I’ve looked at the side streets of Lafayette Square before, and I returned to them again to look at the houses that are often forgotten in favor of the more famous one around the park. What fascinates me about the… Continue Reading
It seems like this old stone building is getting worse, based on my pictures going back through the years. Here it is from 2013 and from 2011. I hope there is some sort of solution planned for this incredibly rare and… Continue Reading
Lafayette Square is famous for its Italianate and Second Empire mansions, and rightfully so, but it already had many early settler houses by the time the wealthy and famous began to move in (and Compton and Dry shows there were… Continue Reading
Brick will never tell you lies, and if you look closely at this fascinating house on what was formerly Armstrong Street, we realize that there was once a front porch (as well as a small side porch, according to Compton… Continue Reading
The point of this website is to promote the forgotten corners of this city, and I sometimes neglect the more well known places, such as Lafayette Square. But the Second Empire mansions lining Lafayette Square are still spectacular, coming around… Continue Reading
I like how Lafayette Park is a “living” park, where people can go and engage with their neighbors and community. Too many parks in St. Louis are someone’s “turf” or not safe. How sad that we have given up on… Continue Reading
Lafayette Square rightfully gets alot of attention; largely intact, with only a little in-fill, it shows what was lost, as well. I don’t know if I would like living in a world frozen in time historically. Neighborhoods change; they don’t… Continue Reading
I could have sworn I had a picture of this house before it was recently fixed up on the third floor. Damaged by the famous tornado, it was just simple brick. At first I didn’t like the idea of the… Continue Reading
All the other corners at this intersection have been demolished. I often imagine what it would be like to go back in time and look out the windows of this building and see the other ones across the street.
I could have sworn I’ve wandered down and photographed the first private street in St. Louis–some say the first in America–but apparently I haven’t. Designed by Julius Pitzman, in what would become dozens of privates streets in the area, this… Continue Reading