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
Moss Avenue is a historic district that stretches along the bluffs near Bradley University northwest of downtown Peoria. I’ve broken up the street into two sections, first from Western Avenue to North MacArthur Highway/North University Avenue. There are a wide… 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
You’re looking at the intersection of two famous roads: Highway 40, which started as the National Road, and Highway 61, immortalized for its role in world music. Of course, this is no longer that intersection, as Highway 61 is now… 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
Constructed in 1931, Woerner Elementary School is a late example of an Ittner/Milligan design. It clearly shows the style of that famous architecture firm, with the flanking perpendicular wings and the double entrances. Georgian or Colonial Revival was not a… Continue Reading
Now known as Maryland Plaza, the stretch of street between Euclid Avenue and Kingshighway was originally just Maryland Avenue. But it was platted with wide setbacks, and fire insurance maps show that it was known as Maryland Place. The apartment… Continue Reading
At the northeast corner of North Newstead and McPherson avenues, we see something surprising: an apartment building. It makes me wonder what would have happened to the rest of the block if the population of the Central West End had… Continue Reading
Heading east of Walton Avenue, the houses become distinctively smaller than many other parts of the Central West End. They’re still nice, and are on average three stories tall, with an interesting mix of Dutch Colonial Revival houses mixed in.
First off, look at this amazing stump! Alright then, moving along, as soon as we move past the gates of Fullerton Place, we are on regular Westminster Place, and the tone of the streetscape completely changes as we walk past… Continue Reading