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Sunday, March 20, 2011

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Daily PatchCast: Pratzel's Bakery to Reopen in St. Louis, Wentzville Won't Pursue Compressed Natural Gas Facility and More

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Monday, December 6, 2010

Under New Ownership: Family Takes Over Automotive Business

Customers will find old-fashioned customer service to go with the vintage service station.

Jeremy Schlensker, 35, was pouring over some very old blue prints of his recently purchased business, Ladue Automotive, Inc.  The dog-earned prints, created by St. Louis architects Wedemeyer & Hecker in the 1950s represent the structure you see today. In other words: not much has changed. "Only thing is, there was supposed to be an architectural feature, giving some interest to the building's facade," said he proud new owner. "Otherwise, the place looks much like it did in the 1950s." Schlensker was told that the land where his business sits was the site of an open-air farmers' market in the 1930s. Schlensker bought the business from the Bob Pottkin family last spring which owned it since the 1960s. The one-acre property sticks out …

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