Red brick, at least on the front of houses, was certainly out of style by the early Twentieth Century. Rich red, almost brown brick predominates houses west of Kingshighway. Flat roofs, which dominated St. Louis for a century, are replaced by pitched roofs, with the red clay tiles so common in Spanish and Mediterranean architecture….
Tag: Dogtown
Four Family Apartment Buildings, Dogtown
Four-family flats, if properly maintained and owned, can still be desirable, and properly dense places for people to enjoy the benefits of an urban neighborhood. Dogtown has an eclectic mix, often capped with red clay tile roofs.
Tract Housing
I love these houses, set on double lots, that again probably reflected a more rural, early Twentieth Century environment, west of the city and south of Forest Park. Each house is slightly different, but they remind me of houses more common in Chicago. Interestingly, tucked in between two of these houses is an obvious Modernist…
Grandview Place
Sitting on the edge of the city line, Grandview Place is a short street, now truncated by the interstate, that once was probably a quiet streetcar suburban destination. To the east, the residents could probably see the black cloud of smoke hanging over the city, and afforded great views when the wind blew the haze…
Park Clayton Apartments
I wonder what was here originally.
Lindell Bank, Hi-Pointe
It’s interesting to see how Lindell Bank created a certain look that continued into its different branches.
Clayton Avenue Apartments
This apartment building reminds me more of something I would see in Chicago, with its horseshoe interior courtyard. The ornament is both Spanish and Moorish at the same time. The switch from red brick had fully arrived.
Dewey School
Another of the great Ittner/Milligan legacy, the Dewey School was designed by Rockwell Milligan in 1917. It has a great mixture of styles, including Romanesque and Moorish elements. Like many of their schools, there is no central portal, but two twin portals located in the central wing, near the projecting side wings. Holy settling, Batman!
Amoco Sign
The Amoco Sign actually originally was another brand name, but the cool Modernist gas station below it still serves the busy corner of Skinker and Clayton. It’s one of two gas stations built in the middle of Clayton Road, the other being at Big Bend.
Clayton, Oakland and Skinker/McCausland
Is there any better example of the hatred of the pedestrian illustrated in concrete and asphalt than the amalgam of highways, streets and avenues that converge at the Hi-Pointe?