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Little Brick Houses, The Ville
I have always thought that that the proportions and scale of one story houses in St. Louis are more aesthetically pleasing and cogent than their two or three story brethren. They are beautiful little masterpieces,…
Two Modernist Oddities, The Ville
Modernism crept into the Ville a little bit, with this cool apartment building, which interestingly would have probably faced another building in close proximity, and not the current vacant lot. The porches on the end…
Notable Houses, The Ville
This house above, an Italianate wood-frame house is surely one of the oldest buildings in the Ville. Below, this fascinating two-family building surely rose along with the Ville’s changing fortunes as the center of African-American…
Storefronts, The Ville
Wood Frame Houses and Arson, The Ville
The old age of the Ville shows in the disproportionate number of surviving wood frame houses. Built before brick fire codes reached them, these houses sheltered the first inhabitants of the area when it was…
The Ville, In Extensus
The Ville is one of the oldest neighborhoods in St. Louis, which is surprising in that it is way out past Grand, which was still mostly farmland well into the first decade of the Twentieth…
Reservoir Market, Sitting
Sadly, as I had suspected, the historic Reservoir Market is suffering further collapse of its front facade. I suppose it is not long for this world.
Wells-Goodfellow #5: Academy Avenue to Cote Brilliante Avenue
Tucked back in a corner of Wells-Goodfellow behind the Wohl Community Center, the streets of Academy and Cote Brilliante have some interesting treasures. The houses are largely occupied, but not in the greatest of shape….
Wells-Goodfellow #4
One of the last neighborhoods in the city to be built, in the early decades of the Twentieth Century, Wells-Goodfellow is a huge area. I’ve tried to really grasp the character of this neighborhood, and…
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