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Article: Grass root ideas wither in St. Louis political weather.(disputes over the renovation of the Kiel Opera House in St. Louis, MO)
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- St. Louis Journalism Review
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- February 1, 1999
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The interminable fight over the Kiel Opera House seems strange and perverse. Perhaps better than any recent controversy, the struggle over whether to reopen Kiel - one of the most significant opera houses ever built in the United States - reveals one of the reasons St. Louis remains a leading example of urban failure.
St. Louis's civic elites have always circled the wagons when confronted with a challenge to their hegemony. Perhaps for this reason the city has rarely been in tune with the times. St. Louis long ago turned its back on the river as a centerpiece of renewal, making it one of the few waterfront cities in the country to do so. Now its civic leadership ...
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