
McKee May Not Attend MCU Meeting (October 23, 2007)
McKee May Appear at Metropolitan Congregations United Meeting at Holy Trinity Church (October 16, 2007)
Baron May Seek Distressed Areas Land Assemblage Tax Credit Act; Discussion Needed (September 18, 2007)
Distressed Areas Land Assemblage Tax Credit Act Signed by Governor (September 5, 2007)
Two Accounts of Last Thursday's Public Meeting (September 4, 2007)
Distressed Areas Land Assemblage Tax Credit Act Remains Much the Same (August 31, 2007)
McLaughlin Profiles People Affected by McKee's Plans (August 30, 2007)
Who Has the Power? (August 29, 2007)
Public Forum on Large Scale Development in North St. Louis (August 28, 2007)
Senate Committee Passed Amended Version of Distressed Areas Land Assemblage Tax Credit (August 28, 2007)
St. Louis American Endorses Distressed Areas Tax Credit, McKee's Involvement (August 24, 2007)
< ahref="http://ecoabsence.blogspot.com/2007/08/distressed-areas-land-assemblage-tax_23.html">Distressed Areas Land Assemblage Tax Credit Act Passes Missouri House (August 23, 2007)
More Changes Needed to Distressed Areas Land Assemblage Tax Credit Act (August 22, 2007)
Testimony on the Distressed Areas Land Assemblage Tax Credit Act (August 22, 2007)
St. Paul (August 19, 2007)
Alderwomen, Representatives Conduct Tour of McKee Properties (August 17, 2007)
Legislators Host Press Conference and Tour of Near North Side Neighborhoods (August 15, 2007)
Jetton Says Distressed Areas Credit Will Become National Model (August 11, 2007)
Koster Gets $45K from McKee and Stone (August 11, 2007)
How Useful is the Distressed Areas Tax Credit for the Rest of North St. Louis? (August 5, 2007)
Adding Up (August 3, 2007)
Wagman Strikes at Paul McKee Again (July 30, 2007)
McKee to Rehab Clemens House? (July 28, 2007)
Distressed Areas Land Assemblage Tax Credit Act Back, Still Seems to Benefit Only McKee (July 19, 2007)
Kinder Blogs, V-logs on Distressed Areas Land Assemblage Tax Credit Act Proposal (July 18, 2007)
Pruitt-Igoe Demolition as Seen in "Koyaanisqatsi" (July 16, 2007)
One Lovely Storefront Building in JeffVanderLou (July 15, 2007)
Burse's Response to News of McKee's Plans (July 13, 2007)
Latest Brick Rustling Casualty in St. Louis Place (July 12, 2007)
Have You Thanked Governor Blunt Yet? (July 10, 1007)
Governor Blunt Vetoes HB 327, Distressed Areas Land Assemblage Tax Credits (July 6, 2007)
Media Coverage of McKee's North St. Louis Plans Has Increased (July 6, 2007)
McKee's Holdings Ready for Development (July 3, 2007)
Good Responses (July 1, 2007)
Another North Side Building Lost Under Blairmont Project (June 27, 2007)
Paul McKee Praised (June 26, 2007)
In 1966, City Demolished 150 Buildings on Near North Side (June 26, 2007)
McKee's Holding Company Spent $900K Between May 17 and June 20 (June 26, 2007)
Blairmont, Locust Street Covered in Today's RFT (June 20, 2007)
McKee's North St. Louis Project Makes Front Page of Sunday Post-Dispatch, Above the Fold (June 17, 2007)
Plywood and Public Policy (June 4, 2007)
Pub Def Covers Blairmont (May 26, 2007)
KWMU Runs Story on McKee's North Side Plans (May 25, 2007)
If Vetoed, Land Assemblage Proposal Could Be Improved to Address Concerns (May 22, 2007)
North St. Louis Landbanking Proposal May Be Dead for This Session (May 16, 2007)
Bill With McKee's North St. Louis Credits Passes (May 11, 2007)
Brick Rustlers and Other Hustlers (May 8, 2007)
Silence is Golden (May 6, 2007)
Urgent: Blairmont Tax Credits Pass Missouri House (May 2, 2007)
Clemens House Still for Sale (April 28, 2007)
Look in the Mirror (April 28, 2007)
Mayor Slay Supports Landbanking Tax Credit, Other Incentives (April 27, 2007)
Mayor's Campaign Website Polling on Landbanking Tax Credit (April 26, 2007)
Another Bill Containing Landbanking Tax Credit Now In Joint Conference (April 25, 2007)
Bill With Landbanking Credit Provision Moves Forward in State Senate (April 24, 2007)
Landbanking Bill Also Pending in the House (April 12, 2007)
McKee's Acquisitions Slowed in March (April 4, 2007)
New Blairmont Map Online (March 26, 2007)
McEagle Land Acquisitions (March 5, 2007)
Blairmont in the ACC (March 2, 2007)
Destruction of the North Side Continues (February 28, 2007)
Google Earth Map of McKee's Holdings Available (February 26, 2007)
Quality Jobs Act Reported to Full Senate with Landbanking Section; Headed for Perfection This Week (February 26, 2007)
Post-Dispatch Breaks Details of Kinder Proposal Through Editorial (February 17, 2007)
McKee's Project by the Numbers (February 16, 2007)
Landbanking Amendment Sails Through Senate Committee (February 15, 2007)
"Land Trust" Discussions Should Cover All of the Facts (February 14, 2007)
"Land Trust" Idea Gaining Support (February 14, 2007)
Feeling Blairmont (February 13, 2007)
McEagle Contributed to Griesheimer (February 12, 2207)
Ask Your State Senator About the Griesheimer Amendment (February 12, 2007)
Three Neighborhoods, Thousands of People (February 10, 2007)
Brecht Butcher Supply Buildings Under Demolition; Permit Altered (February 11, 2007)
Blight Proposal Being Rushed In State Senate (February 9, 2007)
Blairmont Site Assembly Heading to the Long Final March (February 4, 2007)
Highlights from Blairmont's CV (February 3, 2007)
Blairmont's Associates Giving to Both Shrewsbury and Reed (January 31, 2007)
Michael Allen & Randall Roberts on "The Wire" Monday (January 28, 2007)
Photographic Survey of Blairmont Buildings (January 25, 2007)
Blairmont's Big Money: For Speculation or Development? (January 24, 2007)
Built St. Louis Documents Blairmont (January 23, 2007)
Blairmont Commentary Review (January 18, 2007)
Vultures Picking the Brecht Butcher Supply Company Buildings (January 11, 2007)
The RFT Covers Blairmont (January 10, 2007)
Duckworth: Time to Act on Blairmont (January 10, 2007)
How to Hide an Empire (January 10, 2007)
Who Would Destroy This Building? (January 8, 2007)
Old North St. Louis Restoration Group on Blairmont (January 7, 2007)
Blairmont (aka Sheridan Place) Finally Made Me Cry Tonight (January 5, 2007)
Letter to Mayor Slay About "Blairmont" (January 3, 2007)
Archive, 2005 - 2006
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