Other Fall Updates, Fires, Demolitions, Etc.

It finally happened, the Mullanphy Emigrant Home, which I last looked at back in June of this year, caught on fire and burned to the ground on the night of September 14th. There is certainly no grand conspiracy, but simply the fact that overnight lows reached 50 degrees, and a squatter’s fire probably spread out…

Stop Me Before I Paint Again!

Disclaimer: This post is not an attack at homeowners, who due to economic hardship have painted their house, or who inherited a painted brick house. St. Louis Patina legal disclaimer: In no way is St. Louis Patina accusing or insinuating that the current owner of the building depicted in the above and below photos is…

Nebraska Avenue Between Delor and Itaska Streets, Dutchtown

To the west of this section of South Broadway is a block of Nebraska Avenue just east of Interstate 55 which I stumbled upon recently. It reminds me that just one hundred or so feet to the west, houses just like the ones seen here were annihilated in the 1950s. Otherwise, this street would have…

Enclaves of St. Louis #3: 2700 Block of Osceola Street

It’s been a little while since I’ve done an Enclaves of St. Louis feature, so I thought I’d look at the 2700 block of Osceola Street in Dutchtown, just east of South Broadway and west of Interstate 55, which now artificially truncates the block. This must be a very interesting place to live, with just…