Update: The City of St. Louis cut ties with Paul McKee’s Northside in June of 2018. The house was finally destroyed in March of 2013. As I reported several months ago, the end is now almost certainly coming very soon for the beloved Winkelmann Mansion on St. Louis Avenue. The addition that functioned as part…
Tag: Brick Thieves
Winkelmann Mansion, Almost Gone
Update: The house was finally demolished in March of 2013. I know that a lot of people love this house, and are very upset that it’s made it to this point where a strong storm might very well collapse the rest of the house. I count myself as one of them. Once one of many…
Desolation and Southern St. Louis Place
Update: Demolished for the new National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in 2017. The City of St. Louis cut ties with Paul McKee’s Northside in June of 2018. I recently was passing through the area of the worst demolition and desolation in St. Louis, where I had been almost four years before. Nothing has changed. To many St….
North Taylor Through Lewis Place and The Ville
Update: To see where Taylor ends at St. Louis Avenue, click on this post from October 2018. Wow, what a difference a few blocks can make. Heading north on Delmar, there’s the inevitable feeling that disinvestment has taken its toll on the neighborhoods. I agree that it looks like brick thieves have moved west past…
Hyde Park and Brick Theft
Brick theft occurs throughout the north side of St. Louis east of Grand Blvd, but I rarely it see it in the fairly densely populated Hyde Park neighborhood. That’s why I was concerned when I spotted this wall that had been knocked out near a window. I can’t imagine any other possible need to do…
Touring the Northside
It’s always interesting to take someone up to the North Side inside Grand for the first time; last week, I took my friend Jeff, in from China, up around some of my favorite neighborhoods. The desolation, and houses decimated by brick theft, were shocking to Jeff. I’d always been intrigued by this small, wood frame…
Sad State of Buildings in North St. Louis
Update: The house is still standing in a ruined state as of December of 2019. I decided to check up on some of the victims of brick theft in several north side neighborhoods. Houses that I photographed earlier this year or even last year cling to their existence, as battered as they are. Old North…
St. Louis Place and JeffVanderLou, West of Parnell Avenue
One of the saddest parts of the city of St. Louis are the streets surrounding St. Augustine, in an area heavily destroyed by brick theft and neglect. The church is still stunning, despite showing the ravages of deferred maintenance. The area around the church is slowly becoming a wasteland, even if a few streets are…
Eastern St. Louis Place: Revisited
Update: The house above was destroyed by brick thieves. The City of St. Louis cut ties with Paul McKee’s Northside in June of 2018. My first experience with brick thieves occurred in the eastern part of St. Louis Place, easily the most devastated portion of the city with whole streets and blocks now vacant. Honestly,…
Nothing’s Sacred Anymore
Update: This church faced further destruction at the hands of brick thieves, and eventually the entire front half of the building collapsed, leaving only the back third. It remained in a ruined condition (See fifth photograph down in this post from August of 2018). As of 2025, I am fairly certain it is gone. This…