Despite the assurances of plenty of nay-sayers, the abandoned Arlington School, which I photographed in 2009, could be saved and is now impeccably restored. See pictures of it under renovation here. Tasteful in-fill has been added around the old school.
Tag: Wells-Goodfellow
Wells-Goodfellow #46, The Burn Out, Revisited
Update: The rubble was finally cleared by the summer of 2019. Well, I guess we know now what happened to that house I saw back in November of 2015. Other than the effects of gravity, nothing has occurred with this forlorn ruin.
Wells-Goodfellow #45, Romanesque Revival Apartment Building
Update: Demolished in the summer of 2019 as part of a larger initiative against abandonment. What a beautiful building, which I find interesting in that it is not bisymmetrical, with the center porch off center to the right. It is abandoned now. But it has so much potential.
Wells-Goodfellow #42, Burd Avenue
Update: Demolished in the summer of 2019 as part of an initiative against abandonment. There is a strange mix of houses on this block, but they are mostly abandoned, sadly.
Wells-Goodfellow #41, Triplets
These three houses are still occupied, it seems, just as they were when they were first built. They’ve been customized over the years, and they look good.
Wells-Goodfellow #40, Around Wabada Avenue
This little house is interesting; I wonder if it is wood frame with stucco and that little porch. It’s in bad shape now. The house below is one of the first I ever photographed in Wells-Goodfellow. Yet another one of those red-tiled and brown brick four family apartment buildings sits abandoned and vandalized.
Wells-Goodgellow #39, Miscellaneous Houses on Semple Avenue
Update: I went back to the area around Semple Avenue in the fall of 2021. I know the house above was built sometime in the last two decades, but now it sits abandoned as well. What is the point of putting a band-aid on a gaping chest wound? It looks to have been gutted by…
Wells-Goodfellow #38, Brick Bungalows Along Semple Avenue
I love these little brick bungalows, such as I would see in South St. Louis in the greater Dutchtown area. The one below, a wood frame Italianate bungalow, is extremely rare. Got to love street grading, where houses are built at different elevations, right next to each other. But sadly they are all vacant, as…