I’ve photographed these houses before, but I’ve been drawn back to this perfectly restored row just east of Interstate 55 several times over the years in Soulard. As I’ve said before, I can only assume that were just as beautiful… Continue Reading
I came to the sad realization that the entire east side of 20th Street in Hyde Park (some consider this to be College Hill, but I don’t) is abandoned south of the Grand Water Tower. Do we really have absolutely… Continue Reading
Sadly, there have been some more building collapses in the last month, one due to no one’s fault, and two due to ongoing neglect and lack of investment. Above, the front porch of one of the ill-fated row of houses… Continue Reading
A mixture of houses line the 4500 and 4600 blocks of Lexington, which like Ashland, is an especially long stretch just east of the Western Lutheran Cemetery. Old Italianate bungalows are still around, but most houses are from the early… Continue Reading
A variety of eclectic and revival styles predominate along Lexington in the 4400 block, including an old wood frame Italianate house, hiding in between newer houses from the early Twentieth Century. But there is more of the “tale of two… Continue Reading
We encountered something that is relatively rare in the Greater Ville neighborhood and that is an industrial building. Also, the brick is not standard St. Louis red brick, but the sort of color one might expect in Chicago. What was… Continue Reading
Paris Avenue is a short, two-block long street, heading south from Natural Bridge Avenue, and is lined with beautiful tract homes, each one slightly different from the next. Quiet streets like this provide a refuge from the traffic on nearby… Continue Reading
Clarence Avenue is one of the few streets in the entire Greater Ville neighborhood that looks like it was built all at once. I suspect there was some sort of field or other agricultural concern here that was bought and… Continue Reading
Harris Avenue is two blocks long, coming down south from Natural Bridge Avenue, and these two buildings are in the block south of Lexington Avenue. I looked at a satellite image of the apartment building above, and the roof hatch… Continue Reading
Taylor Avenue starts way down south and makes it the way up to Interstate 70 in the Penrose neighborhood. Along its path, it goes by many famous addresses, including Lewis Place, and other private streets. But there are more of… Continue Reading