Why? Just why? We cross over Ohio Avenue as we continue our trek east down Arsenal Street, looking at the north side of the major east-west thoroughfare. We looked at the south side of the street back in May of 2022. I was actually pleasantly surprised with how this business cleaned up and reopened this…
Tag: Benton Park West
Arsenal Street Between Iowa and Ohio Avenues, North Side
Leaving Iowa Avenue behind, we see more rehabbing going on as we look at the north side of Arsenal Street. We looked at the south side of the street back in May of 2022. This block is intact, with just the interruption of the alley, showing how the street grid crooked due the presence of…
Arsenal Street Between Oregon and Iowa Avenues, North Side
Amazingly, despite traversing Arsenal Between Gravois and South Jefferson avenues perhaps thousands of times in my years living in St. Louis, I have never examined the houses on the north side of the street in the Benton Park West neighborhood. The first blocks, between Gravois and Nebraska, and then Nebraska and Oregon, are taken up…
Cherokee Street Around Nebraska Avenue, North Side
Our final stop along Cherokee Street, including some buildings we looked at back in January of 2017 are the the houses and corner stores around Nebraska Avenue. The building on the left has been vacant for as long as I can remember, while the others have been occupied almost consistently for a long time.
Cherokee Street Between Minnesota and Pennsylvania Avenues, North Side
Crossing Minnesota, again looking at some buildings I saw back in January of 2017, we see the same sort of corner storefronts that transition the edge of blocks to the middle. These photos above and below show the evolution of the street, from early Greek Revival rural construction, to later residential in the middle, to…
Cherokee Street Between Michigan and Minnesota Avenues, North Side
I took a little stroll along Cherokee Street during the annual print sale a couple of weeks ago, and took some photos. I looked at the general area back in January of 2017. I had always wondered what the deal was with this four-family apartment building, and lo and behold, it was the replacement for…
Small Houses
I saw a bunch of small houses recently that I thought were interesting. The first one has a sad ending, as when I photographed it the first time in my look at Virginia Avenue in Dutchtown (eleventh photograph down) it was still in good condition. I don’t know what happened. Sometimes I forget that a…
Arsenal Street Between California and Oregon Avenues, South Side
Crossing over California Avenue, the Grand Furniture Mart anchors the southwest corner; it is actually a combination store and apartment building, creating a dense, urban streetscape. Tucked behind it is a Second Empire house and a 1950s in-fill house. But the next building above, is important; it is a rare double half flounder built along…
Arsenal Street Between Ohio and California Avenues, South Side
Moving west from Ohio Avenue on Arsenal Street, we see a HUD house that has been built on a vacant lot, probably back in the 1970s. I actually met the owner of the house at SerbFest, where he was working security. Next are two stout four-family buildings, which are such a mainstay of the Benton…
Arsenal Street Between Jefferson and Ohio Avenues, South Side
I realized that despite the hundreds of times I’ve driven down Arsenal Street in Benton Park West I’ve never actually photographed it comprehensively, so I hit the south side of the thoroughfare one morning recently. Starting at South Jefferson Avenue, which I’ve looked at here and here, we move west and go by vacant lots,…