I imagine everyone in the St. Louis region, and perhaps even some outside, heard about the breakage of the 30 inch cast iron water main under Lindell Boulevard, just east of Union Boulevard where Park Road cuts off for a… Continue Reading
Perhaps I’ll just let the photographs speak for themselves; Kingsbury Place is not the most famous of the private streets in St. Louis, but it certainly holds its ground in the finesse of its architecture. What is most interesting is… Continue Reading
I took a look at the massive gates of Kingsbury Place back in October of 2014, and I returned and photographed them in early June of 2019. They are spectacular, and probably one of my favorite gates of all the… 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
City records say this stunning apartment building was built in 1909, shortly after the World’s Fair was over and the city was moving out to the former festival grounds and new subdivisions on the edge of St. Louis. It was… Continue Reading
Then there’s this edifice, on Waterman Boulevard, that was designed as a cogent whole as a Tudor Revival apartment building with a massive open lawn in the middle, akin to Kensington Palace. The developer clearly did not try to maximize… 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