I almost certainly will go back, but I made a first foray into one of the most interesting and beautiful additions to Clayton, just west of Big Bend Boulevard and Forest Ridge and Southmoor, and south of Brentmoor. Developed by the Moorlands Land Company, Moorlands Park, now known as Claverach Park, was platted in May…
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More of the Moorlands, Part Two
We continue on Cromwell before turning left onto Audobon and then another left onto Wellington Way. By the way, a moorland is a highland with grasses and savannahs, particularly common in England. It is no surprise then that the name was chosen for a neighborhood built when the Tudor Revival was so popular. But the…
More of the Moorlands, Part One
I turns out when I had wandered into the narrow streets just south of Wydown Boulevard in between Hanley and Big Bend in Clayton, I was in the Moorlands, a development of incredible architectural diversity and beauty. What is so interesting about this neighborhood is how it is clearly continuing the St. Louis trend of…
Parkdale Avenue Between Westwood and Audubon Drives, Clayton
Update: I went back to the area in January of 2024. For some unknown reason, I found myself heading east down Parkdale Avenue in Clayton a couple weeks ago. In many ways, it is sort of the perfect urban. First, there is a block of apartment buildings, for those who need or want a small…