Posts about North St. Louis
I almost didn’t spot it, but I discovered another Gothic Revival or Carpenter Gothic style house in the Ville neighborhood. These are extremely rare houses, and I wrote an article about them a couple of years back about them at… Continue Reading
One of the strangest and most unique streets in Wells-Goodfellow is the narrow, one-way Highland Avenue, which is lined with wood frame houses. There must be a reason why they are all here, built out when this was the middle… Continue Reading
I finally got back into the heart of the North Pointe neighborhood, which for simplicity’s sake, I include under the Baden tag. North Pointe is easily one of the most beautiful, intact and best kept secrets in the entire city… Continue Reading
I had always seen this swooping oasis from Google Satellite up in the North Pointe neighborhood, far up in the northern reaches of the City, and I finally made it by to see it in person. Created by Vivian and… Continue Reading
The newer part of Baden is looking so good, up by Riverview Boulevard south of the Halls Ferry Circle, but down closer to North Broadway, there are a lot of problems, much like I had observed in the winter of… Continue Reading
I had seen a dumpster on the side of the Theodore Link house back in 2014, but the renovation is done, as you can see now. I have no idea what the shingles’ color were originally, but they are dramatically… Continue Reading
I went back to the Greater Ville in July to see how the neighborhood was faring since I had walked its streets back in the winter of this year. I knew that violence had flared up, and that the area… Continue Reading