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Euclid Records, Two Days Before Moving to Gore Avenue, Webster Groves
Euclid Records moved to Gore Avenue in downtown Webster Groves in the spring of 2013.
UGas’s Next Victim in Rock Hill?
Last year, during the controversial demolition of the historic Rock Hill Presbyterian Church, I predicted that the addition of yet another gas station in the small stretch of Manchester Road controlled by Rock Hill would…
More Bad News in Rock Hill
I was alerted today that the demolition of the historic Rock Hill Presbyterian Church has taken on a new, terrible twist. Fairfax House, which was banished to the northern tip of the property where the…
Stertzing Building, Southwest Avenue, Maplewood
I spotted this other fascinating storefront along Manchester Avenue; its use of glazed brick seems to modern, but I suspect that it is original to the building. Giant shade trees block the view of the…
Concordia Lutheran Church, Maplewood
I always find Modernism in St. Louis to be endlessly inventive; sometimes they’re pure, and other times they take on a fascinatingly eclectic feel, such as Concordia Lutheran Church in Maplewood. Built in 1953, it…
Maplewood Post Office
The Moose Church, Maplewood
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Maplewood
Dedicated in 1905, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church sits on a quiet backstreet just a few blocks from the bustle of Manchester Road in Maplewood. Built in what I would call an Italian Romanesque style, still…
Buckingham’s Chicken Dinners
Buckingham’s Chicken Dinners may no longer be in business, but the house still sits along Manchester Road. Did anyone eat there back in the day? Photo courtesy of Lura Holt.
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