DeSoto Avenue used to be completely hidden from the rest of the world by the thick underbrush the blanketed the hill north of East Prairie Avenue. It has now been cleared, and the feeling is one of exposed openness. This… Continue Reading
This little house, which is still occupied, sits right next to three two-family houses, which have now fallen into abandonment. I had seen them in the past, like this shot from February of 2017 (third photo), but now I had… Continue Reading
John Avenue continues to have a wide range of houses, many in the Second Empire style and also some Italianate influences mixed in. Many houses are abandoned, but there is a fair amount of well-maintained houses with their owners holding… Continue Reading
There are more beautiful houses on John Avenue, and a few are occupied, but the vast majority are abandoned, and rapidly deteriorating. Much of the hill north of Grand Boulevard before it slopes down towards East Prairie Avenue is in… Continue Reading
The beautiful houses continue on the streets right next to O’Fallon Park, with a mixture of interesting architectural styles from the late Nineteenth to early Twentieth centuries. The street grid of the old O’Fallon estate intersects with the College Hill… Continue Reading
I’ve featured these houses before, which are masterpieces of architecture in St. Louis, quietly holding their own along the park in the O’Fallon neighborhood. It surely is not easy, as the twins are huge, and expensive, and getting a home… Continue Reading
There is so much beautiful architecture in the O’Fallon neighborhood, the area to the southwest of the park that was once the estate of John O’Fallon. While many of the pictures in this post are grim, the vast majority of… Continue Reading
Just north of Chippewa on Broadway is an interesting mix of buildings, which I’ve always been drawn to due to the different styles of architecture. I’ve looked at these blocks north to Lemp before in posts here and here. Make… Continue Reading
I’ve long thought that South Jefferson, south of where I-44 cut a gash through the city, is a fascinating relic of what a major Nineteenth Century artery in St. Louis looked like. It do not believe Jefferson was ever widened… Continue Reading
Marine Villa is an interesting neighborhood; there were houses out here very early because of the old Marine Hospital, but then much of the area was built up later. As such, it is still a mix of architectural styles. I… Continue Reading