Due to a large parking lot that demolished a large number of houses, the block of Iowa Avenue north of Cherokee Street is relatively short. There is this interesting office building, which pops up in the middle of the block. Then there is a row of houses with the last tinges of Romanesque Revival style…
Tag: Benton Park West
Texas Avenue Between Cherokee and Utah Streets
I realized I had never looked at the blocks just north of Cherokee Street in Benton Park West, which have seen some redevelopment. First up is Texas Avenue. Most of the buildings are from the early Twentieth Century, and vary from one story bungalows to four-family apartment buildings. But there are also Arts and Crafts…
The Old Quarry on Utah Street
Things are not looking good for the houses built on the old quarry on Utah Street that I last looked at back in May of 2019 (second photo). I believe there has been additional demolition, and there has certainly been more abandonment. The houses are looking really bad as the settling has continued. It’s dramatic…
Cherokee Street Between Tennessee and South Compton Avenues, North Side
I realized I had never photographed the far western portion of Cherokee Street before you reach Gravois Avenue, and I spotted these two beautiful apartment buildings. I suspect they were designed and built by the same entity that built these two up on Wyoming Avenue. The new traffic calming measures along Virginia Avenue also intersect…
Arsenal Street Between Ohio and South Jefferson Avenues, North Side
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…
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…