Spotted recently on the north side of City Hall in downtown St. Louis.
Bavarian Inn, More Progress
I had been wondering why there had been no activity at the old Bavarian Inn site for a while. After sitting vacant for a long time, there had been rapid renovation work earlier in 2022. But now, in the last couple of weeks, the new windows have shown up, and the building and renovation is…
More Change East of Saint Louis University Hospital
I had looked at the quiet streets east of SLU Hospital and had been pleasantly surprised at the development that had been going on back in February of 2021. Spurred by a recent visit by Mark Groth over at St. Louis City Talk, I thought I would go back myself this last weekend. I was…
McRee Avenue, McRee Town, October 2022
The last time I strolled down McRee Avenue in McRee Town was back in January of 2020. After my recent trip to France, I have been finding that I have been needing a French pastry fix more often, so my Saturday sojourns have been leading to Patisserie Chouquette more often. The new construction is interesting,…
Massive Redevelopment, The Grove
Ah yeah, so Vista Avenue has changed a bit since I first looked at it back in August of 2014 when the Grove was still at the cusp of a major redevelopment explosion. The affordable housing above was just about complete in June of 2018, but things sure have changed. Basically all of the old…
Demolition Coming, The Grove, Part Two
Update: The church is now gone. The old Emmaus church at Tower Grove and Chouteau avenues will be demolished for the new Ronald McDonald House and headquarters. The old warehouse to the east has already been demolished. The apartment buildings to the east down the block are in great condition, and are not part of…
Demolition Coming, The Grove, Part One
This row of houses on the south side of Manchester Avenue, just east of Kingshighway in the Grove, are slated for demolition for the now ubiquitous flimsy wood frame apartment buildings that are going up all over the neighborhood. Left vacant and unmaintained for years, of course they look a little rough around the edges….
Beck and Corbitt Iron Company, In Ruins
Update: The building in the background of the first four photographs was completely destroyed by fire on February 3, 2024. As I watched footage of the last two sections of the old Beck and Corbitt Iron Company building burn to the ground on Thursday, I realized it was a good thing I managed to get…
Near North Riverfront, Early Fall 2022
Update: Both buildings have now been destroyed by fire. The building on the left, the Norvell-Shapleigh Warehouse was completely destroyed by fire on February 3, 2024. It had been a little while since I had photographed the rapidly diminishing warehouses of the Near North Riverfront, specifically the ones just to the north of the casino,…
Former Granite City Moose Lodge
Update: The building has been demolished. I took a look at the old Moose Lodge on State Street this last weekend when I was over at GCADD in Granite City. It’s an impressive building, and like many fraternal organizations, it looks like it might have had storefront space on the first floor with the meeting…