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Cleaning up ‘Blight’ in Grand Center
Wow, the time flies by; it seems like just yesterday I was posting pictures of abandoned buildings on Grand just north of Powell Hall. There have been some developments; the abandoned funeral home is...
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Just One Front Porch
I was standing around on a front porch in Grand Center of a house that has somehow survived the devastation that has continued to plague the area as the quest for more parking lots and vacant lots...
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Moolah Temple
The Moolah Temple’s original purpose, that of the Order of the Mystic Shrine, is now hosted in another building out west, and its new use as a movie theater works well. Moorish Revival architecture...
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Bannister House
Henry Semple Ames or his mother most likely had this building constructed in 1889, during the boom years for Grand Center. Its neighbors are gone; it was later owned by a Ms. Cushman after the Ames...
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Arthur J. Donnelly Funeral Parlor, Lindell Boulevard
This old funeral parlor had an interesting brush with history; read about it here.
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The Coronado
The wall of buildings on Lindell west of Spring are the handiwork of Preston Bradshaw. The first one in the picture, and the first one built, is the Coronado, built as a residential hotel between 1923...
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Mark Twain Apartments, Lindell Towers East
Preston Bradshaw continued his march west with another residential hotel for Pleitsch and Price, constructing what was originally known as the Mark Twain Apartments in 1926. Perhaps the most...
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Lindell Towers West
The final creation of Preston Bradshaw, what is now known as Lindell Towers West, was completed in 1927 for Pleitsch and Price. This building is probably the most unique of three; it violates and...
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Brown Mansion, 3755 Lindell Boulevard
The 1895 Brown Mansion creates a beautiful example of Italian Renaissance architecture. The classical pediment and Ionic columns frame the entrance. The central window on the second floor, or piano...
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Continental Building, Revisited at Dusk
The Continental Building represents the end of the historic office buildings of St. Louis, in my opinion. After this, the Great Depression came, and after the war Modernism too over. Read about the...
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Falstaff Plant No. 1, Revisited
The old Forest Park Brewery, just west of Grand on Forest Park Avenue, became the center of the Falstaff rebirth. These original images from Alvin Griesedieck’s book show that much of what was...
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Blumeyer Almost Gone
A lot more of the old Blumeyer tower is gone. I suppose it will be completely demolished by the end of March.
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Rusticated Stone
The former Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, built and dedicated between 141-161 AD provides an excellent example of how Western Civilization has responded to its ancient past. After falling into...
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