Almost two months ago I featured a demolition on South Compton Avenue in the Gravois Park neighborhood, which is experiencing rampant out-of-town property speculation simultaneous with disinvestment and crime. I realized that another house, a couple houses down that I also captured in this post from August of 2021 (fourth photo) is also not doing…
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A Foreboding Demolition, Gravois Park
Update: I discovered another nearby LRA property at 3643 South Compton in similar rough condition. I was shocked to discover a demolition occurring on the 3600 block of South Compton Avenue in the Gravois Park neighborhood. While the area is undergoing wild speculation from out-of-state buyers, it is also dealing with entrenched poverty and crime….
Louisiana Avenue Between Potomac and Cherokee Streets, West Side
Way back in October of 2019, I looked at the east side of Louisiana Avenue in between Cherokee and Potomac streets heading south. Recently, I went the opposite direction, looking at the west side of the block, heading north. This one block of Gravois Park could not be more different. While the east side was…
Oregon Avenue Between Potomac and Cherokee Streets, Gravois Park
Oregon Avenue was the site of a country estate set among a grove of trees owned by a B.W. Alexander back in 1875. Back to the present day and crossing over Potomac Street, we’ll first look at the west side of the street going north. There are some beautiful houses along this stretch, showing how…
Oregon Avenue Between Miami and Potomac Streets, Gravois Park
Back in 1875, there was little to give us an impression of what would one day be the block of Oregon Avenue between Miami and Potomac streets. There was a large Second Empire mansion, owned by a Mrs. W.L. Ewing, but little to show the dramatic change in elevation between the “lower” and “upper” portions…
Oregon Avenue Between Winnebago and Miami Streets, Gravois Park
Crossing over Winnebago Street, we come across another block of Oregon Avenue that was still relatively undeveloped in 1876. First we glance down Winnebago at some of the large buildings that dominate the north side of the street. The housing stock on the west side of Oregon as we head north is wide and varied,…
Oregon Avenue Between Chippewa and Winnebago Streets, Gravois Park
Wow, there sure wasn’t much happening out on the block of Oregon in between Chippewa and Winnebago streets back in 1876, other than a huge vineyard on the west side, and grove of trees for a villa facing California Avenue. Nowadays, there’s a prominent Second Empire storefront on the northwest corner with Chippewa, and the…
Ohio Avenue Between Potomac and Cherokee Streets, Gravois Park
Crossing over Potomac Street and looking at the west side of Ohio Avenue as we head north, we see a bright yellow building. Looking at Pictorial St. Louis, we realize that it is the old Italianate Evangelical Lutheran School, simply missing its cupola and chimneys. I suspect it may have been built as a single…
Ohio Avenue Between Miami and Potomac Streets, Gravois Park
This is a short block, as the whole east side of Ohio is dominated by the abandoned former Lutheran Hospital. The parking lot on the northeast corner of Miami and Ohio was once the site of an 1865 Italianate mansion, however, which I believe served as nurses’ housing. The block developed slow on the west…
Ohio Avenue Between Winnebago and Miami Streets, Gravois Park
Crossing over Winnebago Street, we look at the west side of the 3600 block of Ohio Avenue opposite Holy Cross Lutheran Church, which I’ve looked at twice before here and here. I’ve actually looked at the west side of this block twice before, as well, back in February of 2011 and March of 2016. This…