The west side of Fairground Park once held the leafy estates of Italianate and Second Empire country homes, but as the city expanded, and the park itself pushed its boundaries out to what is now Fair Avenue, apartment buildings, churches… Continue Reading
Heading west on Natural Bridge Avenue, there are more surprises that can be enjoyed, including this massive duplex on the right above. There seems to be more single family houses west of Warne Avenue. Sadly, there is more abandonment, with… Continue Reading
I know that many people, including business owners along Natural Bridge Avenue, have spoken out and criticized the “road diet” that has considerably narrowed the major thoroughfare through a multitude of North St. Louis neighborhoods. There were concerns that it… Continue Reading
Many of the east-west streets have the same names of their counterparts on the other side of the Botanical Garden in Shaw. This is Flad Avenue, I believe, which is a mix of two- and four-family apartments. I do not… Continue Reading
For anyone who doesn’t live in the City of St. Louis, for many residents, “four-family” is a “four-letter word,” if you know what I mean. But what always strikes me about the Southwest Garden neighborhood is how there are so… Continue Reading
The Southwest Garden District is one of the strangest shaped, and most dichotomatic neighborhoods in the City of St. Louis. It didn’t make the cut back in 2007 when I was simplifying the neighborhoods I was creating tags for, and… Continue Reading
I figured out recently that Southwest Avenue through The Hill neighborhood was once Old Manchester Road before it was diverted onto its current path through the Grove. Consequently, there is an interesting mix of housing styles, reflecting the long period… Continue Reading
Way back in June of 2017, I started a series called “South Down Compton Avenue,” which started in Tower Grove East just south Arsenal, looking at the east side of the street. I thought I would return to this interesting… Continue Reading
I could probably convince a lot of people that the photo above was taken “at the bottom of the hill” in St. Clair County, where the bluffs come down to the floodplains that stretch to the Mississippi. But this is… Continue Reading
I photographed Wabada Avenue, which is the southern cross street off North Kingshighway behind the former DePaul Hospital. It is an example of a healthy block in the Kingsway West neighborhood. The block is very long, just like the ones… Continue Reading