You should read the story.
The author suggests that the buildings were on the periphery of a predominantly Black neighborhood, but not much more. Maybe the Kranzberg Foundation knows more and hence the purchase.
I say that I favor it in general because SLU almost demolished the Cupples House and that would have been a mistake.
I imagine that everyone is going to be happy to have the buildings redeveloped, but no one would have missed them otherwise.
I support the preservation of historic buildings generally, but this makes the decision by SLU to buy and eventually to demolish the buildings seem to be more than simple land and resource management, but maybe you have insider information.
I hear you but to be clear, I did not describe the article as out of bounds.
SLU is not beyond reproach.
But there was really no reason to mention that SLU had owned those buildings in a story about a restaurant opening and hence the suggestion that Sarah Fenske took a shot at SLU.
And she failed to establish that those building were historic and worth preserving other than suggesting that they were around as part of a neighborhood.
That is great news about the burger bar, though I see no reason why the author needed to take a shot at SLU. The University should not be in the business of preserving historic buildings.