The Chatillon-DeMenil House is a perfect example of a Greek Revival mansion, renovated at a time when the Second Empire and Italianate styles had become much more popular in St. Louis. Its stern Ionic colonnade…
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Storefront, Lafayette Square
I spotted this unique paint store on Lafayette Avenue, just north of the demolished section for the 44/55 interchange. In a neighborhood so famous for Second Empire and Italianate architecture, it’s interesting to see this…
The Jewish Orthodox Old Home
I drive around a lot, and see lots of buildings severely damaged by decades of abandonment and neglect, but every so often I come across a building has been abandoned for only a year or…
Home Brewery
Home Brewery was just one of numerous breweries that were demolished in the mid Twentieth Century. It had a series of lagering cellars or caves, and interestingly, none of the breweries’ Sanborn Maps every…
Historic Lagering Cellar
The owner of one of the last accessible lagering cellars from St. Louis brewing history was gracious enough to allow me to explore and photograph the subterranean space under his property this last week. Before…
Tracery, Webster Groves
Goldenrod Showboat Up For Auction Saturday
I was contacted by a supporter of the effort to save the Goldenrod Showboat concerning the last potential chance to save the boat on Saturday, May 18: “Today I received the news that the not-for-profit…
Six Year Anniversary of Saint Louis Patina: The Inspiration of Ruins
I realized today, having just taught my Renaissance art class on Monday, that the Renaissance never would have happened if it had not been for the trauma of the collapse of the Roman Empire. There…
Nighttime View, Compton Hill Tower
I took a series of photos out the observation deck, just as I had years ago. Above is looking to the northeast towards downtown. Above, looking south down Grand Boulevard. Below, two of the surviving…
Compton Hill Tower
I took the opportunity to go up the Compton Water Tower last full moon, and it was well worth the climb. It had been years since the last time, and I wanted to see it…
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