The Land Reutilization Authority is continuing to let this building rot. Is there no demand? Perhaps, but the people I know who’ve tried to buy from the LRA tell me it’s a nightmare. What odd fenestration on the side of the house. I remember when this tree in the pediment was alive; it’s dead now….
Tag: Old North St. Louis
Hebert Street, Old North
Update: I went back in the winter of 2022. I revisited Hebert Street in Old North, and it still represents for me the awesome potential, both realized and still unrealized in the neighborhood.
Alley House Collapse, Old North
I realize that by posting these pictures, I am giving the wrong impression about the overall state of rehabbing and development that is making Old North St. Louis one of the most exciting neighborhoods in the region. But that being said, there is a certain captivating aspect of how this humble, wood frame alley house…
Second Empire Beauty, Old North St. Louis
I remember when the house on the right was occupied; I was walking by and a guy started urinating out of the front door. But what a beautiful house that one on the left is; it’s for sale, too.
Elegant Ruins, Old North St. Louis
Update: Demolished by January of 2020; now a vacant lot. This ensemble of buildings sits just north of Crown Candy Kitchen, in what I would believe would be a very desirable location for rehabbing. I would encourage anyone who’s been interested in buying a shell in Old North to look into these buildings.
An Old Favorite Collapses
Update: See it in 2015 and in the summer of 2018. See the house in the pictures above and below in the winter of 2019. The house was demolished by July of 2019. This house has long been one of my favorite houses in Old North, and I know others who feel the same way. Unfortunately,…
Wood Frame Houses, Inside Grand
The famous laws in St. Louis requiring fireproof brick construction gave us the beautiful, durable city we know today. But before those laws were passed, and before the city annexed parts of what would become the modern city limits, wood frame construction appeared. Sadly, they are often time in very bad condition, and I imagine…
Southern Old North St. Louis, Revisited
Update: I went back to the house in July of 2018 (last two photos) and in the winter of 2022. I walked around the southern end of Old North St. Louis a couple of weeks ago, and found some real gems that need restoration soon. This house, above and below is huge, but what I…
Abandoned Factory, Old North St. Louis
Update: Demolished in the winter of 2020 due to structural issues. The original platting of the town of North St. Louis, at the time several miles north of the city center, originally called for three circular parks in the middle of the street grid: one for a school, one for an open park, and finally…
Tearing a Gash through Old North
Update: I went back and looked at 11th Street in the winter of 2022. In my continuing series of neighborhoods severely damaged but not knocked out by interstate construction, I headed to the desolate pedestrian bridge that stretches from Jackson Park to the Near North Riverfront. I’m sure the motorists down below us were confused;…