I’m not exactly sure what neighborhood this is right here, but I think it is just inside the JeffVanderLou neighborhood. Regardless, it has been hit hard, very hard, by brick thieves. Some houses look perfectly fine, until you look more closely and you realize the back of the building has been hit. Other houses are…
Tag: Brick Thieves
Saint Louis Avenue Despoliation #4
Update: Most of the buildings on this stretch of St. Louis Avenue have now been torn down. I revisited the house below in the summer of 2023 (last photo). The contrast across Glasgow Avenue could not be more extreme; on one side is a perfectly fine mansion, and on the other side is devastation. Update:…
Saint Louis Avenue Despoliation #3
Update: Most of the buildings on this stretch of St. Louis Avenue have been torn down as of December of 2019. It’s a testimony to the quality of construction in the 19th Century that these buildings are still standing.
Saint Louis Avenue Despoliation #2
Update: Most of the buildings on this stretch of St. Louis Avenue have been torn down as of December of 2019.. These little houses are maybe not the most exciting buildings in the city, but they are still interesting. What was the little storefront used for when it was occupied? It wasn’t very large, obviously,…
Saint Louis Avenue Despoliation #1
Update: Most of the buildings on this stretch of St. Louis Avenue have been torn down as of December of 2019.. The rest of the week will feature the ongoing destruction of the built environment in neighborhoods such as JeffVanderLou. In particular, St. Louis Avenue, which was once the lifeblood of the area, is slowly…
Brick Theft on the Northside Continues
Update: All of the buildings in these photos have been demolished, including St. Augustine. I realized I needed to check up on some of my favorite houses in St. Louis Place and see how they were doing. On my way there, I encountered these victims of brick theft. The houses I have documented in the…
St. Louis Place in the Snow
Update: The house above is gone. I drove around the St. Louis Place neighborhood on two Saturdays ago, and saw some signs of life among so much desolation. Hebert Street continues its decline, and a street just to the south, showed evidence of a fire from the rear. I continued on, and found these well-preserved…
Gravity Defying Houses, Saint Louis Place
Update: The house above is gone, while the house below is still a pile of rubble. The City of St. Louis cut ties with Paul McKee’s Northside in June of 2018. I’m amazed sometimes at the steadfast resilience of some of the brick rustled houses in St. Louis Place. Despite having all of their brick…
St. Louis Place, December 2010
Update: The City of St. Louis cut ties with Paul McKee’s Northside in June of 2018. All of the buildings above were later destroyed by fire or brick thieves. The east side of St. Louis Place has really been devastated since the first time I went up to the area. Streets that once had numerous…
Brick Rustling, Northern St. Louis Place
Update: All of the buildings owned by Paul McKee below have now been demolished. The City of St. Louis cut ties with McKee’s Northside in June of 2018. St. Augustine was purchased and is now under renovation. I decided to check out the blocks around St. Augustine this weekend, as the weather was clear and…