Update: The church below is the former St. Boniface, which I looked at in December 2020.
Month: February 2009
Poplar Street Bridge Under Construction
If I could only go back in time and warn people about how much trouble the Poplar Street Bridge would become…
History in the Making: Scene from the First City Affair Meeting
Update: City Affair only lasted two years.
Western St. Louis County
The far western stretches of St. Louis County, now the city of Wildwood, contain some of the most beautiful vistas I have encountered, and all within a 30 minute drive of my house in the city. While there is nothing urban about the country, the very thing that urbanists are fighting for is not only…
Clemens Mansion: A Beautiful Neo-Baroque Classical Chapel
Update: Completely destroyed by suspected arson in the early morning hours of July 12, 2017. The City of St. Louis cut ties with Paul McKee’s Northside in June of 2018. At the Clemens Mansion in St. Louis Place, I had the opportunity recently to view a truly unique chapel in a style that is not…
Building Arts Foundation Mardi Gras Benefit
The St. Louis Building Arts Foundation invites you to its first ever: MARDI GRAS PARTY Saturday, February 21 from 9AM – 9PM 2412 Menard Avenue (at Victor) in Soulard Featuring: Lola van Ella and the Bon Bons Plus live music: John Chiecsek John Bonham and Friends Jive and Wail Dueling Pianos and Red Ass Jones…