Things have been changing on the northern edge of the Central West End, which goes all the way to Delmar Boulevard. For a long time, the rehabbing and redevelopment had stopped further to the stop, more or less along the border between wards, but now that is changing. But the housing stock is often times…
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Former Delmar Avenue Baptist Church
The former Delmar Baptist Church at 4300 Delmar Boulevard, is a classic example of the Romanesque Revival style of houses of worship popular in the Central Corridor of the city. After leaving this location, the congregation moved to Skinker-DeBaliviere; they have since moved out of the City. The cross street is Pendleton Avenue. It is…
Delmar Boulevard, First Half of 2019
I find it interesting that Delmar Boulevard is used as the great demarcation line for the discussion of race relations in St. Louis. For the most part, east of Kingshighway, it is a completely unremarkable stretch of street, with abandonment and empty lots on both sides of the street. Blight continues south of Delmar for…
Delmar Station, Wabash Railway Company
I could have sworn I’ve posted pictures of the old Wabash Depot which sits over the train tracks that MetroLink uses. Do you have any memories of using this station when it was open? It’s been closed for decades.
In Between Delmar and Page Avenue, Revisited
Update: Here are some more photos from this area in 2019. I returned to that area just north of the Central West End near Lewis Place, and checked in on some of the houses that I had photographed before. The apartment building below has continued to deteriorate, though the collapsed front porch has been cleaned…
Delmar Baptist Church
Update: I photographed its Delmar location in June of 2020. The old Delmar Baptist Church, which is now Dayspring Baptist out in West County, is currently occupied by the New Cote Brilliante Church of God. I’m always impressed how congregations reuse each other’s buildings; we need to do a better job with other types of…
The Delmar Loop and its Environs, Revisited
The Loop still has some great architecture, and the street is still busy with the construction of the trolley moving further east. Narrowing the street to encourage pedestrian traffic is a winning formula, even as it is still considered to be counter-intuitive. Thinking that more lanes will solve traffic problems is the false belief. There…
Delmar Boulevard and Environs in Lewis Place
Delmar is a traffic sewer, whose current design only encourages speeding and further separation of the city into north and south. Pedestrians have always made great cities great.
DeBaliviere Building Revisited, Delmar Boulevard
Built in 1928, according to plans by Isadore Shank as apartments and storefronts, the DeBaliviere Building still anchors its eponymous corner with Delmar. It’s a stunning building, that sadly sits in a high automobile trafficked area with few pedestrians. I came back, five years later and photographed it again on foot and up close. Delmar…
Delmar Between Union and DeBaliviere, Part 3
Many of the buildings along Delmar were clearly built in pairs or in triplets. They create a pleasant, undulating streetscape that is fun to walk along. I don’t think, after closer inspection, that the paint colors are original. Wow, what is up with that balcony? It’s obviously a later addition. Finally, the first abandoned building…