The Castle Ballroom suffered a major collapse of one of its exterior walls during a recent storm, exposing the interior to the elements, which will eventually lead to a death sentence for this important piece…
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Funky Cornice
Really, what is the point of the funky things sticking out from the top of the building? A Post-Modernist cornice of sorts?
Jewish Hospital and Schoenberg Pavilion Coming Down
Barnes-Jewish Hospital continues to make its mark on the east side of Kingshighway across from Forest Park. In a couple of years, a massive new building will rise on the blocks north of Children’s Hospital. …
The Civil Courts Building and the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
Many St. Louisans are aware that our great Beaux-Arts axis in downtown, the Civil Courts Building, is based off of the great Hellenistic Mausoleum of Halicarnassus. The Mausoleum, located in modern-day Turkey (not Iraq, as…
New Police Districts Reflect Sad Reality
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is currently in the process of redistricting and removing its nine police districts, which have been in place since the 1960′s. It goes without saying that times have changed…
Bohemian Hill, In Transition
Last week, I went to the grand opening of the new Fields Foods grocery store, which sits in the remnants of the Bohemian Hill neighborhood. Sliced, diced and demolished into a shadow of itself over…
Servco Building, Devastated by Fire
The dramatic fog of smoke that settled up and down the river in St. Louis during this fire was unforgettable. And we lose yet another building on Chouteau’s Landing.
Crunden-Martin, Waiting
Crunden-Martin Manufacturing was one of those industries East Coast types like to cite when talking about the so-called “Rust Belt.” Famous for its wood products, the company operated in the shadow of downtown, then the…
Chouteau’s Landing Demolition
I don’t understand why this building is being torn down. It sits right on the western edge of Chouteau’s Landing, in the shadow of the approaches to the MacArthur Bridge. One more building gone. The…
Just One Front Porch
I was standing around on a front porch in Grand Center of a house that has somehow survived the devastation that has continued to plague the area as the quest for more parking lots and…
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