I’ve continued to be interested in the first generation of houses that appeared out Gravois Avenue past Jefferson in the years after the Civil War. They’re often isolated now, sitting amongst the primary period of…
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Anonymous House
I saw this house, sitting in the deep undergrowth, somewhere near Lewis Place; I can’t remember for sure. It’s the last house left on the block practically, and it’s possibly a survivor of a larger…
Merchants Ice and Fuel Company plant, Lewis Place
Merchants Ice and Fuel Company was one of numerous companies that provided ice and coal for St. Louisans. Its plant now sits empty, surrounded by various other industrial buildings as well.
Abandoned Apartments, North Broadway Area
Many of my friends and I have long looked at this august row of simple apartments. They sit on the wrong side of the interstate, dooming them to obsolescence. Surely some trucking company will probably…
More Devastation East of the Interstate
I often tell people that large numbers of people once lived in the areas now east of I-70 and I-55, but that the interstates destroyed their connection to the rest of the city to the…
Alley House Collapse, Old North
I realize that by posting these pictures, I am giving the wrong impression about the overall state of rehabbing and development that is making Old North St. Louis one of the most exciting neighborhoods in…
Southern McKinley Heights
Tucked away, back on narrow little streets and alleys that have their own names, south of grand Russell Boulevard, an old, intimate part of the inner city of St. Louis survives. Now dominated by the…
We’ll Leave the Light on For You
This abandoned apartment building, plywood rapidly fading to gray, still at least has one operable light bulb. Who’s paying the bill?
Collapsed Warehouse, Fox Park
It’s strange to see such a large building to collapse in a pile of rubble on the South Side. But that’s what happened a couple of weeks ago in the Fox Park neighborhood. What a…
Fox Park, Revisited
Fox Park is in transition; it has many beautiful streets, many troubled ones, but one thing remains: it has amazing housing stock, much of it older than nearby Tower Grove East to the west or…
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