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…
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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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Friedens Chapel, Chambers Road
It was increasingly common the in the mid-Twentieth Century to establish new churches, or “chapels” out in St. Louis County as congregations’ members moved further out from the city. The Friedens Chapel on Chambers Road…
Two Modernist Oddities, The Ville
Modernism crept into the Ville a little bit, with this cool apartment building, which interestingly would have probably faced another building in close proximity, and not the current vacant lot. The porches on the end…
Cathedral of St. Peter, Belleville
The Cathedral of St. Peter, the head church of the Diocese of Belleville, sits to the south of downtown. It is a Gothic Revival edifice, but with some interesting (strange?) Modernist renovations. Perhaps what is…
Downtown Belleville
Downtown Belleville shows the signs of a central business district that never hit the skids; it is well-occupied, and with numerous slip-covers from the 1950′s and 60′s, it shows that owners updated their buildings frequently…
The Old Stag Brewery’s Legacy, Belleville
There’s not much left of the old Stag Brewery in the northwest corner of the historic central area of Belleville. There’s the office building, which looks to be from around the 1940′s, and the warehouse…
Mary Chapel, Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows
The Mary Chapel at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows is easily one of the most unique interiors I have entered. It really is the back stage of the exterior facing shrine, and…
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