Completed in 1891, the Wainwright Building by Louis Sullivan is perhaps St. Louis’s most influential building, commissioned by Ellis Wainwright from the firm of Adler and Sullivan. Discarding revivalist trends in skyscrapers of the time,…
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Wright Building, Revisited
I debated having a separate tag for the Wright Building, the older rump of the combined Arcade-Wright Building, but I decided against it. It’s a beautiful building, but its fate and character are intrinsically…
Carson Pirie Scott: A Solution for the Railway Exchange Building
What will we do with the giant empty hulk of the Railway Exchange Building? It seems that the age of the august department store in downtown is over, because, despite angry nostalgia when they close,…
Railway Exchange Building, Sunset
What an amazing building, and hopefully its future will be brighter after the darkness after the sunset of the Macy’s closure.
Union Trust Building, Revisited
Just look at that ornament; Louis Sullivan was making history with the design of this building, and many others in his career.
Bell Telephone Exchange Building
The former Bell Telephone Exchange Building has had an interesting history; built for operators, it has changed hands repeatedly. The rusticated Romanesque Revival facade is typical of St. Louis architecture before the advent of Louis…
Paul Brown Building
Built on the first floor and foundations of an earlier building, the Paul Brown Building makes up roughly the other half of the block occupied by the Arcade-Wright Building. I find the decoration in terracotta…
Arcade Building, Revisited
I was planning on posting about the long vacant Arcade Building today anyway, but then came the announcement that the building will finally be renovated into apartments. The Arcade Building is interesting in that it…
Chemical Building #4
I never get tired of the Chemical Building, which is easily one of the most beautiful skyscrapers in downtown. I’ve come back to it on multiple occasions, and this time, as the sun set a…
Frisco Building
I sometimes forget about the Frisco Building, in favor of the nearby Chemical Building or Arcade Building; in fact, I think this is the first dedicated post for it in six years. But it is…
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