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Author: Chris Naffziger

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Around Tower Grove East, Winter 2020-21

Posted on January 11, 2021 by Chris Naffziger

Remember, if you’re going down a street with a bunch of houses from the 1910s, and all the sudden there are houses from the 1950s, you need to do some investigating. Yes, it may have just been where a house… Continue Reading →

South Apartment Buildings, Arts and Crafts Style, Demolition, Early Twentieth Century Eclectic, Greek Revival, Houses, In-Fill, Italianate, Storefronts, Tower Grove East
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Heny Vahlkamp and St. Matthew’s Cemetery

Posted on January 10, 2021 by Chris Naffziger

I recently wrote about the fascinating figure of Henry Vahlkamp, who worked for the Lemps from 1870 into the 1920s, making him one of the longest serving member of the brewery, far longer than every member of the family save… Continue Reading →

South Cemeteries, Churches, Gothic Revival, Holly Hills, Lemp, Mausolea, Sculpture
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Warehouse Fire

Posted on January 9, 2021 by Chris Naffziger

A terrible fire struck two warehouses just to the west of Produce Row on North Broadway. The two buildings are apparently a total loss. Debris from the northern building fell on the one story bookstore next door on the corner,… Continue Reading →

North Demolition, Early Twentieth Century Eclectic, Near North Riverfront, North Broadway, Ruins, Warehouses
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Simpson Place

Posted on January 8, 2021 by Chris Naffziger

Back in July, when I looked at Lafayette Avenue in between Waverly and Simpson places in the Lafayette Square neighborhood, I promised I would come back in the fall and look at the latter historic private street once the leaves… Continue Reading →

Central Apartment Buildings, Demolition, Early Twentieth Century Eclectic, Houses, Interstates, Lafayette Square, Romanesque Revival
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Thirteenth Street from Barton Street to Shenandoah Avenue, West Side

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Chris Naffziger

Perhaps two of the most interesting blocks in Soulard are 13th Street between Barton and Shenandoah. I’ve looked at this stretch before, but mainly on the east side, back in November of 2019. There are a host of interesting houses,… Continue Reading →

South Busch, Demolition, Houses, Italianate, Romanesque Revival, Second Empire, Soulard
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Cote Brilliante Elementary School

Posted on January 6, 2021 by Chris Naffziger

Located in the Greater Ville, Cote Brilliante Elementary is not actually on the street of the same name, which is further to the south. It is poorly spelled French for “shining hill,” and was the name for the tracts of… Continue Reading →

North Colonial Revival, Schools, The Ville and Greater Ville, Tudor Revival
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Ashland Elementary School

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Chris Naffziger

While Ashland Avenue is in the vicinity, the eponymous elementary school is actually on North Newstead. It opened in 1909 and was designed by William B. Ittner. The view of the front façade is blocked by trees, but it is… Continue Reading →

North Penrose, Schools, Tudor Revival
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Woodward Elementary School

Posted on January 4, 2021 by Chris Naffziger

Obscured by trees, Woodward Elementary School sits along a section of Bellerive Boulevard, which was part of a planned arterial system that would have gone around the entire city. It was never completed, but there is this school, which opened… Continue Reading →

South Dutchtown, Schools, Tudor Revival
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Concordia Cemetery

Posted on January 3, 2021 by Chris Naffziger

According to this tombstone-shaped plaque, the roots of Concordia Cemetery go back to some of the earliest burial grounds in St. Louis. Located off of what is now Bates Avenue, this cemetery would have been far out in the country.… Continue Reading →

South Bevo, Cemeteries, Gothic Revival, Mausolea, Sculpture
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Triage, Chesterfield Mall

Posted on January 2, 2021 by Chris Naffziger

They’re closing off the Dillard’s and Sears wings of Chesterfield Mall, no doubt as a way of saving money on maintenance, utilities and staffing, much as the owners of Jamestown Mall did years ago. These pictures are of the Dillard’s… Continue Reading →

County Chesterfield, Chesterfield Mall, Crumby Run-Down Malls of St. Louis, Modernism, West County

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