Now we move to what I call Wedgwood South. I don’t think this is part of the original subdivision, but if someone knows the story, please let me know, Even the street changes width, as can be seen above. The hosues change in appearance dramatically. And we see the appearance of two story houses! I…
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Wedgwood East
Crossing over New Halls Ferry Road, we look at Wedgwood East. As can be seen at these photographs, the kitchens contains the latest in 1960s technology. They were also eat-in kitchens in addition to formal dining rooms. Most importantly to our journey around the eastern portions is the obvious appearance of new and different models…
Wedgwood West
I’ll divide Wedgwood into three parts; the first day today will feature Wedgwood West, named after the main street which extends west from New Halls Ferry Road. As can be seen, and in other cases with North County developments, Henry Mizuki was brought in to photograph the idealized interiors of model homes. To say these…
Wedgwood, North County
I don’t know how I found out about the giant North County subdivision of Wedgwood, but I did, and it’s a fascinating story. Located on either side of New Halls Ferry Road just north of Lindbergh Boulevard, it is surrounded by Florissant on the north, south and west sides but is still in unincorporated St….
What is a Ranch House?
At the same time I sneaked Cape Cod in as a new tag, I also slid Ranch House in to my list of architectural styles. The ranch house represented a revolution in the middle class house as it became prevalent after World War II in that it rotated the mass of the house from being…
North Grand Boulevard Between Finney Avenue and North Market Street
North Grand Boulevard is in transition; half of the right-of-way is being converted into a Great Rivers Greenway to connect Fairground Park to the center of the city. North Grand is also one of the most devastated stretches of a major thoroughfare. We’ll start at Finney Avenue and head north for two days. Above, this…
What is a Cape Cod House?
Keen-eyed readers might have noticed I sneaked a “Cape Cod” tag into my site a few years ago. But what exactly is a Cape Cod styled house? It is the most basic of houses in Western architecture: four walls creating a rectangle with a steep gabled roof above. Along the long side of the rectangle,…
Alaska Avenue, Dutchtown, Part Three
Further north, we approach the end of Alaska Avenue at Osceola Street. There are row after row of one story tract homes, each different in their brick color and pattern, but still basically the same house that are three bays wide and a metal cornice. The metal cornices were made in a workshop during the…
Alaska Avenue, Dutchtown, Part Two
Continuing north of Alaska Avenue, we see a variation on the classic four-family apartment building, with a simple front but variagated brick. Then there’s a mix of one story single family houses. We then encounter a tract of two story, two family houses which are all exact in massing and probably interior, but with slightly…
Alaska Avenue, Dutchtown, Part One
I decided to take a look at Alaska Avenue, a street in far south Dutchtown that is southwest of Virginia Avenue (former Stringtown Road), meaning that it does not make it north of Meramec Street. So it’s a state street, but even though it’s north-south, it’s much shorter than other state streets in the old…