Mark, a reader of my website, sent me some photos of corner bars in South St. Louis and Lemay; long-time neighborhood institutions, these taverns are rapidly disappearing. But luckily, many of them still carry on, beneficiaries of a loyal clientele and stable neighborhoods. It seems like the southern end of our city and the near…
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Sancta Maria in Ripa, School Sisters of Notre Dame and High School
Update: I went back and revisited the convent of Notre Dame in late 2020. One time while visiting Jefferson Barracks, I headed north and discovered this wonderful convent and its neighboring school. The site occupies a dramatic site above the Mississippi River, and dominates the small neighborhood around it. Sancta Maria in Ripa Mother House…
Hancock Junior High Gymnasium
Update: I went back for more photos in March of 2012. While out wandering around two weekends ago in the Lemay area of South County, I stumbled upon this wonderful concrete geodesic dome at the Hancock Junior High School.