I realized I had actually photographed a lot of the houses on the block of Oregon Avenue north of Russell Boulevard before in Fox Park, but I had done it more thematically than by street. Above and below are some of the nicest stretches of Italianate houses in St. Louis. I looked at them back…
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California Avenue Between Sidney Street and Russell Boulevard
Working our way north on California Avenue past Sidney Street in Fox Park, we next cross over Shenandoah Avenue. There are later apartment buildings, that may have been delayed in filling in these blocks due to the large number of sinkholes in the area. But there are still plenty of buildings from the late Nineteenth…
California Avenue Between Magnolia Avenue and Sidney Street
I realized that I had never looked at California Avenue in Fox Park, just like I had never looked like Pennsylvania Avenue north of Cherokee Street in Benton Park West. This part of Fox Park was a wild and undeveloped section of the St. Louis Commons, filled with crevices, ponds and sinkholes. We’ll look at…
Rung For Women, Expansion
It’s hard to believe that just six years ago I was documenting the old warehouses and buildings of the Fox Brothers Company, some of which were too far gone to be preserved (last three photos). Fox Brothers was a huge company that produced millwork for the area; the park that bears its name nearby was…
Stained Glass Windows, St. Francis de Sales
I stopped by St. Francis de Sales again, and checked out the stained glass, which was looking resplendent in the bright sunny weather on Saturday. It was so nice to get out again after so many weekends with rain.
St. Francis de Sales, Lent
I stopped in to St. Francis de Sales during Lent, and I noticed that the statues are all covered with purple cloth during this period. Also, thank you, Bob.
Fox Park Warehouse Conversions
My, how things have changed since April of 2013 when I first photographed the former industrial area of Fox Park near the intersection of South Jefferson and Gravois. The huge warehouse at the northwest corner of Sidney and Texas has been renovated into apartments; it was once part of the Koken Barber Supply Company. I…
Bumpers in Trees
Tipped off by a source, I was guided to a grove of trees where bumpers were wrapped around trees decades ago, and now the trunks have grown around them, encasing them inside. Is there anything more American than this type of littering?
Demolition, Old Bumper Plating
Some old buildings, due to their history, just need to be torn down. One case in point was a squat building at the southwest corner of Victor Street and Texas Avenue. As can be seen, a small duplex house was added on to by the Koken Barber Supply Company, where shellacking occurred for some of…
Iowa Avenue Opposite St. Francis de Sales
The west side of Iowa Avenue in between Lynch Street (which continues as sort of an afterthought west of Gravois) and Sidney Street opposite of St. Francis de Sales has some interesting houses. The first house above has an explanation of why it sits at an angle. It was most likely built before the addition…