Update: The house was demolished in the summer of 2020. Wait a minute, I thought to myself, as I looked at the front facade of the Odd Fellows Hall on Lindell Boulevard, there’s something suspicious about that building. As I suspected, as many buildings in the Grand Center and nearby Central West End, this is…
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Lake Grand Center
Update: I checked on the state of construction in the spring of 2021. They’re building some houses here designed by a bunch of famous architects, but for the time being, it is a giant muddy mess with a lake down at one end. I still think the house they demolished years ago should have and…
Updates on Demolitions, Fires and Other Collapses
Update: The alley house above was demolished, and the front building was demolished in early 2024, and a neighboring house to the south was severely damaged by fire soon after. There is much to report on this spring, starting with a collapse of an out building on Utah Street in Benton Park. It can still…
Checking in on Midtown
I love finding these old houses in Midtown built right after the Civil War, such as the one above, right in the Gothic Revival shadow of St. Alphonsus Ligori, still an active parish church. It also seems like the Stockton House is back under renovation, after lying largely dormant for many years; it is a…
Washington and Compton Presbyterian Church
The Washington and Compton Presbyterian Church was an outgrowth of 2nd Presbyterian, first known as Walnut Street Presbyterian in 1864. This church was built in the late 1870s, and served was occupied until 1926, when it was renamed and moved to Skinker. I featured that church last month. It was renovated and occupied by Washington…
Old Carriage House, Bell Avenue, Grand Center
Bell Avenue, not West Belle Place, is really just a wide alley in between the old Vandeventer Place and Windsor Place. This carriage house is the only remnant of what had been a cluster of mansions and expensive homes in the area. Why it survived when so much was lost is a mystery to me….
Rusticated Stone
The former Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, built and dedicated between 141-161 AD provides an excellent example of how Western Civilization has responded to its ancient past. After falling into disrepair, it was converted into the church of San Lorenzo in Miranda, strangely occupying the center cella of the old temple. But at one time,…
Looking North on Grand
Update: The public housing tower is now completely demolished.