Heading east of St. Louis Avenue, I looked at the north side of that thoroughfare, having looked at the south of the street in two parts, here and here back in July of 2022. There is still a large part of JeffVanderLou west of North Grand Boulevard, even if most of the huge neighborhood is…
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St. Louis Avenue Between Euclid and Marcus Avenues
I’ve looked at this section of St. Louis Avenue before, back in December of 2018, but I spotted some houses that I hadn’t noticed before. It’s also always interesting to see how houses, such as the ones below, slowly evolve over the decades, with ornamentation, such as the ones in the attic, are removed. I’ve…
The Streets Around Norwood Square
One of the most interesting neighborhoods in St. Louis is Norwood Square, which I first looked at way back in August of 2009. It sits on the site of an old quarry, which is settling badly (I tried to figure out what kind of quarry it was, but it does not show up on this…
St. Louis Avenue Between Prairie and Vandeventer Avenues, South Side, JeffVanderLou
I don’t think people realize just what a beautiful street St. Louis Avenue is for much of its path through North St. Louis. Yes, this block has some abandonment and demolition, but most of the houses are still occupied. Much of the housing stock has more in common with the Greater Ville to the west….
St. Louis Avenue Between Spring and Prairie Avenues, South Side, JeffVanderLou
I tend to look at JeffVanderLou east of Grand Boulevard, but there is still a section west of that major artery and east of Vandeventer Avenue. It is not doing well. I looked at some of the house on the north side of St. Louis Avenue a while back, which you see here after the…
Northside Regeneration and the Future of North St. Louis
Update: There’s some great news to report on these two houses. For once this is not land speculation but rather the Sisters at Alpha Kappa Alpha rebuilding a founder’s home as part of what will be a museum and community center. Heading east on St. Louis Avenue just east of Garrison, I spotted a strange…
The Intersection of St. Louis and Marcus Avenues, July 2022
Update: I revisited the area in the winter of 2023. I decided to check in on the corner of Marcus and St. Louis Avenues, which I first looked at way back in August of 2009. You can actually see the building above in the last photo of that post, and the trim was painted white…
Checking Up on McKee Land
Little has changed where Paul McKee owns vast swaths of real estate since I went by this area last year. There are still abandoned and fire-gutted buildings. Update: By July of 2022, the ruins below were finally torn down. The large apartment building on St. Louis Avenue is still sitting as a burned out shell….
Outtakes, Spring 2021
They’re cleaning up the ruins of the John Loler House relatively quickly, though I was a little worried to see workers standing on the wood floors now loaded up with the debris of bricks and limestone as they stacked pallets. I had some leftover photographs from when I visited Dunbar Elementary this winter. I’ve always…
Another Loss on St. Louis Avenue
Updates: As of the winter of 2022, the burned out shell was still standing. By July of 2022, it was finally torn down. Right on the heels of the disastrous fire that destroyed the John Loler House, the historic fabric of St. Louis Avenue and the greater St. Louis Place neighborhood suffered another terrible loss this…