Next, on my tour of the area damaged by Paul McKee’s Northside TIF, I headed towards what was left of St. Augustine. Illegal dumping is very common in the blocks where houses once stood but were demolished after brick theft destroyed homes. This private club is still going, I think. The tower of St. Augustine’s…
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St. Augustine’s Spire Still Standing, For Now
Contrary to the reports of one local news program, the final demolition of the spire of St. Augustine did not occur last week. I went by on Saturday, and as I had learned from a source already, it was still standing. A Caterpillar was screwing around with a pile of bricks. It reminds me of…
Seventeenth Anniversary of St. Louis Patina, St. Augustine’s, Dusk, May 4th
We’re getting closer to two decades here at St. Louis Patina, rounding out our seventeenth year, and what better way to commemorate it than looking at St. Augustine, which is slowly coming to an end after years of neglect. So we’re left with another landmark destroyed.
St. Augustine’s the Day After the Third Fire
To say the visit to the former St. Augustine’s the day after the towering inferno that gutted the church was depressing would be an understatement. About the only positive thing I could say is that at least all the timber, potential fuel for another fire (the gigantic piles of wood from the roof collapse), was…
St. Augustine’s a Week Before the Third Fire
I may have taken some of the only photos of the former St. Augustine’s after the collapse of the roof over the nave sometime in February and before the fire on the night of March 18th. Honestly, it probably wasn’t a terribly good idea for my friend and I to be inside the heavily compromised…
Third Fire at St. Augustine’s
A St. Louis Patina correspondent captured firefighters battling the towering inferno that broke out in the evening of March 18th, devastating St. Augustine’s. At this point, I reluctantly have to admit that it needs to be torn down in the interest of public safety. I think it’s probably arson. What else is there to say…
Roof Collapse, St. Augustine’s
Update: After a third and catastrophic fire, the church was demolished except for the belltower. Sometimes there are things in life that are terrible, and no matter what you do, you can’t change them, and you just have to take it. I was driving north on the newly smooth Parnell, heading to St. Augustine’s to…
St. Augustine’s in the Fog After the Latest Fire
On the afternoon of January 22, another fire broke out in the former St. Augustine’s, but this time it was apparently in the other end of the church, towards the front doors. The damage from the previous fire in the sacristy and apse was severe. It’s hard to tell how much damage occurred because the…