Rob Powers at Built St. Louis has taken much better pictures of Congregation Temple Israel, but I was surprised to discover that the bronze finial on the roof is now gone. I have featured a previous location of Temple Israel at Holy Corners in the past. Built in, it is truly an exceptional example of…
The Spanish Revival Mansion
Built in 1924, this cool Spanish Revival mansion way out in West County surely has a fascinating story behind it. In that year, this was out in the middle of nowhere. It looks like a Maritz and Young-influenced home.
East Prairie Street Hillside Grading
Update: See the site a month later blanketed in snow. A small burst of snow came up the last weekend of January when I came to document the dramatic demolition of a whole block of the College Hill neighborhood, on the north side of what I call the “Valley” bisected to the north and south…
Evans Avenue, JeffVanderLou, Revisited
As the sun was setting on the last Saturday of January, I found my way back to that single block of Evans Avenue just north of Grand Center in the JeffVanderLou neighborhood that I looked at back in February of 2015, almost four years ago. Some things did not seem to have changed, such as…
East Side of West Florissant Avenue
West Florissant Avenue is perhaps more famous for being a massive commercial and traffic artery out in North County, particularly through Ferguson and Dellwood and further beyond, but it is a bit of a curious street south of Interstate 70. It is lined with funeral homes, and then some very nice stately homes in the…
South Thirteenth Street, Sunset, December 2018
I’ve photographed these houses before, but I’ve been drawn back to this perfectly restored row just east of Interstate 55 several times over the years in Soulard. As I’ve said before, I can only assume that were just as beautiful houses on the west side of the street originally, just south of Sidney Street and…
South Down 20th Street from the Grand Water Tower
Update: The Grand Water was repainted in the summer of 2020. I came to the sad realization that the entire east side of 20th Street in Hyde Park (some consider this to be College Hill, but I don’t) is abandoned south of the Grand Water Tower. In February, I photographed the other side of the…
The Abandoned Bulldozer, Revisited
This bulldozer might not be so abandoned as I thought. If you look closely, the bucket on the front has clearly moved, and it is free of the underbrush that once buffeted it a year ago.
Coming Soon: Nothing! Hyde Park Edition
Back in August of 2018, I wrote about the ensemble of buildings at the intersection of N. Florissant and several other streets in the Hyde Park neighborhood. In late December, I discovered they had all been demolished.
More Collapses
Update: The house above has been demolished, as expected. Sadly, there have been some more building collapses in the last month, one due to no one’s fault, and two due to ongoing neglect and lack of investment. Above, the front porch of one of the ill-fated row of houses built on top of a quarry…