I zigzagged around Tower Grove South recently, starting over at Morgan Ford and working northeast towards the intersection of Arsenal Street and South Grand.

Of course, the housing styles go back in time as you head east, with the 1940s being prominent in the west.

Remember, the clay industry was still moving along until after World War II, and I can’t be certain that some of these houses weren’t built on top of old mines.

But these are great streets with beautiful houses. Note the sculpture below which I think is inspired by Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.

Arts and Crafts follow the later houses as we go east.

With some interesting variants, as can be seen below.

And of course, near the north-south street four-family flats appear.