One of the strangest and most unique streets in Wells-Goodfellow is the narrow, one-way Highland Avenue, which is lined with wood frame houses. There must be a reason why they are all here, built out when this was the middle of nowhere. Many of them retain their original millwork, but they are going abandoned rapidly,…
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Old St. Edward’s Roman Catholic Church
Update: The church is now abandoned and increasingly open to the elements, the congregation presumably no longer exists. The beautiful former St. Edward’s Roman Catholic Church, at the corner of Clara and Maffitt, is now owned by Perpetual Praise and Worship Ministries. The original architects were Barnett, Haynes and Barnett. It was created in 1893,…
A Billionaire in Wells-Goodfellow
Update: On April 7, 2020, Jack Dorsey donated one billion dollars to the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic and women and girls’ rights. 41 Then [Jesus] sat down opposite the offering box, and watched the crowd putting coins into it. Many rich people were throwing in large amounts. 42 And a poor widow came and put…
Cote Brilliante Avenue, Revisited
Update: I revisited the street in October of 2020 and the summer of 2021. Cote Brilliante Avenue starts out nice enough just northeast of the intersection of Kingshighway and Dr. Martin Luther King Drive, but it quickly turns bad the further you go east. You might recognize the street’s name from the nightly news, as…
St. Louis Avenue, Union to Kingshighway
I’ve long documented St. Louis Avenue between N. Florissant and Parnell, and from Parnell to Grand, so now I will take a closer look at the secondary artery cobbled together from a series of streets that stretches the length of the Northside. The blocks in between Union and Kingshighway Boulevards in North City are densely…
St. Louis Avenue, Hamilton to Union
I’ve long documented St. Louis Avenue between N. Florissant and Parnell, and from Parnell to Grand, so now I will take a closer look at the secondary artery cobbled together from a series of streets that stretches the length of the Northside. St. Louis Avenue ends in Wells-Goodfellow at Hamilton Avenue (right where this house…
Educate Yourself By Any Means Necessary!!
On the side of a barber and beauty salon as well as a bail bondsman office on St. Louis Avenue at Norwood Avenue. Various famous bounty hunters are depicted on the front of the building.
Revisiting Wells-Goodfellow, One Year Later
Update: I went back and revisited the area in the spring of 2021. Well, technically it’s a month or two early since these photos are from mid-December 2017, but I wanted to see what has been happening to the places I photographed last year. Short answer: nothing positive. For example, the building above, still sits…
Aldine Place, Destroyed in Part by Irresponsible Land Speculation
Update: As of the summer of 2021, all of the abandoned buildings have been demolished. I covered this block years ago, and reported on how reckless speculation left these buildings abandoned. It is just trashed around here, right by a major intersection like MLK Dr and Kingshighway.