I found some old photographs from Hyde Park that I took back in 2011 that I never used. I don’t know why, and apart from a few views, I have no idea where these photos are. I think the majority are along Salisbury Street or thereabouts. Things have changed dramatically in fourteen or fifteen years.
Tag: Second Empire
Julian Avenue Between Hamilton Avenue and Goodfellow Boulevard, West End
The first thing we see at the corner of Julian and Hamilton avenues is this nice church, and then we head east. A block west on Julian Avenue from the concrete block houses I looked at back in March of 2022 are houses that are more indicative of the West End as you move further…
Normandy High School and Viking Hall
The former Eden Seminary and then the old Normandy High School was in the process of being torn down in 1953 when it was captured in the photograph above. It had used the old seminary build since 1923. The new Normandy High School, designed by William B. Ittner, opened later in the 1920s, was constructed…
South Seventh Street Between Geyer and Lafayette Avenues, West Side
I was heading up South Seventh Street (no, it’s not South Broadway) north of Geyer, which is the eastern border of Soulard, and I was admiring the buildings to my left. Of course, it must be terribly loud with all the trucks driving up and down the street to the interstate, making quality of life…
Second Empire, Reborn
Well, I’ll be darned! That Second Empire beauty at the southeast corner of South Jefferson Avenue and Miami Street wasn’t actually a hazardous building in imminent danger of collapse after all! It’s been reopened as a space for a non-for-profit that provides housing for people in need. Looks like it’s structurally sound!
St. Raymond’s Maronite Cathedral
St. Raymond’s began in 1912 a short distance from St. Anthony the Hermit. And like its predecessor, it was inside an old house; in this case it looks to have been a Second Empire duplex shorn of its Mansard roof. The interior of what looks to be a large expansion out the back of the…
Clinton Peabody, Yesteryears, Part Two
Continuing our tour of the Near South Side streetscapes demolished in the 1940s for the Clinton Peabody Housing Project, we move over to Dillon Street. William Swekosky seems to have been drawn to St. Ange Avenue, with its strong mix of different architectural styles predating the Civil War. This was actually the suburbs before the…
Clinton Peabody, Yesteryears, Part One
As I began to research the business community in pre-Civil War St. Louis, the addresses of some of the most important factory owners often seemed to come up in the later footprint of Clinton-Peabody. Certainly the Cracker Castle is a well-known example, but there are many more. It turns out that streets such as St….
Prospect Park, Davenport, Iowa
Heading east of downtown Davenport, we reach Prospect Park and environs. Centered around an eponymous greenspace, the area grew up later than Hamburg upriver from older parts of Davenport. There is still no levee protecting the city, so there are excellent views of the Mississippi River from the neighborhood. There are relatively simple houses on…
California Avenue Between Sidney Street and Russell Boulevard
Working our way north on California Avenue past Sidney Street in Fox Park, we next cross over Shenandoah Avenue. There are later apartment buildings, that may have been delayed in filling in these blocks due to the large number of sinkholes in the area. But there are still plenty of buildings from the late Nineteenth…