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Dutchtown, Mid May 2017
Dutchtown is such a beautiful neighborhood. It has very little demolition, the houses are are in good shape, and the population is still very high–it is one of the densest areas of the city. But...
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Utah Avenue from Compton to Jefferson, Benton Park West
It’s really north Dutchtown, but someone decided to call it Benton Park West. The housing stock is stunning.
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South on Compton Avenue #3: Gravois Park from Cherokee to Chippewa Street
Houses range from right after the Civil War, as can be seen above, to buildings built in the early Twentieth Century. These houses below sit far back from the street, alluding to their age. As...
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South on Compton Avenue #4, Dutchtown #1
Dutchtown south on Compton is a truly beautiful neighborhood. I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves.
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South on Compton Avenue #5, Dutchtown #2
More of Dutchtown south on Compton. Just look at that house above; hardly anybody puts that much effort into making a small house that beautiful anymore today. It might be one of the most striking...
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Shingle Style Survivor
The date in city records of 1889 sounds right. This is such an amazing house, a relic of shingle style picturesque houses built in the city in the boom decades after the Civil War. It sits surrounded...
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Last Survivors
These little guys were part of a larger residential neighborhood southwest of the intersection of Grand and Chouteau. All of their neighbors have been torn down, and these two will be soon. Senior...
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Saint Louis University Medical School Building
Anyone know much about this building? I cannot seem to find any information on when it was built, and who the architect was. This addition on the upper floors to the north was very well done, and...
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South on Compton Avenue #6, Dutchtown #3
Oops, I still had some Dutchtown photos left from Compton Avenue! There is such a diversity of housing styles in this beautiful neighborhood. Senior citizens interested in attending a two-part lecture...
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Union Station, Framed
I caught this image of Union Station through a break in the old warehouses and office buildings of downtown.
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3600 Block of Blaine Avenue, Part 1
The blocks northwest of the intersection of Grand and Lafayette are known as the Tiffany neighborhood. It is isolated, quiet–and surprisingly resilient. I could not find an abandoned house anywhere in...
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3600 Block of Blaine Avenue, Part 2
Moving east up the hill towards Grand Boulevard, the beautiful houses continue to spread out before the visitor. These houses are well-maintained, and are in good shape.
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3621 McRee Avenue
I’d spied this beautiful house years ago, and I finally got the chance to see it up close. It is a fascinating mix of two different colored rusticated cut stone front facade, with gray and red colors...
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3600 Block of McRee Avenue, Part 1
The street is blocked off, but the renovations of apartments along McRee are welcomed. Large houses, like one would expect to see in Shaw to the south, are also prevalent.
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3600 Block of McRee Avenue, Part 2
More beautiful homes line McRee Avenue; I am fascinated how this little pocket of completely occupied houses survives surrounded by major streets and an interstate.
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Old United Railways Barn
Still standing, and with nothing happening on the property behind it, the remnants of the old streetcar repair barn sits, forgotten.
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St. Andrew Roman Catholic Church
I like the crisscross of power lines, roof lines and pavement lines at this intersection of Military Road and South Broadway.
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The Southern Half of the Grove
The development in the Grove north of Manchester Avenue is coming to the south side now. Will redevelopment come at the cost of losing long term residents? I hope not. There are some very old houses...
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Downtown Pacific
I had never made it to downtown Pacific before, but it is very well preserved, and has some nice buildings. The opera house is built in an interesting, eclectic style, and is not something I have seen...
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