Then, as we approached West Florissant Avenue, we hit a patch of wood frame houses, including several that are in the Italianate style. As I’ve said many times before, there had to have been some sort of industry out in… Continue Reading
DeSoto Avenue also has some surprises, such as this Tudor Revival latecomer to the neighborhood, which sits on a corner. The architect factored the corner lot into the composition, and the house works from different elevations. But moving west, more… Continue Reading
Moving west on DeSoto Avenue, there is not much to say beyond the first house above, which is well-maintained and occupied. The blocks moving west are empty, vacant and deteriorating. It is deeply sad. A few of the houses are… Continue Reading
DeSoto Avenue used to be completely hidden from the rest of the world by the thick underbrush the blanketed the hill north of East Prairie Avenue. It has now been cleared, and the feeling is one of exposed openness. This… Continue Reading
DeSoto Avenue is a place that many people would like to pretend doesn’t exist, but it does. Shrouded from view for decades by a thick tree cover, it now sits out in the wide open due to the recent clearing… Continue Reading
I once wrote that George I. Barnett designed the Grand Water Tower to look like it was the relic of a long-gone civilization, and with the way that the city has disappeared around it, his wish has ironically come true.… Continue Reading
I almost wonder if the Grand Water Tower (yes, I know it’s technically a standpipe) would look better as a red brick Corinthian column. It’s almost there.
A gentle blanket of snow had covered up the gash of demolition on the north side of the East Prairie Avenue Valley, which I photographed a month ago. Before the clearing of what was essentially a forest, this area was… Continue Reading
It is a shame that the good, law-abiding people of College Hill have to put up with the fools that were driving like this the night before I photographed these tire tracks in the snow. That is a four-way stop… Continue Reading
You could see the houses above and below in this post from 2012 (fourth photo), and they are still occupied and well-maintained. In fact, this little stretch of Gano Avenue is mostly occupied, and is dense. It shows how eclectic… Continue Reading