McRee Town Doorway
Saint Louis Patina
Apr 21I never get tired of this perfectly painted corner doorway on Tower Grove East just south of Vandeventer. »
Stories tagged "Central St. Louis" in 21st Ward
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Vandeventer Place, Revisited
Saint Louis Patina
Feb 17Four years after I first covered Vandeventer Place, there still is a paucity of information and photographs of what was once the grandest private street in St. Louis. I only could find a couple of grainy postcards that preserve the appearance of the on... »
Washington Terrace Gate
Saint Louis Patina
Jan 24I recently had my picture taken in front of the gates of Washington Terrace. The houses are just as architecturally significant and beautiful as any mansion on the more famous Portland or Westmoreland Places. The color of the brick, combined with the r... »
Roundhouse, Chouteau and Vandeventer
Saint Louis Patina
Jan 09All throughout St. Louis locomotives needed somewhere to park, and the roundhouse, a type of structure almost entirely vanished from the region (except in East St. Louis, which you can see here and here) provided the much-needed space to store multiple... »
