I’d first looked at the Jewish American Memorial back in April of 2014 and then again in December of 2019 (twelfth photo), but I had never noticed two triangular shaped fountains on the plaza around the monument. Named after the Koplar Family, who no doubt paid for their construction, they are accented by some beautiful…
Tag: Modernism
Jewish Orthodox Old Home, September 2025
Not much has been happening up at the old nursing home at Grand and Blair. There’s more graffiti, that’s for sure. There hasn’t been more demolition after the removal of the crumbling wing back in 2024 that I noticed.
Lafayette Street Over to McCarty Street, Jefferson City
After looking at East Capitol Street and the old prison, I headed down Lafayette Street. Since it’s close to the center of town, there are some very old houses, in sort of a local version of the Italianate style, as well as newer homes from the 1890s. Down along McCarty Street, which is a busy…
Chapel of the Risen Christ, Resurrection Cemetery, Interior, Part Two
For our final look at the Chapel of the Risen Christ, we’ll examine the various works of art commissioned for the interior. First up is a Pietà sculpted by Christopher Alles. I couldn’t help but notice that the sculpture group bears a striking similarity to the figure of Nicodemus and Christ from Michelangelo’s late Bandini…
Chapel of the Risen Christ, Resurrection Cemetery, Interior, Part One
We’ll head inside the Chapel of the Risen Christ at Resurrection Cemetery now, going through doors with Emil Frei & Associates stained glass. As mentioned yesterday, the chapel was designed by St. Louis Design Alliance and built by BSI. And as I mentioned before, the huge sweeping roof, as well as other elements, are based…
Chapel of the Risen Christ, Resurrection Cemetery, Exterior
A valued reader alerted me to the recent completion of a new religious building, the Chapel of the Risen Christ in Resurrection Cemetery in Affton. Please ignore the KPLR broadcast antenna in the background. Heavily influenced by the Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut by Le Corbusier in 1950, this chapel was constructed by BSI according to designs by…
Jefferson Avenue Around Immanuel Lutheran Church, St. Charles
After finishing up looking at Seventh Street, we returned back to our starting point, which was Immanuel Lutheran Church, which lies on Jefferson Avenue between Sixth and Seventh streets. I actually looked at Jefferson Avenue in St. Charles back in May of 2019, but this time I wanted to focus on more of the area…
St. Andrew’s Cinema, St. Charles
St. Andrew’s or Andrews Cinema opened in 1970 and is one of the last of the movie theaters of its stylistic kind left in the St. Louis region. It passed through a large number of owners over the years, but eventually ended up being a second run theater selling tickets at a steeply discounted price….
Friedens United Church of Christ and Cemetery, St. Charles
Tipped off by Found St. Louis, we checked out the Friedens United Church of Christ and its accompanying cemetery. The current sanctuary dates from 1962, I believe, but there was a much older church that dated from 1864. I suspect that the stained glass windows might have come from the older church and were reused…
More Tiffany Redevelopment
I took a look at the in-fill development was going in the Tiffany neighborhood east of South Grand Boulevard after having visited back in February of 2021 and November of 2022. East of Theresa Avenue on Vista Avenue, there is substantial construction completed, but there are still some empty lots. But the tan brick houses…