Update: The building above was demolished in May 2016. Ironically, I was told this apartment building was rehabbed back as part of one of the first redevelopments in Old North. It’s been sad watching the building above waste away; the story goes is that it was actually renovated back in the 1980s. No revival is…
Tag: Old North St. Louis
Old North Vignettes
Even on the most simple buildings, the beauty of St. Louis terracotta was used. Just look at the example above or below. The building below is well known in Old North; I really hope a buyer can snatch it up soon and renovate it. A reader contacted me about her house; sadly, it’s just a…
Marx Hardware, Old North
Apparently this is the last generation that will operate Marx Hardware, and it will close forever when this generation retires.
I Love What You’ve Done with the Place
Update: The roof collapsed in 2014. The house continued to deteriorate even more in June of 2018 and the winter of 2019. The house was demolished by July of 2019. I love what Paul McKee has done with this property. It didn’t look like this when he first bought it with one of his shell…
Frame Houses, Old North
Some of the oldest houses in any neighborhood will be the wood-frame houses, such as these clustered around Knapp Street in Old North. Some are occupied, some I remember being occupied, and others have always been vacant. Update: The houses above owned by Paul McKee were gutted by fire set by an arsonist on April…
McKee Finished?
Back when this website first began in 2007, there was a mysterious shell company called Blairmont buying up houses in North St. Louis. They thought no one would notice. Someone did. I used to post “current events” articles back in the day on this site, but tend not to any more. This one is too…
N. Florissant and 14th Street
Update: The house on the left completely collapsed by December of 2018. The house on the right suffered severe structural collapse, but was still partially standing by then. Both houses were completely demolished and their rubble cleared by the fall of 2019.
Half Flounders as Back Extensions
A couple of flounder constructions that I cut from my recent St. Louis Magazine article are located in Old North St. Louis. These are not free standing structures like in other parts of the city, but are rather wings, sometimes built later, that extended out the back and provided for more porch space. Much of…
Abandoned Warehouse
Update: The building is still vacant. I turned to Matt Fernandez of Old North St. Louis Restoration Group for information about the old warehouse at ?St. Louis Avenue and 13th Street: “1225-27 St. Louis Ave was originally built around 1907 as the new manufacturing facility for Maull’s Spaghetti Co. They were bought out by Faust…