St. Andrew Roman Catholic Church
I like the crisscross of power lines, roof lines and pavement lines at this intersection of Military Road and South Broadway.
County
Posts about St. Louis County
Restored B-25 Bomber
We had the opportunity to see a restored B-25 bomber out at Spirit of St. Louis Airport a few weeks ago. There are few left, and it was fun to see the plane up close.
Meadowbrook
Meadowbrook Country Club is part golf course, and part subdivision, which wraps itself around the greens. There are some interesting Modernist houses mixed in among later houses. The properties seem to have developed over the course of several decades. Houses… Continue Reading
Mizpah Presbyterian Church
Crumby Run-Down Malls of St. Louis #6: Chesterfield Mall
I never thought Chesterfield Mall would join the ranks of Dead Malls in St. Louis. But it has, and despite surviving the Great Recession, it was done in by the two new outlet malls further west. I used to love… Continue Reading
Crumby Run-Down Malls of St. Louis #5: Northwest Plaza “Reborn”
Did you ever have a friend who went through a rough patch, and then when they finally moved past that hardship, they just never were the same anymore? That’s sort of what I feel like when I look at Northwest… Continue Reading
Crumby Run-Down Malls of St. Louis #4: St. Louis Mills
After we saw a news report about how devastated St. Louis Mills was, we knew we needed to take a trip out there Saturday morning. We were not disappointed–I don’t think I’ve seen any other malls in my Dead Malls… Continue Reading
Otto Lemp and Family, New St. Marcus Cemetery
Adam Lemp’s third wife had a daughter from an earlier marriage that later married a Gottfried Pfaff. They both died, so Adam raised his step-grandson, Otto, who eventually unofficially took the Lemp name. He’s buried in an unrelated family plot… Continue Reading
Crestwood Mall Demolition, Conclusion
There’s not much left to say about the demolition of Crestwood Mall; we have not learned from our past, and will continue to make the same mistakes. Plan on Gravois Bluffs being demolished forty or fifty years from now. Trust… Continue Reading
Crestwood Mall Demolition, the Past is Now Back to the Present
Crestwood Mall is disappearing, but the recent demolition of the “front” of the mall, built in 1984 opposite the original strip mall shops, has reappeared, temporarily. Most fascinating to me, the curved original facade of the Sears, one of the… Continue Reading