I’m sure these two photos, above and below, are the classic “ruin porn” photos that most people seek out to take when they visit Gary, Indiana. And I’m not going to pretend that the city doesn’t have serious problems, and no one who lives there, I’m sure, is going pretend there aren’t thousands of acres…
Tag: Arts and Crafts Style
More Historic Houses, Florissant
The Withington House, constructed in 1860, was the home of George and Eliza, and is another typical central hall five bay German house in Florissant. Auguste Aubuchon House began as a log cabin. The houses above and below are not the same one, but you can see how common the building type was, where there…
Lee Avenue Between North Kingshighway and Marcus Avenue
I had some time to kill, so I decided to explore the entire length of Lee Avenue from North Kingshighway to North Grand Boulevard. While there’s technically four blocks east of Grand, there are not any houses facing the street. At Kingshighway, Lee technically turns to Brown Avenue and enters the Mark Twain Industrial Park….
West Broadway Street, Decorah, Iowa
Following the high ground up above the river that forms the boundary of Decorah on three sides, West Broadway commands a prominent location in the civic space of the city. As expected, the latest revival styles are represented in the seven blocks of the National Register Historic District. While there are lavish Italianate villas on…
The Greater Ville, Early Summer 2023
I also wanted to check up on the Greater Ville, primarily heading east down Ashland Avenue, the major east-west street two blocks south of Natural Bridge Avenue. The photos above and below are from the 4500 block of Ashland, which I looked at way back in January of 2019. The houses below are in the…
Northwest of Downtown, Galesburg, Illinois
It’s always interesting to see a city such as Galesburg that is primarily a community of wood frame houses, its building materials brought south from the Northwoods by Chicago’s vast rail network. The house above is the first one north of the railroad tracks that separate the residential neighborhoods from downtown. Of course there are…
Morgan Ford South of Gravois, Bevo
Jumping around a bit, we’re back to the intersection of Morgan Ford and Gravois, and we’ll head south, starting at this replica of a famous landmark in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina. We looked at the intersection before, and saw there was once a row of buildings at the corner that is now a parking lot…
Gravois Avenue Between Duke Street and Morgan Ford Road, Bevo
Let’s pass by Duke Street, which I have to admit I’d never heard of before because there are so many short one or two block long streets in this part of Bevo that branch off Gravois Avenue. I think it is probably due to the relatively rugged terrain of the old Christy Estate. But as…
Gravois Avenue Between Gertrude Avenue and Duke Street, Bevo
Continuing on past the large house at the corner of Gertrude Avenue, we see more of the intact street wall along Gravois Avenue. Brightly colored storefronts and restaurants opened by Bosnian immigrants begin to appear, showing how the neighborhood was redeveloped starting in the 1990s. Then we reach Eichelberger Avenue, which is actually a relatively…
Gravois Avenue From Bates Street to Gertrude Avenue, Bevo
Gravois Avenue in Bevo has one of the best preserved commercial strips in the city, and I took a stroll along it a couple weekends ago. Further up Gravois, southwest and northeast of Grand Boulevard, the avenue is scarred by parking lots for car dealerships, while in Bevo there are only a couple, thank the…