A lot more of the old Blumeyer tower is gone. I suppose it will be completely demolished by the end of March.
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Green Tree Brewery, Sanborn Map, Soulard
Lone House, Western St. Louis Place
Going… Going… Going… Gone.
St. Louis Place, Sold Out
Anonymous Demolition, Downtown West
I don’t know why, but this building on Lucas Avenue is being torn down. Probably for a parking lot.
Minerva Avenue Between Goodfellow and Hamilton
Minerva Avenue has the most exquisite row of apartment buildings that stretch up the north side of the street. There are two models, but both have slightly different brick patterns. Unfortunately, about half of them…
Falstaff Plants No. 2 and 5, Revisited
Otto Stiefel’s old Union Brewery became Falstaff Plant No. 2, where the brewery continued to expand. Unfortunately, the central core of the plant, on the triangular block, has been demolished; its auxiliary buildings still stand….
Falstaff Plant No. 1, Revisited
The old Forest Park Brewery, just west of Grand on Forest Park Avenue, became the center of the Falstaff rebirth. These original images from Alvin Griesedieck’s book show that much of what was originally part…
Near North Riverfront, Site of Stadium?
I’m sure many of my readers are curious about the proposed football stadium in the Near North Riverfront just north of Laclede’s Landing, hemmed in today by I-44, I-70, the MLK Bridge and the river….
Lafayette Square at Truman Parkway
All the other corners at this intersection have been demolished. I often imagine what it would be like to go back in time and look out the windows of this building and see the other…
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