Those who bemoan the evolution of the University City Loop into something "too trendy" -- and you know who you are -- would do well to wander around in a parallel universe that's taken a slightly different path along the space-time continuum. We're speaking, of course, of Maplewood, a similar inner-ring suburb whose "downtown" area was also once referred to as a loop but whose developmental fortunes have lacked the guidance of someone like the great prophet St. Joe Edwards and his... More >>>