Then, as we approached West Florissant Avenue, we hit a patch of wood frame houses, including several that are in the Italianate style. As I’ve said many times before, there had to have been some sort of industry out in… Continue Reading
DeSoto Avenue also has some surprises, such as this Tudor Revival latecomer to the neighborhood, which sits on a corner. The architect factored the corner lot into the composition, and the house works from different elevations. But moving west, more… Continue Reading
DeSoto Avenue used to be completely hidden from the rest of the world by the thick underbrush the blanketed the hill north of East Prairie Avenue. It has now been cleared, and the feeling is one of exposed openness. This… Continue Reading
A gentle blanket of snow had covered up the gash of demolition on the north side of the East Prairie Avenue Valley, which I photographed a month ago. Before the clearing of what was essentially a forest, this area was… Continue Reading
This little house, which is still occupied, sits right next to three two-family houses, which have now fallen into abandonment. I had seen them in the past, like this shot from February of 2017 (third photo), but now I had… Continue Reading
I know it might seem strange to get excited about this sad, abandoned house, but it is really a rare, exceptionally unique example of a wood frame half flounder with Italianate detailing. As I’ve mentioned before, this house most likely… Continue Reading
John Avenue continues to have a wide range of houses, many in the Second Empire style and also some Italianate influences mixed in. Many houses are abandoned, but there is a fair amount of well-maintained houses with their owners holding… Continue Reading
There are more beautiful houses on John Avenue, and a few are occupied, but the vast majority are abandoned, and rapidly deteriorating. Much of the hill north of Grand Boulevard before it slopes down towards East Prairie Avenue is in… Continue Reading
This house is a unique example, as there is an old half flounder hiding back behind the front house. Often what would happen is the flounder would be built first, and then the front would be built later. These little… Continue Reading