Posts about North St. Louis
The two beleaguered four-family flats owned by out-of-town slumlords on DeSoto Avenue in College Hill have been torn down, which considering their condition, I was not surprised. Their owners may have never even seen them in real life (yes, people… Continue Reading
I make a lot of discoveries by just scanning around, looking at satellite images. I found another interesting little footnote in the street grid of North St. Louis in the Penrose neighborhood. In between Penrose and Anderson avenues, there is… Continue Reading
The large factory facing Jackson Park in the Old North neighborhood is being demolished. Its walls were weakened by the vibrations from the pile driving caused by the construction of the new pedestrian bridge across Interstate 70 last year. You… Continue Reading
I made a startling discovery at the intersection of Jefferson Avenue and Hebert Street in mid December of 2019, where I have been coming and documenting for over a decade. As part of the City’s effort to demolish vacant buildings,… Continue Reading
The row of houses in between Athlone and Red Bud on West Florissant Avenue facing O’Fallon Park is perhaps one of the most perfect and serendipitous streetscapes in the City of St. Louis. It is a shame that many of… Continue Reading
I have a feeling that this stretch of West Florissant, where I presume a series of streetcar line once intersected, once hummed with life back fifty years ago. I have photographed the buildings below on several occasions, such as in… Continue Reading
Closer to the College Hill neighborhood, the O’Fallon neighborhood’s architecture is older, and dates to the Nineteenth Century. Much of it has been abandoned, and there are many vacant lots. I had been down this street before in February of… Continue Reading
South of O’Fallon Park, there are more amazing single family houses and also two-family flats “disguised” as they are throughout the city to look like single family houses. Around the corner on Algernon, I was concerned to discover that the… Continue Reading
Much of the O’Fallon neighborhood is in great shape, and I challenge people who think that all of North St. Louis is a giant wasteland to visit the streets to the west of West Florissant. They are proudly owned, and… Continue Reading
The old Bethany Evangelical church existed from 1867 to 1971. It moved into this building in 1915. Sadly it is now abandoned again after serving as a ward community center for a few years. A corner store owner I spoke… Continue Reading