I looked at this house back in July of 2018 and it is still occupied and in good condition. There are other interesting buildings nearby that are typical Carondelet houses: hipped roof, two bay wide homes, are common like the one above in addition to gable roof houses. Sometimes they are only one story high,…
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Southeast Carondelet, Early September 2026, Part One
I was trying to get a better view of the Italgrani grain elevator but didn’t have very good luck, as can be seen above. I did have better luck checking in some of my favorite streets in Carondelet that I had last looked at back in May of 2022. What is particularly interesting is that…
Vulcan Street, Early September 2026
I returned to the 7700 block of Vulcan Street that is tucked away in a quiet corner of Carondelet sometimes known as the Patch. Some houses, such as the ones above and below are occupied by stalwart owners, hanging on as industry creeps in around them. I’ve looked at this street in November of 2012,…
End of Summer Odds and Ends
It’s a little late, but here are the odds and ends for the summer of 2026. Above, I snapped this photo of the wall of industry you spot as you pass under the Bellerive Bridge into Carondelet southbound on Broadway. Above is the vanished Twenty-First Street Bridge over the Mill Creek Valley. It is one…
Alabama Avenue Between Holly Hills Avenue and Iron Street
Crossing Holly Hills Avenue, we near the end of our trip up Alabama Avenue in Carondelet, as the interstate will stop us from proceeding further. There continues to be a mix of styles, showing the slow development of the neighborhood. This is the last house, at Iron Street, where the interstate cuts through and ends…
Alabama Avenue Between Haven Street and Holly Hills Avenue
Houses rapidly become much more ornate north of Haven Street. Houses are more typical of what you might see in Dutchtown or Gravois Park. It seems the flippers have arrived. There are more corner stores, as well, which were not common south of Loughborough Avenue. Perhaps what is the best way to describe the street…
Alabama Avenue Between Loughborough Avenue and Haven Street
Just like one block over on Vermont Avenue, like yesterday, the houses are older and brick on Alabama Avenue, and they’re quite nice. Even the houses look similar, such as the one below. This was clearly the more different part of Carondelet. There are still many working class houses. But brick predominates. Note the house…
Alabama Avenue Between Blow Street and Loughborough Avenue
This is where it gets interesting, as there is a group of Gingerbread and Tudor Revival houses, similar to what we saw one block over on Vermont Avenue. I suspect there was a large tract of undeveloped land that came open in the 1920s. We then make it to Loughborough Avenue.
Alabama Avenue Between Robert Avenue and Blow Street
We turn the corner to continue up Alabama Avenue. We continue to see many fascinating wood frame buildings, which are so common in Carondelet and what I like so much about this neighborhood: the survivors. These in particular are perhaps the oldest on the block, and were built before street grading occurred with the annexation…
Alabama Avenue Between Primm Street and Robert Avenue
I realized that I have looked at all of the main north-south streets in Carondelet with the exception of Alabama Avenue, so I went down to the southernmost block and proceeded north. The first part, leaving behind Primm Street, has light industrial with a series of warehouses and other buildings. Then there is some in-fill,…