Moving along to the west, the streetscape past a short row of storefronts is more of the same for what we would expect in the Greater Ville, expect we are along a major street. For whatever reason, the grassy median has now transformed to a broad swath of concrete, and it is bare and white….
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Natural Bridge Avenue Between Paris and North Taylor Avenues, South Side
When we last left off on our examination of the south side of Natural Bridge Avenue heading west, we had stopped at Clay Avenue. Much of the urban fabric west of there until Paris Avenue has been ruined for autocentric development, so let’s pick up there. The housing stock, even though it’s on a major…
Natural Bridge Avenue Between Warne and Clay Avenues, South Side
Update: I continued west on Natural Bridge in July of 2022. Heading west on Natural Bridge Avenue, there are more surprises that can be enjoyed, including this massive duplex on the right above. There seems to be more single family houses west of Warne Avenue. Sadly, there is more abandonment, with some interesting houses that…
Natural Bridge Avenue Between Vandeventer and Warne Avenues, South Side
I know that many people, including business owners along Natural Bridge Avenue, have spoken out and criticized the “road diet” that has considerably narrowed the major thoroughfare through a multitude of North St. Louis neighborhoods. There were concerns that it would negatively affect business, and I would not ever claim to know how to run…
Modernist Storefront, Natural Bridge Avenue
Look at this little business, probably reskinned in the 1950s; there was still hope back then for the neighborhood.
Natural Bridge Avenue Institutions
Just northwest of the intersection with Grand Boulevard, Natural Bridge Avenue has a series of St. Louis institutions, each of a different variety. The first one, the old Fairgrounds Hotel, once housed Cardinals and Browns players who played at Sportsman’s Park a mere four blocks away. Stan Musial even lived there for a time, but…
Natural Bridge Avenue
Update: Revised October 2018 with revised photographs, texts and links to relevant posts. On the heels of my pleasant trip down Page Blvd last weekend, I decided to check out Natural Bridge Ave, a possible route for the northern extension of Metrolink. Sadly, while there was more life along Natural Bridge, much of the historic…
Penrose, July 2022, Part Two, Penrose Avenue and Environs
Continuing on Penrose Avenue, more or less, we see more housing stock that reminds me of the Greater Ville, which of course is not very far away, just south of Natural Bridge Avenue. I’ve always been intrigued by these little one-story houses with the false roof on the front façade. But then, we see a…
Salisbury Street Between North Twenty-Fifth Street and North Florissant Avenue, North Side
Salisbury Street in Hyde Park was already a major street, running along the south side of the eponymous park back in 1876, but there’s even more traffic nowadays because it connects the McKinley Bridge to the busy arteries of North Jefferson and Natural Bridge avenues. (Note that you can see Irving School to the northwest.)…