Posts about South St. Louis
Demolition continues at the old Magic Chef factory, and huge piles of pulverized concrete dominate the southern portion of the property. For the time being, however, the building along Daggett is still standing.
Also, senior citizens interested in attending a two-week lecture series about my investigations of underground caves and cellars in St. Louis can still register on-line at OASIS for classes on April 16 (tomorrow) and 23, both from 10:00 AM to… Continue Reading
My pictures will begin to have more blue sky in them, hopefully. This photograph was taken from Vanderburgh Avenue, one of the shortest streets in St. Louis, showing the now vanished YMCA on South Grand. It will be replaced by… Continue Reading
Does anyone know what this pole is used for? It receives several electrical lines, but then they do not go anywhere, and there are no other lines. I suspect it is some sort of ground for the electrical grid? It… Continue Reading
The building above was just renovated; it looks really great now, after being abandoned. This interesting, long Romanesque Revival house intrigues me as well. And these old Italianate houses, which need to be renovated, are painted in red. They have… Continue Reading
There is a wide variety of architecture, often right next to each other on diverse blocks, such as these in Fox Park.
This house has received some weird sort of renovation, with a different porch. On the side, a chimney flue sticks out from the wall. I normally see that when a building is torn down next door, but there seems to… Continue Reading
And then, and what makes Fox Park so interesting, you walk up to a whole section of the neighborhood built in the Early Twentieth Century, just blocks from houses from the 1870s. I know the Fox Lumber Company took up… Continue Reading
Shenandoah Avenue has some amazing buildings, including these two four-family flats. They were built for the middle class, dispelling myths about these buildings being for low-income residents. Bob Reuter lived in the above building.
This corner store shows the density of the neighborhood, with two store fronts, and a back staircase that goes up to apartments above, where many owners would live above their businesses.