Enright Avenue is the street one block north of Delmar, and it is often in the news nowadays, first for a series of arsons, and also as the target of redevelopment–or gentrification–depending on your perspective. The architecture is just as impressive as the Central West End, just to the south, and to be honest, more…
Tag: Lewis Place
Fout Place, July 2023
I thought I would check up on the house at Fout Place and see how–oh wait, what am I talking about? Of course it’s doing terrible, just like the last six times I visited! I’ll have to admit recently I’ve gotten really burned out taking photos of abandoned, burned out and collapsing buildings. As I…
Evans Avenue Between Whittier Street and Vandeventer Avenue
I drove down Evans Avenue a little ways just west of Vandeventer Avenue. In case you didn’t know, there is a program that is couple of years old now called “Mow to Own,” where if you maintain a vacant lot owned by the Land Reutilization Authority, you can acquire title to it after a set…
Lewis Place to the West End, Winter 2022
I had some old photos I hadn’t gotten around to posting from what I think are the Lewis Place area, and I thought they are worth sharing. It’s such a beautiful neighborhood, full of some truly amazing houses. Moving further west, on streets of the West End, there are more houses and apartment buildings that…
4300 Block of West Belle Place
I thought it would be interesting to examine the block that was the subject of one of the most infamous election fliers in St. Louis history. In 1916, voters approved an ordinance that outlawed a member of one race to move onto a block where members of one race already constituted a 75% majority. It…
Vernon Avenue West of Shaare Zedek, Revisited February 2022
I have been meaning to get back up to the Lewis Place neighborhood, one of the centers of the African American middle class in St. Louis. I looked at it extensively back in 2016, and I remember being amazed at its resiliency, the beauty of its housing stock sitting just blocks north of the Central…
Christ Temple Cathedral Church, Former Salem Methodist Episcopal Church
I’d driven by Christ Temple Cathedral Church dozens of times at the corner of Page Boulevard and Pendleton Avenue, and last weekend the light was satisfactory, so I stopped and took some photographs. It’s a beautiful building, and was once home to Salem Methodist Episcopal Church, which moved out to Frontenac at the northeast corner…
Page Boulevard, South Side, Lewis Place
Page Boulevard is unique among the major arteries in the city in that it is lined with houses and apartments for its entire length, with the exception of corner stores. I caught the south side of the street on an early Saturday morning bathed in sunlight, and the houses were looking good. There’s a lot…
Fout Place, Spring 2021
Readers had been inquiring about the house at the corner of Cook and Whittier, so I went by and checked up on it. Overall, the house looks to be doing about the same as it always has been, but I would not expect its roof to last too many more severe storms or winters. There…
Former Delmar Avenue Baptist Church
The former Delmar Baptist Church at 4300 Delmar Boulevard, is a classic example of the Romanesque Revival style of houses of worship popular in the Central Corridor of the city. After leaving this location, the congregation moved to Skinker-DeBaliviere; they have since moved out of the City. The cross street is Pendleton Avenue. It is…