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Grand Center

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Continental Building, Portioned Out

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Chris Naffziger
Central Art-Deco, Grand Center, Midtown, Office Buildings, Rehabilitation, Skyscrapers
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Reminder: Lecture Tonight at International Photography Hall of Fame

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Chris Naffziger
Central, Commentary Grand Center, Midtown
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Public Lecture, March 7 at International Photography Hall of Fame

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Chris Naffziger
Central, Commentary Grand Center, Midtown
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Blumeyer Almost Gone

Posted on February 28, 2015 by Chris Naffziger

A lot more of the old Blumeyer tower is gone. I suppose it will be completely demolished by the end of March. Update: Completely demolished.

Central Apartment Buildings, Apartment Towers, Demolition, Grand Center, Midtown, Modernism, Redevelopment
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Sunny Day, Coronado Hotel

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Chris Naffziger
Central Beaux-Arts, Early Twentieth Century Eclectic, Grand Center, Hotels, Midtown, Rehabilitation
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Falstaff Plant No. 1, Revisited

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Chris Naffziger

Update: Six Row Brewing closed and has been replaced with Twisted Root Brewing. 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… Continue Reading →

Central Breweries, Demolition, Falstaff, Grand Center, Griesedieck, Midtown, Rehabilitation
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Looking East From Strauss Park

Posted on January 4, 2015 by Chris Naffziger
Central Grand Center, Midtown
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Continental Building, Revisited at Dusk

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Chris Naffziger

The Continental Building represents the end of the historic office buildings of St. Louis, in my opinion. After this, the Great Depression came, and after the war Modernism took over. Read about the Continental at Built St. Louis.            

Central Art-Deco, Grand Center, Midtown, Office Buildings, Rehabilitation, Skyscrapers
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Brown Mansion, 3755 Lindell Boulevard

Posted on January 1, 2015 by Chris Naffziger

Update: Renovated beautifully into apartments, as I wrote about here. The 1895 Brown Mansion creates a beautiful example of Italian Renaissance architecture. The classical pediment and Ionic columns frame the entrance. The central window on the second floor, or piano… Continue Reading →

Central Grand Center, Houses, Midtown, Renaissance Revival
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Lindell Towers West

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Chris Naffziger

The final creation of Preston Bradshaw, what is now known as Lindell Towers West, was completed in 1927 for Pleitsch and Price. This building is probably the most unique of three; it violates and borrows from several styles of architecture,… Continue Reading →

Central Apartment Buildings, Apartment Towers, Beaux-Arts, Grand Center, Midtown, Skyscrapers, Spanish Revival

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