They’re doing some great things out in St. Charles County. Yes, I know you might be really surprised to hear me say that, but it’s true. Let’s head out to the historic town of Cottleville (where yes, they were still repairing some damage from the unrelenting severe storms that have hit our region this spring),…
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Along the Lower River des Peres
I traveled from the mouth of the River des Peres, starting by heading up Marceau Avenue, where I spotted some old houses while still in Carondelet. I crossed over the River des Peres on Alabama Avenue onto the south side of the drainage ditch and proceeded up Carondelet Boulevard. Of course, Alabama Avenue becomes Lemay…
Greendale
Heading up Normandy Avenue, I first glanced over at the historic Normandie Golf Club and noticed earth being moved around. Had it finally been purchased and subdivided for houses, as had been threatened so many times? No, in fact it is being renovated according to designs by Jack Nicklaus. But I was turning my attention…
Glasgow Village Today
Having looked at the history and read about Glasgow Village in the paper, and realizing I hadn’t actually visited in a long time and only cursorily, I set out early on Saturday to take a look. I went up Riverview Drive and entered the area via Spring Garden Drive and drove around the southern portion…
Glasgow Village, The Past
I read a recent Post-Dispatch article about the recent travails of the unincorporated North County community of Glasgow Village, and a neighborhood leader who was quoted saying that 600 of the 1700 housing units in the area needed to be demolished, a whopping 35%. The huge area, just south of I-270 before it crosses the…
Castle Point, July 2024
Castle Point is one of those places in suburbia that sort of defies description. I visited the former Thomas Elementary School all the way back in April of 2012 and learned from readers that there is a portion of the vast neighborhood that is known as Hathaway Manor, which is distinct from the larger Castle…
Wyoming Street Between Oak Hill Avenue and Roger Place, Tower Grove South
Heading through more of the old Oak Hill area, we see more of the Arts and Crafts houses and two family apartment buildings. There are also some very unique one family houses, as can be seen below.
Kinloch Park, Berkeley
I recently stumbled upon the plat map of Kinloch Park, which as its name suggests, has to do with the street grid of Kinloch, the historically middle class African American suburb in North County. But it is not so simple. Kinloch Park formed only the northwest portion of Kinloch, and that part has actually been…
Louisiana Avenue Between Holly Hills and Wilmington Avenues, Part One
For whatever reason, I thought I would mosey up Louisiana Avenue through Dutchtown on a bright and sunny Saturday recently. Starting down south at Holly Hills, the houses are from the Twentieth Century. And red brick like you see in the Nineteenth Century is rare. You see tan, buff and brick, sometimes mixed together in…
Odell Street Between Ivanhoe and Tamm Avenues, North Side
One block south of Marmaduke Street is Odell, which is one of the most fascinating long blocks in the City of St. Louis. Odell was originally named Cleveland in the Breezy Heights Subdivision, but due to the possible confusion with the street of the same name further east, it was renamed. It is lined with…