We went back to try and get a better view of what I discovered were old railroad machine shops in Oelwein, which I had viewed back in the fall of 2018 (seventh photo down). Unfortunately, due to the height of… Continue Reading
Bartmer Avenue, between Union Boulevard and Clara Avenue, is easily one of my favorite streets in St. Louis, but I’ve never photographed it all to do it justice (I’ve visited once in April of 2012 and then again in May… Continue Reading
I took a right down Academy Avenue from MLK and spotted these two twins at the southwest corner of Wells Avenue. This is in that “fanned” shaped area of St. Louis bounded by MLK, Kingshighway, Page and Union. But the… Continue Reading
I was almost tricked into thinking this was a former Christian Scientist church, but its proximity to one on Page Boulevard clued me in that this was not the case. It was in fact built as the Euclid Baptist Church… Continue Reading
Heading west then from Newstead to Boyle Avenue on the south side of West Pine Boulevard, we see some more Romanesque Revival and related houses that survived later development. I particularly liked the house below, with its massive rounded tower… Continue Reading
Moving past the Hawthorne and Taylor Avenue, I realized that West Pine Boulevard has an amazing collection of preserved Romanesque Revival houses from the late Nineteenth Century. While there’s all sorts of development going on further west, and the stereotype… Continue Reading
I looked at the Hawthorne Apartments a long, long time ago, and I was walking down West Pine Boulevard recently, realizing again what a beautiful building it was. It’s typical in that it has a heavily ornamented base, much like… Continue Reading
Chamberlain Avenue east of Hamilton Avenue, like many streets in the West End area, is lined with beautiful, large houses, some of which are abandoned, but many of which are not. I’ve looked at Chamberlain further east before, way back… Continue Reading
While I’ve been focusing on apartment buildings in the greater West End around Cabanne Avenue, it’s important to remember that there are still mostly houses in this neighborhood. And they are spectacular. The house above is on Hamilton Avenue. The… Continue Reading
I’ve looked at Raymond Avenue before, just east of Union Boulevard, including the Lasar Residence (seventh photo down), but I decided to look at the two blocks just west of Kingshighway from Clarendon, crossing over Academy Avenue. As is common… Continue Reading