Now what appears to be a half-way house, this building intrigued me when I saw it (and parked in front of it). What was its original use? It looks like it was a school originally.
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Washington Avenue, Looking East from Grand Center
The width of Washington Avenue, and other Midtown streets, is no longer justified in their current level of use. This isn’t 1946 anymore.
Grand Center, November 2012
It was a cold day, but Grand Center was devoid of human life except for the automobiles driving by on Grand Blvd. Word is the building below, which once held the Department of Health, is…
Third Baptist Church, Grand Center
Anyone who’s ever gone to a show in Grand Center has seen the welcoming lights of the Third Baptist Church at the corner of Grand and Washington. It is not the first Third Baptist Church…
Chinese Restaurant, Grand Center
I have always been intrigued by this Chinese restaurant east of Powell Hall on Washington Avenue; its cool lines remind me of the Greek letter Psi, so that is how I am going to start…
Saint Louis University
The SLU campus has a wide variety of buildings, including this old Jesuit church, which is now the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art. Nearby was an interesting, almost Modernist grade school. I really like the…
Cupples House Details
Cupples House
I forgot how amazing the Samuel Cupples House is; perhaps because it’s now on a pedestrian mall in SLU (admittedly justifiable due to the poor treatment of pedestrians in America), it’s just not a place…
Pius XII Memorial Library, Saint Louis University
I’ll admit it; I wasn’t a huge fan of the Pius XII Memorial Library on the campus of Saint Louis University. But up close, I discovered there is a simple beauty to the straight lines…
KPLR 11, Back of Sun Theater
I never noticed before, but the back of the Sun Theater features the logo of KPLR.
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