Tag: Cherokee Street
Cherokee Street
I never get tired of the architecture of Cherokee Street east of Jefferson; it was built long before the storefronts of Cherokee west of Jefferson, so it has a totally different flavor. Update: The bakery that moved in, Whisk, is closed. There is a bakery going into the old Shangri-La Diner space. Update: PhD Gallery…
Benton Park West, Revisited
I’m continually blown away by the sheer variety of housing styles and the creativity of the brickwork in the neighborhoods south of Gravois and west of Jefferson. Really the northern part of Dutchtown, it’s now known as Benton Park West, and Cherokee Street runs right through the middle of it. Once a largely German neighborhood,…
Gooolll
Update: The store is now closed and the building is vacant. What was once an abandoned bank has found new life as a sporting goods store on Cherokee Street for many years now.
Old Kroger, Ohio Avenue Just South of Cherokee Street
This is the former home of Kroger’s, robbed at gunpoint in 1959 by none other than James Earl Ray. It was part of the old Cherokee Brewery before its front fa?ade was adapted for the grocery store.
Aisle 1 Gallery, Cherokee Street
Update: The gallery closed in 2012, and the mural is now gone. Aisle 1 Gallery, named in reference to its storefront’s former use as a corner store, is one of my favorite art galleries in the city. Part of the burgeoning art scene on Cherokee Street, galleries like Aisle 1 are possible because the hard…
Cherokee Brewery
Update: The old stock house has of course undergone a massive renovation and is now the home of Earthbound Beer, which you can read about here. Earthbound Beer is now closed. Cherokee Brewery, once located in the 2700 block of Cherokee Street, is long gone, but traces of it still exist. Above, you can see…