The row of houses in between Parnell (really sort of the traffic artery Jefferson become up north) and N. Florissant Avenue is one of the most beautiful streets in St. Louis. I love showing it to visitors to blow people’s… Continue Reading
The south side of the Grove, or Forest Park Southeast, or whatever you want to call it, is one of those areas that has been isolated for a very long time. It was a small settlement, out the railroad tracks… Continue Reading
The giant megaplex of hospitals that now make up one of the most prestigious and effective medical communities in the world was once a wealthy and upper middle class neighborhood. A few of those houses still stand, though they are… Continue Reading
Hawthorne and Longfellow Boulevards are famous in Compton Heights, branching off as they do from the gates right off of Grand Boulevard, but there’s also Milton Boulevard, which cuts off (and is a two-way street) from Hawthorne over to Nebraska… Continue Reading
Closer to Des Peres Avenue, which was once actually the River des Peres, the houses are smaller, and some are newer, reflecting the covering of the stream in the early Twentieth Century. Note the house above to the left; it… Continue Reading
More apartment buildings with generous porches for each unit continue the trend of the western end of Pershing Avenue, but there is more in-fill on lots probably left over from the covering of the River des Peres. A rare Georgian,… Continue Reading
Down closer to Forest Park Parkway, there are more apartment buildings, but they still are elegant, and I noticed many Washington University students coming and going. There are still single family houses, as well, and some in-fill, for that matter.… Continue Reading
Constructed in 1909, this interesting apartment building is owned by Bobb LLC, also known as Washington University. It is a curious building, with two different brick colors, which do not make sense from a compositional standpoint; the curved bay windows… Continue Reading
This looks like one building, right? But looking closer, from up above, we realize this is actually, like most large apartment buildings that are not towers, really just four or six-family flats lumped together. This building is really just that:… Continue Reading
My old joke is that St. Louis architects and builders liked to design apartment buildings that looked like houses, so people could go in and out with revealing that they were renters. The houses above and below were built as… Continue Reading