Three years ago this Saturday, May 15, 2007, I embarked on a project I had been planning for over a year–before I had even moved back to St. Louis from Washington, DC. Back in 2006, I already had the name picked out, “Saint Louis Patina.” I wondered if most people even knew what “patina” meant,…
Month: May 2010
Kenrick-Glennon Seminary
I had always seen this tower from Watson or Gravois, and last Sunday; I finally found my way there. Reminds me of the city hall of Los Angeles in some aspects.
Last Remnants of a Neighborhood, North Riverfront
Update: Years after its destruction, I still think about this neighborhood, and I still wonder what it was. The houses were extremely old, and there has to be a story behind why they were here. Plat maps reveal it was a subdivision called Harlem, which took its name from a creek that flowed through the…
Crown Square Almost Reborn, Old North St. Louis
I returned in the winter of 2022 and many other times. In just months, the street will return, with the pedestrian mall already swept away. In the future, I will do some before and after comparisons of the mall before the restoration began.
College Hill, Part 2
Update: The house above is abandoned now as of the winter of 2019 (third photo), if not much earlier. It may very well have been abandoned when this photograph was originally taken in May of 2010. College Hill really is on a hill, and these views show how high it is. This mansion above is…
College Hill, Part 1
Update: The Grand Water was repainted in the summer of 2020. College Hill is north of the Grand Water Tower, and south of O’Fallon Park. It is an area shrouded in mystery, and cloaked in a severe amount of desolation. I don’t think I saw maybe six people as we drove through this neighborhood two…
Amazing Adaptive Reuse in Downtown West
Paradowski Creative has created one of the most incredible and humane renovations of an old power plant in western Downtown. An emphasis on light reaching every employee and an eye for detail makes this one of the most exciting places to work that I’ve ever seen.
The Story Behind the House, Pella, Iowa
Update: Sorry, the link is dead, but you can read about the house here. I stumbled across this news story about my favorite house in southern Iowa. Read the original post here.
Stating the Obvious
Has the average driver in America become so self-absorbed and lazy that this sign below the red left hand turn arrow is actually needed?
Blocks, Calvary Cemetery
I took this picture through a car window covered with raindrops, but focused it so much the foreground was focused out of existence. Taken waiting out the rain at the gate of Calvary.