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 for these houses difficult. South Seventh is not an interstate, but listening to tractor trailers all night must not be fun.

Likewise, South Seventh is a boulevard, and historic maps show of course that this was not laid out like this originally. So a whole row of historic houses on the east side of the street were demolished, most likely during the annihilation of the Kosciusko neighborhood, which I’ve written about before.

Everything on the south side of Seventh is gone in the fire insurance map above. (remember Lafayette and Soulard swapped streets after 1909).

There is some in-fill, which you can see below, but the corner lot is still vacant.

There is a nice corner store building, with a front that is newer than the original buildings around it.

We’ve looked at the former Soulard Library before back in March of 2023.