I have always been intrigued by this little building, sitting on a trapezoid of land at the northwest corner of Gravois and Victor. What is now a doctor’s office was originally the offices of attorney Paul J. Simon, who also served as a state representative in the 1970s. But there was a two-story building here…
Tag: Gravois Avenue/Road
Grant’s Farm, Mid-June 2023
The Busch Family Ownership Group (minus Billy and Adolphus IV) welcomes you to Grant’s Farm! We paid an evening visit to the Busch family estate recently. I learned the structure below was the ice skating building. This was part of the original holdings of the Dent Family, and the Hardscrabble log cabin is one of…
Fire, Soulard Church
Despite having driven by this church on the very edge of Soulard well over a thousand times, I came to the realization that I had never photographed it before the fire that struck it one night recently. Apparently painting supplies spontaneously combusted, which is completely possible if they are not allowed to dry properly; the…
Morgan Ford South of Gravois, Bevo
Jumping around a bit, we’re back to the intersection of Morgan Ford and Gravois, and we’ll head south, starting at this replica of a famous landmark in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina. We looked at the intersection before, and saw there was once a row of buildings at the corner that is now a parking lot…
Gravois Avenue Between Taft and Beethoven Avenues
We’re almost to the end of the portion of Gravois in Bevo, as we approach the viaduct that takes the railroad over the street. Interestingly, there are a large amount of old wood frame houses surviving, often concealed by later brick storefronts built out to the sidewalk line. I like the very strange almost saltbox-like…
Gravois Avenue from Ellenwood to Taft Avenues, Bevo
We’ll take one last look at the building on the southwest corner, and then continue on northeast up Gravois Avenue. We’ve actually looked at this building before because it was once attached to a movie theater to the right, back in October of 2020. The newer mid-Twentieth Century buildings such as the one below replaced…
Gravois Avenue from Neosho Street to Ellenwood Avenue, Bevo
But just as we pass by the open spaces left by the demolition for parking lots, we discover that historic buildings intact for the next block. Terracotta companies mass produced designs that are seen all over the city. So while individual buildings are unique, they can often have the same “flavor” as others throughout the…
Gravois Avenue Between Duke Street and Morgan Ford Road, Bevo
Let’s pass by Duke Street, which I have to admit I’d never heard of before because there are so many short one or two block long streets in this part of Bevo that branch off Gravois Avenue. I think it is probably due to the relatively rugged terrain of the old Christy Estate. But as…
Gravois Avenue Between Gertrude Avenue and Duke Street, Bevo
Continuing on past the large house at the corner of Gertrude Avenue, we see more of the intact street wall along Gravois Avenue. Brightly colored storefronts and restaurants opened by Bosnian immigrants begin to appear, showing how the neighborhood was redeveloped starting in the 1990s. Then we reach Eichelberger Avenue, which is actually a relatively…
Gravois Avenue From Bates Street to Gertrude Avenue, Bevo
Gravois Avenue in Bevo has one of the best preserved commercial strips in the city, and I took a stroll along it a couple weekends ago. Further up Gravois, southwest and northeast of Grand Boulevard, the avenue is scarred by parking lots for car dealerships, while in Bevo there are only a couple, thank the…