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The Same Neighborhood? JeffVanderLou
I absolutely love the windows on the first floor of this corner storefront; I imagine it was a saloon or some other business that had high up windows to prevent passersby from looking in. Look…
Cleaning up ‘Blight’ in Grand Center
Wow, the time flies by; it seems like just yesterday I was posting pictures of abandoned buildings on Grand just north of Powell Hall. There have been some developments; the abandoned funeral home is being…
Plaza Square Apartments
So the sadly ugly Plaza Square Apartments are now considered ‘historic’ (note: I believe some Mid-Century Modern buildings are worth of historic designation). Designed by the architectural firm of Hellmuth, Obata and Kassebaum, the six…
Two Stupid Demolitions
The Preservation Research Office brought to my attention that two unique and threatened buildings are now either demolished or targeted for demolition soon. Above, a lone survivor on Olive Street of both Grand Center’s tony…
Carter Carburetor Coming Down
I knew that Carter Carburetor had been marked for Brown Field clearance, but I didn’t realize they had started. Due to contamination, I know that much of the interior probably has to be remediated first,…
St. Louis Shot Tower Company
Photo from the Missouri Historical Society, ca. 1850. St. Louis, like many major cities in America, had its own company that produced bullets, or “shot.” Produced by dropping molten lead through a screen high at…
Aubin Fire Insurance Maps, 1874
C.T. Aubin also published an early fire insurance map for the downtown area of St. Louis; the city had already spread outside of the area shown, but what is show is probably close to 99%…
Wacky Urban Renewal Plan for St. Louis Place
I found a book at the Central Library that detailed the suburbanization of St. Louis Place proposed by Francis Podrom in his St. Louis Place Renewal Plan from the 1970′s (the library is not sure…
Charles H. Duncker Mansion, Demolition in Progress
I had just discovered this spectacular house a month ago, and now it’s being demolished. I was alerted by Vanishing St. Louis, who also has stunning photos of what had been the well-preserved interior. The…
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