Ziegenhein Funeral Home
Logically, many funeral homes are located across the street from major churches or cemeteries, such as the Ziegenhein Funeral Home. I photographed it before back in 2016.
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Posts about South St. Louis
Carondelet Park, Revisited, Part Three
If there is perhaps one flaw to St. Louis parks, it is the borders. St. Louis builders gave us beautiful houses to frame our amazing green spaces, but then in the Twentieth Century, traffic engineers strangled access with asphalt traffic… Continue Reading
Carondelet Park, Revisited, Part Two
On the western end of Carondelet Park the large lake has a rustic stone bridge separating it into two parts, and fishing is allowed. The public restrooms have been closed for decades. The benches have various inscriptions from donors.… Continue Reading
Carondelet Park, Revisited, Part One
I went back to Carondelet Park to look at the sinkholes that dot the landscape. Much of park has these undulating pockets and depressions, which are the remnants of karst topography. I strongly suspect that the ponds were adapted from… Continue Reading
Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery
Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery lies just inside the city limits of St. Louis; there is a small neighborhood in between it and the River des Peres. It is not to be confused with the now-decommissioned Old St. Marcus Cemetery,… Continue Reading
South Side of Winnebago Street, Gravois Park #2
This is the third of three weeks on Thursdays and Fridays, where I’ve been looking at the three east-west streets parallel to Cherokee Street in Gravois Park, the neighborhood to the south of the famous commercial artery. This is where the east-west streets… Continue Reading
South Side of Winnebago Street, Gravois Park #1
This is the third of three weeks on Thursdays and Fridays, where I’ve been looking at the three east-west streets parallel to Cherokee Street in Gravois Park, the neighborhood to the south of the famous commercial artery. This is where the east-west streets… Continue Reading
Western Gravois Park
The terrain goes back up from the valley down at Compton Avenue where it reaches Grand Boulevard. There is an interesting mix of houses and apartment buildings. Most of the houses were built in the early Twentieth Century, but then… Continue Reading
Recalled to Life in Gravois Park
RISE and Lutheran Development Group are renovating this spectacular building, whose type is becoming increasingly rare in St. Louis. A building similar to this up on St. Louis Avenue was demolished years ago, so I am happy to see it… Continue Reading
South Side of Miami Street, Gravois Park #2
This is the second of three weeks on Thursdays and Fridays, where I’ll be looking at the three east-west streets parallel to Cherokee Street in Gravois Park, the neighborhood to the south of the famous commercial artery. This is where the east-west streets… Continue Reading