With permission, we examined the last remnants of Bethlehem Lutheran, where demolition is almost complete. The tower is staying for the time being. There is a strange, surreal aspect to the tower standing all along…
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Bethlehem Lutheran’s Lone Tower
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I-44/55 Backup
Construction of the new “Lid” over I-44 in front of the Arch resulted in back-ups on the approaches to the Poplar Street Bridge on July 12. What a terrible design.
Hebert Street, Old North
I revisited Hebert Street in Old North, and it still represents for me the awesome potential, both realized and still unrealized in the neighborhood.
Markham Memorial Presbyterian Church
This former church seems to have sat on the former site of the Menard/Soulard Street Mission, which opened in 1875. I find the whole building confusing, as it was later a church. Built in 1896…
West of Soulard Market
Just west of the Lafayette Avenue bridge that leads to Soulard Market, there is a small neighborhood of beautifully preserved houses. Whether it’s in Soulard, the LaSalle Park neighborhood, or the larger Frenchtown area may…
More Fort Bellefontaine
Besides the iconic staircase at Fort Bellefontaine, there is also a spring that legends claim served as a water source for Lewis and Clark’s expedition. Back up on top of the bluff, past the staircase,…
Fort Bellefontaine Staircase
Fort Bellefontaine Park, far north at the very end of Bellefontaine Road (Broadway in the city) remains one of the most beautiful but neglected sites in the region. What is interesting about the site is…
This House Would Never Be Built Today
This house shows the density at which St. Louis was built. Taking into consideration the street and alley, the house is a wedged shaped pile of brick. No one would fit a house so elegantly…
Across the Street from Bellefontaine Cemetery
This house in the Walnut Park neighborhood sits across the street from the current main entrance of Bellefontaine Cemetery. I suspect that it originally housed workers for the cemetery, as its style of architecture is…
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