Update: The buildings above and below were demolished around the beginning of 2020. Hebert Street can change from utter devastation and abandonment in the northeastern corner of JeffVanderLou… …to new signs of life in the Old North St. Louis neighborhood. Update: I went back to this block in July of 2014 and the winter of…
Tag: Brick Thieves
Leffingwell Avenue, JeffVanderLou
This block of Leffingwell Avenue is the only “intact” street left in the southeastern portion of JeffVanderLou; across the street is Yeatman Park, which had given the historic name to this part of the city. But looks can be deceiving; I have actually already shown the backs of these houses, in a post last week. …
Brick Rustling, JeffVanderLou
Update: I went back and documented this area in the spring of 2019. Looks like just another abandoned building, right? But come around the side, and the ugly truth if revealed. For some reason, water was pouring into the basement of the house; contrary to normal procedure, the water line seems to have not been…
St. Louis Avenue, JeffVanderLou, Revisited
Update: Some of the buildings in the photo above were demolished in the summer of 2020. I know for a fact that the one of these houses, either the one on the far left or the one second from right, now trashed was occupied the last time I looked at these houses.? I distinctly remember…
Business Up Front, Destruction in Back
Update: These houses were demolished sometime in the winter of 2018-2019. See the last two photos of this post on nearby Cote Brilliante Avenue. These houses along Marcus Avenue look alright, just a little rough around the edges, right? In reality, their red bricks backs have been stolen, leaving nothing but a sagging mess spilling…
The Winkelmann Mansion’s Demolition: A Symbol of What is Wrong With St. Louis Leadership
Update: The City of St. Louis cut ties with Paul McKee’s Northside in June of 2018. The lot is now for sale, as of the spring of 2019. We all knew the end was coming soon; when the news reports of angry neighbors bemoaning the precarious condition of the Winkelmann Mansion in its seriously damaged…
JeffVanderLou Arsons, Two Years Later
Two and a half years ago, numerous buildings were struck by arson in long-suffering JeffVanderLou, within sight of the theaters of Grand Center. I decided to go back and check on the houses, and see how the neighborhood was doing. Most of the houses had been demolished, but I found the 1910 Bacon Street had…
What is Left?
It seems like the theft of brick and the destruction of buildings has slowed in the eastern part of JeffVanderLou and St. Louis Place. But perhaps there’s just nothing left to steal…
St. Louis Place, Continuing to Fascinate
Despite the drought, nature has once again returned to St. Louis Place to slowly swallow up houses and storefronts long sitting vacant. Update: The Winkelmann mansion was demolished after suffering further collapse due to brick theft. The buildings below were demolished for the new National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in 2017. The City of St. Louis cut…
Brick Theft Continues Around the North Side
Update: The building above was demolished in the second half of 2020. I thought the house above on St. Louis Avenue was a recent victim of brick theft, but I found an old picture here that shows it was ravaged long ago. It’s amazing that it’s still standing after what’s been done to it. The…