Update: Severely damaged in the tornado of May 16, 2025. We were walking by the Washington Terrace gates again, so I snapped some new photos. It’s still an impressive, Norman Revival example of private street entrance gates.
Tag: Gates
Kingsbury Place Gates
Update: I went back in the spring of 2019 to photograph the gates again. Sometimes I have a hard time judging a particular building’s architectural style, but other times, like in the case of the massive, imposing Kingsbury Place gates, I have no problem. This is as Beaux-Arts as you can possibly get. Designed by…
Back Doors, Westmoreland and Portland Places
The gates of Westmoreland Place and Portland Places are prominent landmarks along Kingshighway (see their gates here and here, respectively). But coming around to Union, you realize they have “backdoors,” so to speak. Above are the relatively simple gates of Westmoreland Place along Union. The Portland Place gate, however, is really fascinating. An elaborate, Romanesque…
Mission San José, San Antonio, Texas
Completed in 1782, the Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo has gained the reputation as the “Queen of the Missions,” largely due to the restored, intact quadrangle of walls and residences. While all of the churches had plans for more elaborate decorations and size, only San José was able to complete its plans…
Cairo’s Civil Engineering Marvels
Update: I revisited these bridges in June of 2024. The bridge to Missouri was closed for repairs at the time. Cairo sits at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, landlocked by giant levees that keep back the two mighty bodies of water. At the southern end of the peninsula upon which the city…
Tower Grove Park, Sunset
Tower Grove Park is one of the jewels of St. Louis, and it is just as beautiful as the more famous Forest Park, with a fraction of the crowds. What is interesting is that Henry Shaw laid out the park, and built most of the pavilions, long before the city reached out to the park. …
Calvary Cemetery Gates
I sometimes forget about Calvary Cemetery, drawn to the numerous mausolea of the industrial giants of St. Louis history in Bellefontaine Cemetery. But Calvary has many interesting and beautiful aspects, starting with its front gates, built I would estimate in the first two decades or so of the Twentieth Century. It is dominated by the central…
Forum Romanum, Rome, Italy
It’s hard not to take a great picture of one of the most picturesque places on the planet.
University Heights Gates, University City
Update: I went back in January of 2020 to photograph the area on the inside and outside of the gates. Also, the two statues are a lion and a tiger. See University Heights No. 1, which is on the right just past the gates. I finally figured out why the lions, which also happen to…
Forest Ridge and Southmoor
Update: See a plat map for the subdivision here. South of Brentmoor Park, and laid out at the same time, is Forest Ridge; while the terrain of the street is more level, it still has a distinctive wooded common area in the center. To the south on Big Bend is Southmoor, another private street probably…