We couldn’t figure out if this small convent in Town and Country, off of old Route 141 was still occupied. There is a redevelopment notice posted out front saying that a school is moving in….
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Abandoned Nightclub
It just goes to show that you never see everything in a city, even if you pass by a particular block a hundred times. This abandoned nightclub along North Jefferson Avenue has escaped my notice…
Clayton-Forsythe Building, Clayton
I had never seen this building before, but it’s worth checking out; it turns out my colleague Toby Weiss had already discovered it years ago. As more of Clayton is demolished, this building is a…
Cherokee Street Storefront Additions
I might have posted this before, but I never get tired of of these two houses, dating back to the late Nineteenth Century, but both very obviously receiving storefronts in the Twentieth Century as the…
Kirkwood Churches
I’ve always been intrigued by the massive Modernist churches of downtown Kirkwood. It seems in the 1950s all of the major congregations decided to rebuilt, perhaps reflecting the burgeoning population of the suburb. The first…
Around Downtown Kirkwood
It’s interesting; Kirkwood’s main street, Kirkwood Road, doesn’t have spectacular buildings, but they’re all occupied, well-maintained and serving a purpose. Perhaps that is the most important thing sometimes? Above is this cool Modernist office building….
South Side of Lindell
Lindell was originally lined with mansion, and most of them were swept away in redevelopment, some of which is itself historic now. But it must have been truly incredible to ride in a carriage down…
North Side Lindell Boulevard, Revisited
I love the mighty row of apartment buildings on Lindell in between Taylor and Euclid. They’re mostly from the early Twentieth Century, but there’s a couple of more recent ones that actually fit in pretty…
Jewish American Memorial, Forest Park
Completed in 1956 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the arrival of members of the Jewish faith in New Amsterdam, the Jewish Tercentenary Monument by Kurt Perisee. The various figures represent the “Four Freedoms,” which…
Lindell Boulevard, Heading West
I never really get a chance to look at the houses on Lindell west of Kingshighway. They’re an interesting mix of housing styles, not particularly always my favorite, but still a noteworthy achievement of organic…
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