For some unknown reason, I found myself heading east down Parkdale Avenue in Clayton a couple weeks ago. In many ways, it is sort of the perfect urban. First, there is a block of apartment buildings, for those who need or want a small or affordable living situation closer to the commercial corridor along Hanley,…
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The Shanley Building
Update: While threatened with demolition in 2019, the Shanley Building was ultimately incorporated into the plans for a mixed use project approved by Clayton in late December of 2020. The Shanley Building was designed by Harris Armstrong and opened in the 1930s. I photographed it for the first time back in 2010, not realizing its…
Eighth Church of Christ, Scientist
This Christian Scientist church is interesting; it is primarily a Gothic Revival structure, but its front portico has echoes of the Romanesque or even the Renaissance. I also find it interesting, as earlier churches by this denomination had actively rejected traditional church design (see the former locations off of Gravois, Page or Russell), and going…
Clayton-Forsythe Building, Clayton
I had never seen this building before, but it’s worth checking out; it turns out my colleague Toby Weiss had already discovered it years ago. As more of Clayton is demolished, this building is a fitting tribute to what could be.
Hanley House, Clayton
Martin F. Hanley bought the farmland on which his house sits in 1847. It is a simple, but elegant Greek Revival house with an interesting paint scheme. Abandoning the more typical white of Greek Revival houses meant to emulate white marble, the Hanley House uses an olive green color, which sets off nicely with the…
Maritz and Young Lecture This Wednesday, August 14, 2013, 7:00 PM, Missouri History Museum
Update: This event has already passed. I was pleasantly surprised to receive a review copy of the Missouri History Museum’s publication, The Architecture of Maritz and Young: Exceptional Historic Homes of St. Louis, by Kevin Amsler and L. John Schott. If you’ve never heard of the firm of Maritz and Young, you’ll be interested to…
Clayton, 1975
Sorry that it’s a little blurry, but my Lord, look at all of the parking lots…
Forest Ridge and Southmoor
South of Brentmoor Park, and laid out at the same time, is Forest Ridge; while the terrain of the street is more level, it still has a distinctive wooded common area in the center. To the south on Big Bend is Southmoor, another private street probably laid out at the same time as its neighbors.