I spotted some of these old sidewalk medallions in Tower Grove East. The one above is interesting in that it has the address of where it was laid. You can read about granitoid sidewalks here. Below, we even have the date of the construction, which is 1909.
Category: South
Posts about South St. Louis
Anheuser-Busch Brew House, Night
I’ve photographed the interior of the famous 1891-2 brew house on the grounds of the Anheuser-Busch Brewery, back in April of 2011 and then again in June of 2015. But I’d never done it at night, and it was interesting to capture the interior with only artificial light illuminating the mash tuns and brew kettles….
End of Autumn 2025 Odds and Ends
Here are some leftover photos from the last six months. Above is a Falstaff sign in Benton Park. Above, looking down a street in what I think is Kingsway East towards the Chase Park Plaza, but I can’t be sure. Above is the Missouri Athletic Club, which I snapped while sitting at the light at…
Our Lady of Czestochowa Roman Catholic Church
There’s nothing but industrial wasteland to see now where the Polish parish of Our Lady of Czestochowa once stood from 1907 to 1957, swept away by the failed urban renewal plan for the Kosciusko neighborhood. But for a half century, the scrappy church thrived among the tenements and factories that filled the rough and tumble…
South Seventh Street Between Geyer and Lafayette Avenues, West Side
I was heading up South Seventh Street (no, it’s not South Broadway) north of Geyer, which is the eastern border of Soulard, and I was admiring the buildings to my left. Of course, it must be terribly loud with all the trucks driving up and down the street to the interstate, making quality of life…
Norbury Wayman Map of St. Louis Additions and Subdivisions
Norbury Wayman was a historian and artist who researched and chronicled much of St. Louis and its built environment. I’m presenting here his additions and subdivisions of the city maps, which are incredibly useful for anyone looking to see when different portions of St. Louis were platted. Above is an overall map, and below are…
Second Empire, Reborn
Well, I’ll be darned! That Second Empire beauty at the southeast corner of South Jefferson Avenue and Miami Street wasn’t actually a hazardous building in imminent danger of collapse after all! It’s been reopened as a space for a non-for-profit that provides housing for people in need. Looks like it’s structurally sound!
Oregon Avenue Between Russell Boulevard and Geyer Avenue
I realized I had actually photographed a lot of the houses on the block of Oregon Avenue north of Russell Boulevard before in Fox Park, but I had done it more thematically than by street. Above and below are some of the nicest stretches of Italianate houses in St. Louis. I looked at them back…
California Avenue Between Sidney Street and Russell Boulevard
Working our way north on California Avenue past Sidney Street in Fox Park, we next cross over Shenandoah Avenue. There are later apartment buildings, that may have been delayed in filling in these blocks due to the large number of sinkholes in the area. But there are still plenty of buildings from the late Nineteenth…
California Avenue Between Magnolia Avenue and Sidney Street
I realized that I had never looked at California Avenue in Fox Park, just like I had never looked like Pennsylvania Avenue north of Cherokee Street in Benton Park West. This part of Fox Park was a wild and undeveloped section of the St. Louis Commons, filled with crevices, ponds and sinkholes. We’ll look at…