I was never happy with my photos of St. Francis de Sales’s front facade, but I liked this one that I took with my new wide angle lens.
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Looking Northeast, Gravois Avenue at Arsenal Street and Pennsylvania Avenue
Update: I returned to this intersection in 2019.
St. Francis de Sales, Revisited
I never get tired of St. Francis de Sales Oratory on south Gravois.? Rising three hundred feet above the street, the spire is one of the tallest in the world, so I’ve been told. I looked at it years ago, and you can see that post here. Designed in the hallkirche style, which is a…
St. Francis de Sales from Magnolia Avenue in Tower Grove East
I caught this view of the spire of St. Francis de Sales from ten blocks away, almost to Grand Boulevard.
St. Francis de Sales and Its Corner
Update: Update began on the building above in April of 2023. St. Francis de Sales anchors a multi-cornered intersection. The building above is a great example of a Mansard roofed store front with some funky 1950’s fake stone added to it. Below is what should not happen to a major intersection; parking has replaced a…
St. Francis de Sales
My favorite church in the whole city after St. Augustine on the North Side is St. Francis de Sales, anchoring a corner of Gravois and Ohio for the last century. It is no longer a parish church, but an oratory, from the Latin word to pray or speak. The church is a fantastic example of…