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08/08/2026

📚🎒 BACK TO SCHOOL GIVEAWAY! 🎒📚

Time Of The Essence Salon & T.O.T.E. Boutique is giving back to our community TODAY until 5 PM
An afternoon of fun.

🎒 FREE school supplies & backpacks (while supplies last)
🥤 Free snacks & drinks
🛍️ Boutique specials: $5, $10 & $15
✨ 20% OFF regular-priced boutique items

📍 6182 Howdershell Rd.
Hazelwood, MO 63042

Tag a parent, teacher, or friend who could use this and share this post to help us reach more families! ❤️

07/30/2026

Welcome to Blackwallstreet314.
It is a new day for the Wellston Loop!

🚨 New Project Alert! 🏗️

KAI Build is proud to support the continued revitalization of the historic Wellston Loop corridor through a three-story, 31,000 SF mixed-use development for the St. Louis-based community group Young Voices with Action, Inc.. This $10.3 million project will feature first-floor commercial space and two levels of 18 residential apartment units, creating new opportunities for residents and businesses alike.

KAI is honored to play a role in creating spaces that support local businesses, encourage investment, and expand economic opportunity throughout the community.

Construction is expected to begin this summer, with completion anticipated in Spring 2027.

07/30/2026

The City of St. Louis invested over $1.5 million (assumed) to stabilize the historic and iconic Wellston Loop Trolley Building. It has sat decaying and vandalized for many years.

This hub was once the epicenter of a vibrant economy corridor that hmhave life to the surroundig the community.

About the Wellston Loop Trolley Building:

The Wellston Loop Trolley Building, also known as the Wellston Loop Pavilion or Wellston Loop Trolley Shelter, is one of the last surviving reminders of St. Louis's historic streetcar system.

1. Built in 1909, it served as a streetcar transfer station at the end of the Hodiamont streetcar line.

2. During the first half of the 20th century, the Wellston Loop was one of the busiest shopping and transportation hubs in the St. Louis region, with thousands of riders and shoppers passing through each day.

3. The Hodiamont line made its final run in 1966, marking the end of St. Louis's original streetcar era.

The pavilion is considered an important landmark because it symbolizes Wellston's history as a vibrant transportation, retail, and community center that connected St. Louis City and County for generations.

07/30/2026

Our Streets, Our Safety.

07/30/2026

Another historic and iconic building caught fire and was destroyed today. For years, this building sat vacant, abandoned, and vandalized under so many different owners (public/private). It became a nuisance for neighbors, businesses and commuters of the main corridor.

About the Old Jupiter Building:
Jupiters Clothing was one of the iconic retail stores in the historic Wellston Loop shopping district along what was then Easton Avenue (now Dr. Martin Luther King Drive) in St. Louis.

About the Wellston Loop:
During the 1950s and 1960s, the Wellston Loop was one of the busiest commercial districts in the region. Thousands of shoppers arrived daily by streetcar and bus to visit stores such as Jupiters Clothing, J.C. Penney, Woolworth's, and numerous locally owned restaurants and specialty shops.

At its peak, more than 30,000 people traveled through the Wellston Loop each day, making it a major shopping destination.

📸: Mike Avery

07/28/2026

🎉 Congratulations on Successfully Completing the Blackwallstreet314 Pathways to Ownership Class! 🏡

This is an important milestone on to becoming a homeowner. By completing the class, participants have taken the significant step toward becoming eligible to purchase a new home.

Wish them a continued success as they move forward through the homebuying process. May this achievement bring them one step closer to unlocking the door to a place they can proudly call home.

Congratulations, and best wishes on a exciting journey to ownership! 🏠🔑✨Young Voices with Action, Inc.

07/13/2026

Black Wall Street 314 was Black joy, Black excellence, Black business, and Black community all in one place. That is what made this event powerful. It was not just about showing up it was about showing what we can create, build, and sustain together.