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Old St. George’s Episcopal Church, Reimagined

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Chris Naffziger

No one I know who lives in the city likes seeing churches go dark, and I was concerned when this congregation closed a couple of years ago. But the goods news came when this was converted into residential, keeping the… Continue Reading →

Central Apartment Buildings, Central West End, Churches, Gothic Revival, Rehabilitation
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A Tale of Two Storefronts, The Gate District

Posted on October 5, 2019 by Chris Naffziger

Lafayette Avenue in the Gate District has improved an amazing amount in the last decade, even with the tragic loss of Hodgen Elementary. With that, Garavaglia’s still sits empty and rapidly deteriorating as can be seen since I first photographed… Continue Reading →

Central Art-Deco, Gate District, Rehabilitation, Romanesque Revival, Storefronts
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Artcraft Venetian Blind Manufacturing Co.

Posted on September 13, 2019 by Chris Naffziger

This is when I turn to my readers for help: does anyone know about the ArtCraft Venetian Blind Company? Their building has been stabilized on Olive Street in the eastern Central West End (well, satellite images show that the main… Continue Reading →

Central Abandoned Buildings, Beaux-Arts, Central West End, Early Twentieth Century Eclectic
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Paul Gauguin at the Saint Louis Art Museum

Posted on September 10, 2019 by Chris Naffziger

Paul Gauguin, French, 1848–1903; “Reclining Tahitian Women”, 1894; oil on canvas; 23 5/8 × 38 9/16 inches; Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen EXH36.8 I wanted to let readers know there’s less than a week left to see a really wonderful exhibition… Continue Reading →

Central Forest Park
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St. Mary’s Assumption Roman Catholic Church

Posted on September 8, 2019 by Chris Naffziger

Update: This is in fact the old St. John’s Episcopal Church, and it originally possessed a very tall spire over twice as tall as the current tower on the right. The Society of St. Pius is still canonically in a… Continue Reading →

Central Churches, Gothic Revival, Lafayette Square
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Missouri Avenue, Lafayette Square

Posted on September 7, 2019 by Chris Naffziger

I realized I had never photographed the western side of Lafayette Square, where there is a plethora of beautiful houses, such as what was the McLaughlin Funeral Home. Its third floor once had a Mansard roof, as was typical of… Continue Reading →

Central Baroque Revival, Houses, Italianate, Lafayette Square, Mannerist Revival, Rehabilitation, Renaissance Revival, Romanesque Revival, Second Empire
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Side Streets, Lafayette Square, July 2019

Posted on August 13, 2019 by Chris Naffziger

I’ve looked at the side streets of Lafayette Square before, and I returned to them again to look at the houses that are often forgotten in favor of the more famous one around the park. What fascinates me about the… Continue Reading →

Central Houses, Lafayette Square, Rehabilitation, Romanesque Revival, Second Empire
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Lindell Boulevard Water Main Break

Posted on August 4, 2019 by Chris Naffziger

I imagine everyone in the St. Louis region, and perhaps even some outside, heard about the breakage of the 30 inch cast iron water main under Lindell Boulevard, just east of Union Boulevard where Park Road cuts off for a… Continue Reading →

Central Forest Park, Forest Park North and West, Historic Roads
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Kingsbury Place

Posted on July 24, 2019 by Chris Naffziger

Perhaps I’ll just let the photographs speak for themselves; Kingsbury Place is not the most famous of the private streets in St. Louis, but it certainly holds its grounds in the finesse of its architecture. What is most interesting is… Continue Reading →

Central Beaux-Arts, Colonial Revival, Forest Park North and West, Houses, Renaissance Revival, Tudor Revival
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Kingsbury Place Gates, Revisited

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Chris Naffziger

I took a look at the massive gates of Kingsbury Place back in October of 2014, and I returned and photographed them in early June of 2019. They are spectacular, and probably one of my favorite gates of all the… Continue Reading →

Central Beaux-Arts, Forest Park North and West, Gates

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