Continental Building, Portioned Out
Grand Center
Reminder: Lecture Tonight at International Photography Hall of Fame
Public Lecture, March 7 at International Photography Hall of Fame
Blumeyer Almost Gone
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.
Sunny Day, Coronado Hotel
Falstaff Plant No. 1, Revisited
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
Looking East From Strauss Park
Continental Building, Revisited at Dusk
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.
Brown Mansion, 3755 Lindell Boulevard
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
Lindell Towers West
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