I wanted everyone to know about a cool new photography book that’s come out recently published by my friend and frequent collaborator, Jason Gray. In Mound City Chronicle, Gray’s purpose: is more than a series ofimages of St. Louis. It is testament to a path made through thecity at this moment; a path meant to…
Tag: Book Reviews
2,000th Post: In Search of Bob Reuter
Update: See a documentary of Bob Reuter here. I always go back and take a mental inventory of where I was when a friend of mine passes away. What was going on, and did I feel anything different? I know exactly where I was when Bob Reuter tragically fell to his death in an open…
Maritz and Young Lecture This Wednesday, August 14, 2013, 7:00 PM, Missouri History Museum
Update: This event has already passed. I was pleasantly surprised to receive a review copy of the Missouri History Museum’s publication, The Architecture of Maritz and Young: Exceptional Historic Homes of St. Louis, by Kevin Amsler and L. John Schott. If you’ve never heard of the firm of Maritz and Young, you’ll be interested to…
New Book on St. Louis Architecture
Update: As of September 2015, I can find no evidence of this book existing anymore. Please contact me if you know where this book can be purchased. The links above are dead. Disappearing St. Louis is a book presenting 55 color images captured over a three-year period by photographer Amy Fontinelle. They depict the poor…
Where does Church Road Go?
Back in college, I became friends with several people who lived in Wildwood. On several occasions, I drove by Church Road, which branches off of Strecker Road in far West County. I learned later that the road leads to one of the few remaining rural African American communities that sprouted up after the Civil War….