I took a right down Academy Avenue from MLK and spotted these two twins at the southwest corner of Wells Avenue. This is in that “fanned” shaped area of St. Louis bounded by MLK, Kingshighway, Page and Union. But the amazing architecture really started when I hung a right on to Ridge Avenue, and reminded…
Tag: West End
Christ’s Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church, Former Euclid Baptist Church
I was almost tricked into thinking this was a former Christian Scientist church, but its proximity to one on Page Boulevard clued me in that this was not the case. It was in fact built as the Euclid Baptist Church in 1920, and served as its home until 1962, when like so many other congregations,…
Fourteenth Anniversary of St. Louis Patina: The Times They Are a-Changin’
Fourteen years now. The world and St. Louis have changed so much in that time. I’ve changed so much, too. I think about what and how I photographed in that time. What is gone, and what I had no idea even existed back in May of 2007. I’m on my fourth camera, and I have…
Chamberlain and Maple Avenues, West End
Chamberlain Avenue east of Hamilton Avenue, like many streets in the West End area, is lined with beautiful, large houses, some of which are abandoned, but many of which are not. I’ve looked at Chamberlain further east before, way back in August of 2009. We turn south at Clara and then east at Maple, which…
Houses, Cabanne and Hamilton Avenues, West End
While I’ve been focusing on apartment buildings in the greater West End around Cabanne Avenue, it’s important to remember that there are still mostly houses in this neighborhood. And they are spectacular. The house above is on Hamilton Avenue. The rest are on Cabanne Avenue, and they remind us that the mythical “brick only” building…
Two Apartment Buildings, Cabanne and Hamilton Avenues
Meanwhile, there are two well-maintained apartment buildings on Cabanne and Hamilton avenues. The first one is just to the west and adjacent to the second one yesterday. Designed in a sort of Spanish Revival style, it is in great condition and occupied. There appears to have once been a garage underneath, like many of these…
Long Abandoned and Recently Abandoned, Cabanne Avenue
There are always the telltale signs: a giant apartment building, built in the true St. Louis style where it is really just five six-family flats built right next to each other, doesn’t have a single car parked out in front of it and the back parking lot is empty (though many people in the city…
Cabanne Castle Recalled to Life
Update: Interior demolition seemed to have been completed by November of 2021; renovation was continuing in August of 2022. There’s some great news to report in the 5300-5400 block of Cabanne Avenue, which is just west of Union Boulevard. The “Cabanne Castle,” which is what local residents call the massive, but incredibly beautiful Tudor Revival…
Hodiamont and Suburban Avenues, West End
Not every street has good news happening on it in the West End. At the T-intersection of Hodiamont and Suburban avenues, there are many vacant lots and abandoned buildings. This funeral home sits at the end of the street. But the houses are beautiful and in good condition, even in abandonment.
Raymond Avenue Between Clarendon Avenue and Kingshighway, North Side
I’ve looked at Raymond Avenue before, just east of Union Boulevard, including the Lasar Residence (seventh photo down), but I decided to look at the two blocks just west of Kingshighway from Clarendon, crossing over Academy Avenue. As is common in these blocks, the houses are often huge, and rival or surpass their counterparts in…