Inspired by a World Wide Magazine visit to the intersection of Grand and Gravois, I photographed the old South Side National Bank. It’s been turned into condos or apartments. It was going to be demolished for a Walgreen’s but cooler heads prevailed. It’s sort of St. Louis’s own shorter version of the Empire State Building….
Tag: Tower Grove South
Convent of the Good Shepherd
Several weeks ago, I wrote about Bamberger’s Grove at my regular St. Louis Magazine weekly column. As I also wrote, Adolphus Busch later bought the Grove and donated it to nuns, who opened the House of the Good Shepherd, who opened a school for girls. Here are a couple of extra maps that didn’t make…
Statues in the Window, Tower Grove South
Update: There is another Roman Catholic statue store on Virginia Avenue in Dutchtown. This is the perfect opportunity to announce to readers that I’ve created a new tag for Sculpture, which I realized filled a need that the Monuments tag was not filling. Now of course, some monuments will also get the Sculpture tag, but…
Horace Mann Elementary School
The very first post for Tower Grove South was way back in April of 2009, almost two years after I started St. Louis Patina, and it was about the threatened demolition of Mann Elementary School. That seems like a million years ago, figuratively, since the school is doing very well, with a strong enrollment and…
Former Holy Family Roman Catholic Church
I’ve often remarked that Romanesque Revival churches in St. Louis are not fully Romanesque, but are often Gothic Revival in their massing. In the case of the former Holy Family Roman Catholic Church, the building is instead a pure Romanesque church in both form, massing and ornament. It is really a wonderful example of the…
Oak Hill Presbyterian Church
I came to the realization recently that I had a grand total of four posts about Tower Grove South out of over 4,500 posts over the last thirteen years, so decided to go take some pictures of the neighborhood. Due to the large amount of large street trees, I’ll probably need to come back in…
The Wedge, Tower Grove South
There are all sorts of places in St. Louis called “The Wedge,” but there is one in Tower Grove South bordered by Gravois to the northwest, Grand to the east, and Chippewa to the south. It is notable in how cut off it is from the rest of the neighborhood. Architecturally, it is all over…
Utah Place, Tower Grove South
Utah Street widens into a boulevard for two blocks west of Grand, before returning to its normal width. Along that two block stretch are beautifully restored houses in a range of eclectic styles. It is now part of an historic district called Tower Grove Heights, which you can read about here.
Railroad Trestle, Kingshighway
It’s a little hard to read, but I think it might say “Scenic Railroad,” meaning that the trains on this trestle went out to Castlewood.
Effort to Save Mann School from Demolition Continues
Update: Mann Elementary School was never demolished, and is still in operation with a healthy enrollment with strong community engagement from both staff and parents. It seems weird now to think that it was once under threat of demolition. From Paul Hohmann, “As most of you are aware, the Special Administrative Board of the Saint…