I love the one story brick bungalows of St. Louis; they’re modest, but they have all the detailing that their two story brothers have. I like to think that each house was just as important as the next, and builders and masons never skimped on the craftsmanship and detail for even the smallest houses. Arco…
Tag: The Grove
Gibson Avenue, The Grove
Update: I went back and revisited the 4400 block in November of 2018. Strolling down a sunny Gibson Street one Sunday, we discovered that there is substantial renovation occurring on the street. The houses are sort of a mix between Shaw and Benton Park West. It’s a nice mix.
Taylor Avenue, The Grove
Update: See a church on Taylor Avenue from a post from October of 2018. Taylor Avenue through the Grove has a rich variety of architectural styles, with a large number of apartment buildings and other multi-family buildings. Each house is clearly the same plan, but the details vary–increasingly so as certain architectural elements deteriorate or…
Manchester Avenue, The Grove, Urban Chestnut’s Porch
Update: Many of the vacant buildings below were demolished in the winter of 2019-2020 for the construction of a large apartment building (see last photo). The new porch on the Urban Chestnut beer hall on Manchester Avenue provides a great view of the streetscape that is slowing re-emerging along that long neglected section of the…
Manchester Avenue Lane Reductions
Update: This configuration was completed. Yesterday, on an on-line chat at the Post-Dispatch, Todd Waeltermann confirmed that Manchester Avenue between Kingshighway and Vandeventer is being reduced from four lanes to two. Due to the increased pedestrian activity, this is a great step towards making the Grove a more desirable place to live. Frankly, the old…
Abandoned School
Update: The is the old Rock Spring School, and it is being renovated into offices. See it again in 2019 when I looked at the industrial areas along Highway 40.
Driving Manchester Road
I originally had the idea of driving the whole length of Chouteau Ave/Manchester Ave/Manchester Road all the way out to Gray’s Summit, but I got so annoyed at the traffic and absolute monotony of the drive, that I bailed at Geyer Road and drove by the old church Eli Lovejoy preached at. Below is my…
Five’s Parking Lot
Update: Five moved to the Hill and later was rechristend J. DeVoti’s Trattoria. It closed at the end of March 2023.
The Grove
Update: Many of the buildings along Manchester Avenue have been renovated since this original post in 2008.
Forest Park Gasometer
It occurred to me on the way westbound on Highway 40 on Sunday that the Forest Park Gasometer had very little time left, as can be seen in this photo above. I returned on Tuesday to get a few more pictures, only to realize that the remaining steel superstructure was gone, leaving only the base….