It’s been long said that many of the sculptures from St. Liborius in St. Louis Place ended up at Sacred Heart in Eureka. I had the opportunity to get inside, but I didn’t really see…
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Reservoir Market
Soulard Market was not always the only public market in St. Louis; French Market and Mound Market are two other fairly well documented markets that served the residents of St. Louis inside Jefferson Avenue. But…
Development Still Missing on Wright Street, St. Louis Place
Almost exactly five years after I wrote this post, nothing is happening on the McKee owned property on Wright Street. It was a nominally healthy block until he got a hold of it.
A Startling Collapse, St. Louis Place Park
What I try to convey to people about the built environment in St. Louis is not just simply the aesthetic quality of its architecture, but the fascinating stories behind each building. Take the German Freethinkers’…
The Winkelmann Mansion’s Demolition: A Symbol of What is Wrong With St. Louis Leadership
We all knew the end was coming soon; when the news reports of angry neighbors bemoaning the precarious condition of the Winkelmann Mansion in its seriously damaged state began circulating, I knew that one of…
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…
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…
St. Louis Place, Night
Cloaked in darkness, the broad expanse of St. Louis Place north of Cass Avenue, demolished for a failed industrial park, takes on a certain aura in the glow of streetlights. St. Augustine’s tall spire disappears…
Mansard Roofed Alley House
This Second Empire alley house is all that is left of nearly a whole block of St. Louis Place. It’s hard to imagine that there was once the need for people to build houses along…
What is Left?
It seems like the theft of brick and the destruction of buildings has slowed in the eastern part of JeffVanderLou and St. Louis Place. But perhaps there’s just nothing left to steal…
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