Continuing on in our look at two family flats in Dutchtown west of South Grand Boulevard, we see more examples that have a front parapet wall. And if you look at the examples above, you can see more of those mass-produced glazed terracotta decorative elements that appear in the larger multi-unit buildings. But there are…
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Dutchtown West of Grand Boulevard, Part Three
Next up we’ll be looking at two days of two family flats, which are represented in an abundance in the area of Dutchtown we’re looking at west of South Grand Boulevard. The majority have two front doors to access the upstairs and downstairs units, and have front facing gable roofs. However, there are a couple…
Dutchtown West of Grand Boulevard, Part Two
Next up in our examination of the built environment of Dutchtown west of South Grand Boulevard, we’ll look at four-family flats built in the 1910s and 20s. What is interesting to me is the configuration of the front doors; sometimes they are right next to each other, but also you can see above there are…
Enclaves of St. Louis #5: River Bluff Place
I learned about this short, one block long street a couple of years ago just east of South Broadway a couple of years ago from some residents. Taking its name from Chouteau’s Bluff, which rises just north of Carondelet and then continues for over a mile or so, there are dramatic views of the Mississippi…
Botanical Avenue from Lawrence Street to South 39th Street
Crossing over Lawrence Street on Botanical Avenue, there are more elaborate four-family flats, replate with turrets and false roofs. One thing that is notable about Shaw is that severe lack of demolition, and it’s surprising to see anything built after 1930, but we do spot a little bungalow below built after World War II. Finally,…
Botanical Avenue from Tower Grove Avenue to Klemm Street
We will now continue our examination of the Shaw neighborhood, which I remarked should really be called Tyler since Mary actually owned more square acreage within the modern boundaries of the neighborhood (if you eliminate Interstate 44 and include McRee Town, which was owned by Shaw, then it’s more of a tie). We’ll walk the…
Magnolia Avenue from Thurman Avenue to Klemm Street, Part One
Crossing Thurman, we see more apartment buildings and houses. This first one is perhaps more reminiscent of the U-shaped buildings of Chicago that are so prevalent, but not so much in St. Louis. But as I often remind readers, apartments in St. Louis, no mater how complicated they look, are usually just four- or six-family…
Magnolia Place
Moving a half block to the north to Magnolia Place “proper,” there are a pair of handsome gates that mark the entrance to the one block street on both ends at Lawrence and Thurman. And the housing is distinctly different from the houses to the south on Magnolia Avenue that is apparent immediately. While they…
Magnolia Avenue from Lawrence Street to Thurman Avenue, Part Two
Magnolia Place seems to have been platted around 1913 to 1916, which would make sense considering the style of the houses. Note the art glass in the lunette of the windows above. Some of the bungalows also seem to show some influence of Spanish Revival architecture, as well, such as in the house above. Side…
Magnolia Avenue from Lawrence Street to Thurman Avenue, Part One
One solution developers took for the ungainly long lots along Magnolia Avenue was to simply cut through a second street in between Lawrence and Thurman, named Magnolia Place (we’ll look at it in two days), and create a series of much smaller than normal lots with Arts and Crafts bungalows. It’s really a special little…