I find the Marine Villa neighborhood to be an interesting mix of architecture, largely because of its rural setting for much of its early history around the hospital for former mariners. It has some nice half flounders, such as the one above, and more typical Second Empire buildings like the one below. The fascinating early…
Month: July 2018
Checking In On Old North, “Post-McKee”
Update: See the house in the pictures above and below in the winter of 2019. The house was demolished by July of 2019. Its roof collapsed in 2014. Yes, there is a house in there, hidden by the giant volunteer trees. It’s owned by Paul McKee’s Northside TIF, and he was supposed to have divested himself…
Fences Go Up
Update: The house above on the left was torn down in May of 2019. I have been following these houses now for several years, and while there has been renewed interest in preserving them, I noticed that fences have gone up around two of these incredibly rare survivors of the 1870s Midtown residential district that…
Coming Soon: Nothing!
Update: The church was damaged by fire in May of 2023. I had been following the demolition of the historic row house and wing of the church on Washington Avenue. I understand that there are reasons why buildings must be torn down, but to leave the vacant lot in such a shambles is embarrassing. Buy…
Checking in on Midtown
I love finding these old houses in Midtown built right after the Civil War, such as the one above, right in the Gothic Revival shadow of St. Alphonsus Ligori, still an active parish church. It also seems like the Stockton House is back under renovation, after lying largely dormant for many years; it is a…
In Between Delmar and Page Avenue, Revisited
Update: Here are some more photos from this area in 2019. I returned to that area just north of the Central West End near Lewis Place, and checked in on some of the houses that I had photographed before. The apartment building below has continued to deteriorate, though the collapsed front porch has been cleaned…
Hebert Street, JeffVanderLou, June 2018
Paul McKee’s crimes are hidden during the summer more, when the giant volunteer trees and underbrush grow lush and green, concealing houses that have collapsed years ago. You see, up this way, nothing ever gets cleaned up. Here is the same ruin in the winter; I remember when the house still had brick walls… Heading…
Returning to St. Louis Avenue Now For Over A Decade
Update: See St. Louis Avenue further west of here in these three posts: here, here,?here?and here. The row of houses in between Parnell (really sort of the traffic artery Jefferson becomes up north) and N. Florissant Avenue is one of the most beautiful streets in St. Louis. I love showing it to visitors to blow…
Still in Ruins
Update: The house was still in ruins in the spring of 2022, even as redevelopment began around it. It seems like this old stone building is getting worse, based on my pictures going back through the years. Here it is from 2013Â and from 2011. I hope there is some sort of solution planned for this…