Many projects are taking on an even more serious and far-reaching tone, and it seems that people are starting to take note of Metropolis stance. Some of the powers that be in St. Louis are not only asking to talk to us, but are beginning to listen to what we have to say, Marston says. We are perceived as representing one of the large voting blocks in the city, and I think that many are just now realizing what potential we have. The most amazing thing about Metropolis is the blatant enthusiasm it has brought to the city of St. Louis. From guerrilla marketing techniques like Operation Overpass, where members caught commuters attention with banners over highway 40 proclaiming that if you lived in the city you d be home by now, to the demonstration members organized against the demolition of the Southside National Bank, Metropolis has inspired a new and raw excitement about the future of St. Louis.
Some cities never sleep.
This one needs to wake up. All we want is a great vibrant urban environment where people can go grocery shopping at two in the morning, walk from their loft apartments to a movie theater down the street, and safely bike to work, Marston says. In 10 years, Marston says, I hope Metropolis the organization will have faded away in the emergence of a pulsating true metropolis, where entrepreneurs and artists alike come to make their dreams a reality, where families come to raise their children, and where people of all walks of life take to the streets to celebrate the city. All rights reserved.