Fox Park, the eastern neighbor of Tower Grove East, really just blends into the latter’s edge in the rhombus of land between I-44, Grand, Jefferson and Gravois. Named after the lumber company that once partially…
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McKinley Heights, Revisited
I’ve always been intrigued by McKinley Heights; sandwiched in between Lafayette Square, Soulard and Benton Park, it gets forgotten by many people. But obviously, due to its close proximity to those other famous neighborhoods, McKinley…
I Heard There Used To Be A City Here
I had a coupon for White Castle, so I headed over to the location on South Broadway, which is right in the middle of what could most diplomatically be described as a wasteland. Local historians…
A Beautiful Block of Cote Brilliante, Devastated by Land Speculation
A friend introduced me to a fascinating block of houses whose construction, unlike much of the city, spanned at least four decades. It is the 4700 block of Cote Brilliante, in what is sometimes called…
Late Nineteenth Century Houses, Tower Grove East
While much of Tower Grove East was built in the early Twentieth Century, there are houses scattered here and there from the Nineteenth Century, pointing to the area’s early development.
Just One Street in Soulard
I was driving south down I-55, about to exit at Arsenal Street, when I looked to my left and saw some of the best Second Empire and Italianate houses in the city up on the…
Rough Winter in St. Louis Place
My continued examination of the St. Louis Place neighborhood brought me back up north last weekend. Still trimmed with piles of snow, I saw that many buildings had suffered over the winter. I’ve always…
Italianate and Second Empire on Compton Avenue
I’ve always been mystified why there’s a stretch of Italianate/Second Empire houses on Compton Aveneue just south of I-44; the houses were all built between 1883 and 1885, but the majority of the houses around…
Fires in Benton Park
There’s been some amazing rehabbing going on in the blocks north of Cherokee Street in Benton Park. Someone, however, has begun to set fire in vacant houses, which has now gutted at least four…
A Drive Along Cass Avenue
You can tell that Cass Avenue was once a major thoroughfare through the Near North Side. Heavily devastated by demolition and abandonment, it is one of the most barren streets in the city. I find…
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