I drive around a lot, and see lots of buildings severely damaged by decades of abandonment and neglect, but every so often I come across a building has been abandoned for only a year or…
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Redevelopment at Pleasantview School, Washington Township, Central Illinois
Woah, something has been happening at the old Pleasantview School! We learned from our family’s friend (and distant cousin to my father, possibly six degrees removed) who had actually attended the school as a boy…
Mill Creek Modernist Office Buildings Preview
The demolition of the vibrant if rundown Mill Creek Valley in the name of urban renewal in the 1950′s is increasingly well-documented. But I realized that in its place rose some interesting Modernist office buildings,…
Cool Modernist Apartment Building, Ellendale
These two apartment buildings sit turned at an angle away from McCausland, filling up a much larger site than their actual footprint. I like the two stone panels right in the middle of the brick…
Concordia Lutheran Church, Maplewood
I always find Modernism in St. Louis to be endlessly inventive; sometimes they’re pure, and other times they take on a fascinatingly eclectic feel, such as Concordia Lutheran Church in Maplewood. Built in 1953, it…
Maplewood Post Office
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…
Washington Medical School Dorm
Wow, I had no idea this slightly garish but interesting building was hiding away back in the recesses of the Washington University Med School campus. Its bold colors symbolize the audacity of the Modernist movement,…
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…
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…
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