Chippewa Place Near Route 66

10/19/2023

05/08/2023

05/08/2023

All our units in the four family apartment building have a Route 66 theme and this one is dedicated to camping near the mother road. It’s decorated with the 1980’s in mind with sturdy Lazy Boy sofas and well built furniture from that period. The art hopefully will make you feel like your camping outside and in the bedroom ivy grows over the windows adding to the connect with nature theme. By your bed is a sleep machine with a babbling brook at your fingertips. We cater to business professionals here for work so the entire building has a peaceful vibe. Now currently accepting bookings for stays of 30 days or more. 26 five star reviews from previous guests. Check out pricing and availability here. https://www.airbnb.com/h/camp

10/15/2022

Now available for longer stays. Short drive to all Saint Louis city and S county hospitals. Priced to book fast. Rates, more pictures and booking information here https://www.airbnb.com/h/portals

09/23/2022

We've got a perfect place for those
needing a fully furnished 1 bedroom
apartment in Saint Louis with all utilities
paid. The 850 square foot apartment has
been restored to its original beauty and
we decorated the space with travelers in
mind. You can see more pictures, pricing
and booking information by following this
link. https://www.airbnb.com/h/portals
Available October 11th, 2022 for stays of
30 days or more.

05/29/2022

Our garden in spring…

03/30/2022

Assembly Required features nine artists and collectives whose work invites your active participation. You may build, shape, and use these artworks, collaboratively or on your own. The artists were selected based on a shared belief that public action is vital for transforming society. Created between...

02/13/2022

Update: booked fast, now available May 31, 2022.

Our commercial isn’t quite ready for the Super Bowl but our top ten list will help you secure a great place to stay while working here. Past guests tell us we fit the bill.

#1 Safe
#2 Clean
#3 Responsive Host
#4 Good Reviews
#5 Comfortable
#6 Amenities
#7 Fun
#8 Clear Cancellation Policy
#9 Short travel time to work
#10 Quiet and peaceful atmosphere

More pictures, booking information, and reviews here https://www.airbnb.com/h/portals

Now meet our talking bird…

02/08/2022

Click like if you think every furnished apartment should have a Lava Lamp.

More photos and booking information here.

https://www.airbnb.com/h/portals

02/04/2022

Here’s an ideal situation for two medical professionals traveling together that maybe can’t find a two bedroom apartment to have two full apartments just across the hall from each other. These units are on the second level of a four family apartment building. We have two nurses checking out and we’ll be doing a deep clean and then they will both be ready for check in as early as February 8th. Check out these links on Airbnb for more details and booking information. https://www.airbnb.com/h/rt66 https://www.airbnb.com/h/portals priced to book fast…

01/17/2022

Boasting the US' largest Bosnian population, St Louis, Missouri, has been shaped by the subtle but abundant influence of a community not found in such numbers outside Europe.

01/16/2022

There’s great news in Dutchtown as we enter 2022: Lutheran Development Group has received funding for Marquette Homes, a transformative project that will bring 60 new and rehabbed affordable housing units to the neighborhood! What Is Marquette Homes? The Marquette Homes project includes 14 build.....

04/06/2018

Why One Building in St. Louis Is Worth More Than Entire City Neighborhoods

I recently returned from a full month in Mexico and was impressed how "the have" and "the have nots" live together so peacefully. I visited Merida, in the Yucatan which is ranked as the 25th safest city in the world. Only one U.S city out ranks it and that is Boise, Idaho. We have problems here and the inequity is coming from our Alderman. Please take the time to read this. This property should have probably never received tax abatement. I along with others are truly developing neighborhoods that need help. Let's take a serious look at giving tax incentives to those of us who are focused on the up and coming neighborhoods. How can we possibly trust these leaders to give us a fair hearing when they are giving away our tax dollars to those who are extremely rich. https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/04/one-st-louis-condo-tower-is-worth-more-than-whole-city-neighborhoods/556157/?utm_source=SFFB

The combined value of Park Plaza condos is worth more than one-third of the city's 79 neighborhoods—a mark of enduring disparities in St. Louis.

03/16/2018

City Corner: Destination Moon

Only one place to see this and that’s here in da Lou! Check it out at the Saint Louis History Museum!

A preview of the new exhibition at the St. Louis Science Center: Apollo 11 - Destination Moon -Visit our website: http://stltv.net - Like us on Facebook: htt...

03/14/2018

St. Louis Is as Welcoming as It Is Budget-Friendly

Great article from the New York Times…https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/14 /travel/st-louis-budget-affordable.html?referer=http://m.facebook.com

The city has all you could want — museums, green spaces, good music and exciting new restaurants — plus that distinct Midwestern friendliness.

03/11/2018

Ice cream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream. The ice cream cone was invented here in Saint Louis in 1904 so we think it’s appropriate to offer this creamy treat to our guests as well. Our guests a few days ago took us up on our offer and pulled out the old RCW and made their own. Just wanna let you know that you’re invited to come make it the old fashioned way as well. Reservations are required. More booking information by following this link https://www.airbnb.com/users/17118236/listings?user_id=17118236&s=1

02/26/2018

Would you or have you ever rented an Airbnb home? This company has grown to over 1 million listings worldwide but still considers itself a niche market. This year we will be working to create Airbnb for Everyone. Basically that means we would adhere to strict standards and be verified for offering the same type of quality that you receive at an upscale hotel. We think our listings in St. Louis and Sainte Genevieve, Missouri already do that. Just put up a new listing this weekend which is my own 🏠 in Sainte Genevieve. You can see them all by following this link. https://www.airbnb.com/users/17118236/listings Oh and if you have the time and want to do us a favor click on the ❤️ as it dramatically improves where we appear in the search listings.

02/13/2018

A new downtown St. Louis eCab pilot gets underway in March. It will provide a free transit connection to downtown attractions. Looks like Mayor Krewson was one of the first to get a free ride. You can read more about it by following this link. http://ow.ly/Zdku30inHqe

02/01/2018

Looks like development and investment continues to move down South Grand in St. Louis. First Habitat for Humanity announced plans to move into a vacant building once housing a supermarket. Now an investment group has announced plans to rehab the historic Grandview Arcade building. Chippewa Place was purchased last year and so far one apartment has been restored back to its 1940 glory days with a Route 66 theme for guests visiting St. Louis. The other three apartments are homes to long-term tenants.

Although plans are still in the works, Garcia said “The first floor will be live/work spaces. Likely 8 units on the first floor facing grand. The historic shops in the arcade will be turned into 8 or 9 single-room commercial office suites with shared restrooms and utilities.” The remainder of the 2nd floor and the entire 3rd floor will be occupied by about 12 market rate apartments.
“This building is an architectural gem, and an important anchor to the S Grand stretch south of Gravois” said 20th ward alderman Cara Spencer. “I’m excited to see Garcia acquire this site and bring it back to productive use.”
Garcia is planning to break ground in the 4th quarter this year with an anticipated completion in summer 2019.

https://nextstl.com/2018/02/garcia-properties-purchases-grandview-arcade-building-gravois-park

02/01/2018

How Cities Like St. Louis Are Helping Families Welcome Refugees

Are we making a difference? I hope so. Both St. Louis and Airbnb on the Today Show radar regarding welcoming immigrants. Personally I believe that immigration will save our city which was abandoned by many due to white flight to the suburbs. Not sure if you guys knew this but you can donate time at your listing through Airbnb to welcome an immigrant family. Not something that we can afford to do at this point but it's good to know that the technology is available through Airbnb for others to donate their spaces.

How Cities Like St. Louis Are Helping Families Welcome Refugees

St. Louis’s respected International Institute eases the way for refugees and immigrants to feel more at home in the city through a number of efforts, such as contacting local international grocery stores to ensure a supply of a newly arrived group’s preferred ingredients, providing education on citizenship and language, and training refugees for employment.

While many large cities have systems in place for taking in and housing displaced people, every extra bed makes a difference. You may not have known it, but Airbnb has jumped in to assist displaced peoples who come to American cities without a place to stay. Rather than being forced into homeless shelters, individuals and families can find open arms through Airbnb’s Open Homes program. The innovative project’s core objective is to enable refugees to live somewhere safe, comfortable, and judgment-free for a specific period of time — all at zero cost to them.

Open Homes Open your heart and home to someone in need.
Since 2012, the Airbnb host community has provided free short term housing to thousands of people in safe, welcoming places while they rebuild their lives after disasters, wars, conflict, or other factors. Join us by opening your home and help make a difference.

http://community.today.com/parentingteam/post/how-cities-like-st-louis-are-helping-families-welcome-refugees

Photo by Isaiah Rustad on Unsplash Interest in immigration and refugees has been on the rise in recent months. Not that this should come as a surprise: Recent statistics show...

01/30/2018

I'm headed to Chi town this weekend. A member of our Elder clan has invited me to talk on his radio show on Sunday 02/04. He is the host of a show called Buffalo Bro's 1/2 hour (which is really an hour). A reoccuring theme on the show is storys as a result of Buffalo Bro's hat. So I'll be bringing Buffalo Bro's Cousin's hat with me (cousins from brothers and thank goodness different mothers) B Mark Elder is a professor teaching art at DePaul University in Chicago. I'm looking forward to talking to Mark about my art which is creating and managing themed Airbnb short term rentals. Something I'm doing in retirement that I like to call "Legacy Living". I'm also especially looking forward to recording images of his art so that I can share back with you. Here are links to his radio show in case you guys wanna listen in. https://www.facebook.com/thebroshat Here's a link to my Airbnb listings https://www.airbnb.com/users/17118236/listings — with B Mark Elder.

01/23/2018

Guide to Missouri's Route 66

Great guide to explore the mother road in Missouri...

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01/23/2018

Get $40 off your first adventure!

Just in case anyone needs this. Keep in mind this is for new accounts only so make sure when you use it's someone who's never signed up for Airbnb before and have them use this link when they do. It's for any travel on the Airbnb platform when you spend 75 dollars or more. So for example book an $80 trip and it's half-price with $40 off.

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01/17/2018

We created Chippewa Place Near Route 66 in St. Louis, Missouri for travelers like us. Folks who don't want to spend a lot of money on lodging but still want a clean, comfortable, safe place to stay thats near major attractions and fantastic restaurants. She's been brought back to its 1940 glory days. Chippewa place is just blocks away from the South Grand district. South Grand's resurgence into a South City "Solid neighborhood" is a welcome addition to other nearby neighborhood success stories like Soulard, Lafayette Square, and the Grove. We hope you'll come and stay with us and share our love for this great city called St. Louis. We are now accepting bookings into the spring.

01/04/2018

Eight cheetah cubs born at Saint Louis Zoo

Definately want to go see these little guys. We got your free ticket to the St. Louis Zoo when you stay overnight with us. Yes we pay property and other taxes that support our free zoo. OK that's a stretch I know but folks book with us so they can live like a local. Here's what we can do for free, good advice like where to park for free near the zoo. That will save you some bucks. http://fox2now.com/2018/01/03/eight-cheetah-cubs-born-at-saint-louis-zoo/

ST. LOUIS - A first for the Saint Louis Zoo, as a cheetah gave birth to eight cubs last November! According to Christy Childs, a zoo spokeswoman, the cubs were born November 26, 2017. The mother and her cubs are doing well and will be kept at the zoo's private maternity den at River's Edge for the n...

12/28/2017

Stay with us and you can make your own homemade ice cream. Did you know that the ice cream cone was invented back here in St. Louis back in 1904 during the Worlds Fair?

Here's The History of the Ice Cream Cone
For over a century, Americans have been enjoying ice cream on a cone. Whether it's a waffle cone, a sugar cone or a wafer cone, what better way to enjoy a double scoop of your favorite flavor?

Making Its Appearance
The first ice cream cone was produced in 1896 by Italo Marchiony. Marchiony, who emigrated from Italy in the late 1800s, invented his ice cream cone in New York City. He was granted a patent in December 1903.

Although Marchiony is credited with the invention of the cone, a similar creation was independently introduced at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair by Ernest A. Hamwi, a Syrian concessionaire. Hamwi was selling a crisp, waffle-like pastry -- zalabis -- in a booth right next to an ice cream vendor. Because of ice cream's popularity, the vendor ran out of dishes. Hamwi saw an easy solution to the ice cream vendor's problem: he quickly rolled one of his wafer-like waffles in the shape of a cone, or cornucopia, and gave it to the ice cream vendor. The cone cooled in a few seconds, the vendor put some ice cream in it, the customers were happy and the cone was on its way to becoming the great American institution that it is today.

A Business is Born
St. Louis, a foundry town, quickly capitalized on the cone's success. Enterprising people invented special baking equipment for making the World's Fair cornucopia cones.

Stephen Sullivan of Sullivan, Missouri, was one of the first known independent operators in the ice cream cone business. In 1906, Sullivan served ice cream cones (or cornucopias, as they were still called) at the Modern Woodmen of America Frisco Log Rolling in Sullivan, Missouri.

At the same time, Hamwi was busy with the Cornucopia Waffle Company. In 1910, he founded the Missouri Cone Company, later known as the Western Cone Company.

As the modern ice cream cone developed, two distinct types of cones emerged. The rolled cone was a waffle, baked in a round shape and rolled (first by hand, later mechanically) as soon as it came off the griddle. In a few seconds, it hardened in the form of a crisp cone. The second type of cone was molded either by pouring batter into a shell, inserting a core on which the cone was baked, and then removing the core; or pouring the batter into a mold, baking it and then splitting the mold so the cone could be removed with little difficulty.

In the 1920s, the cone business expanded. Cone production in 1924 reached a record 245 million. Slight changes in automatic machinery have led to the ice cream cone we know today. Now, millions of rolled cones are turned out on machines that are capable of producing about 150,000 cones every 24 hours. IDFA.org

12/28/2017

2018 Events | Mardi Gras, Inc.

Our big Mardi Gras celebration is on February 10, 2018 but still the party gets started more than a month before. Mardi Gras kicks off this year on January 6th with its first event. You can find all the events by following this link.
http://stlmardigras.org/events/

The region’s premier winter softball tournament returns for its seventh year at a new location: Willmore Park. This year, over 90 teams will compete for the title in their respective division.

12/27/2017

St. Louis Airbnbs brought in more than $9 million in 2017 - St. Louis Business Journal

Not sure we're making money. Many of us are raising money though and putting it back into our properties. This is certainly a win-win for St. Louis neighborhoods. We have plenty of homes in need of attention and repair. Also St. Louis is a difficult city to navigate. When tourist end up downtown they can get pretty frustrated because there are so few locals that live there. Airbnb guests wanna live like a local so when they discover neighborhoods like Tower Grove South and Dutchtown they are pleasantly surprised. As an Airbnb host we make sure they get into those great mom and pops, local restaurants, and attractions that we're sure they will love.

About 88,500 guests stayed in St. Louis-area Airbnbs, helping St. Louis hosts earn $9.14 million in supplemental income, Airbnb said.

12/27/2017

If you ever have trouble booking our place. Here's the phone number for Airbnb.

12/27/2017

Winter photos

12/26/2017

A recent trip to Pontiac, Illinois to see the route 66 museum.

11/18/2017

Habitat for Humanity HQ moving to South City - nextSTL

Looks like we are getting a new neighbor.

Habitat for Humanity is moving it’s headquarters and ReStore on Forest Park Ave from Midtown to South City. The non-profit acquired the 51,159 square foot former National grocery store property at 3830 South Grand from Schnucks Markets in a cash deal combined with a partial charitable contribution f...

11/01/2017

Everyone’s out enjoying Halloween and I’m here working. It’s not perfect but it’s getting closer. Here’s the story of my life this past year “so far” in two minutes and 15 seconds. I call it my tales from two cities St. Louis and Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. Thanks to all of you who helped to make it happen. https://www.airbnb.com/users/17118236/listings?user_id=17118236&s=1

10/15/2017

Love this little guy who hangs out on our sun porch...

10/15/2017

Before and after photos…

10/15/2017

Chippewa Place Near Route 66

10/15/2017

Chippewa Place Near Route 66's cover photo