We jump to Union Boulevard on Dr. Martin Luther King Drive (Wohl Community Center is one place we went by) and start to see some more interesting buildings along the former Easton Avenue. These one story commercial buildings look largely abandoned. We now arrive in the Wellston Loop, which I have looked at before back…
Tag: West End
Maplecrest
You maybe noticed I ignored the little house above yesterday when I talked about the western half of Bartmer Avenue. There’s a reason why: it’s the last remnant–the carriage house–of a long lost estate known as Maplecrest, or sometimes written Maple Crest. Back around 1960, Union Memorial was moving out from its previous location, and…
West End of Chamberlain Place
I’ve looked at the Chamberlin Addition (Bartmer Avenue between Union and Clara) numerous times over the years, first when Toby Weiss of BeltSTL and I discovered it way back in April of 2012.and found the amazing Union Memorial United Methodist Church, which was then featured in this post by Toby. I also revisited the street…
Checking In Around Union Boulevard
I thought I would check in on the Cabanne Castle, which during my last visit in August of 2022 was back at being renovated after a lull in construction. I don’t know what the heck is going on now. There are new windows and it looks like there has been some tuckpointing, but now it…
Hamilton Heights, Early Summer 2023
Update: The church was closed in the round of parish mergers in 2023. We dive into the Hamilton Heights neighborhood at the corner of Hamilton and Minerva avenues, where on the northwestern corner “New” St. Augustine’s stands. I next headed east on Minerva down the hill, where there is that extraordinary row of four-family apartment…
The West End, Early Summer 2023
The West End neighborhood is one of my favorite parts of the city, and I recently went back to explore some more. I discovered that while many streets are seeing revitalization, there are others just east of the border with St. Louis County that are struggling with abandonment. These houses are off of streets such…
Union Boulevard Between Minerva Avenue and Dr. Martin Luther King Drive, West Side
Not every major street in the city is lined with stores, and particularly some of the most trafficked in North St. Louis, such as Page and Union are mostly residential along much of their paths. North of Page on Union, there are some interesting surprises. We start at Minerva Avenue. Crossing over Ridge Avenue, many…
Cabanne Castle, August of 2022
I had been concerned back in November of 2021 that the Cabanne Castle, which had been gutted back in April of 2021 for redevelopment, was no longer going to be rehabbed. But when I went back two Saturdays ago, the construction site looked active again, so that is good news. There was evidence of tuckpointing…
St. Mark’s Roman Catholic Church, May 2022
A friend and I were talking about this church recently, so I thought I would drive by and see how it was doing. The old St. Mark’s is not doing well, completely open to the elements and shorn of all of its copper gutters and roofing. I looked at it back in July of 2018….
Lewis Place to the West End, Winter 2022
I had some old photos I hadn’t gotten around to posting from what I think are the Lewis Place area, and I thought they are worth sharing. It’s such a beautiful neighborhood, full of some truly amazing houses. Moving further west, on streets of the West End, there are more houses and apartment buildings that…