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Blumeyer Almost Gone
A lot more of the old Blumeyer tower is gone. I suppose it will be completely demolished by the end of March.
Anonymous Demolition, Downtown West
I don’t know why, but this building on Lucas Avenue is being torn down. Probably for a parking lot.
Sunny Day, Coronado Hotel
Falstaff Plant No. 1, Revisited
The old Forest Park Brewery, just west of Grand on Forest Park Avenue, became the center of the Falstaff rebirth. These original images from Alvin Griesedieck’s book show that much of what was originally part…
Looking East From Strauss Park
Continental Building, Revisited at Dusk
The Continental Building represents the end of the historic office buildings of St. Louis, in my opinion. After this, the Great Depression came, and after the war Modernism too over. Read about the Continental at…
Brown Mansion, 3755 Lindell Boulevard
The 1895 Brown Mansion creates a beautiful example of Italian Renaissance architecture. The classical pediment and Ionic columns frame the entrance. The central window on the second floor, or piano nobile, reminds one of the…
Lindell Towers West
The final creation of Preston Bradshaw, what is now known as Lindell Towers West, was completed in 1927 for Pleitsch and Price. This building is probably the most unique of three; it violates and borrows…
Mark Twain Apartments, Lindell Towers East
Preston Bradshaw continued his march west with another residential hotel for Pleitsch and Price, constructing what was originally known as the Mark Twain Apartments in 1926. Perhaps the most interesting feature is the dramatic arched,…
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