The Ville and Greater Ville, which I've compressed into just simply The Ville, was once the center of the African-American middle class in St. Louis.I went back to the area last weekend to look around and check up on things; mostly nothing was differen... »
by Michael R. Allen Out of sight, out of mind? Not brick theft. Brick thieves continue to strike abandoned buildings in north city, although the territory of operation has shifted westward. Two years ago, brick theft was prevalent in JeffVanderLou … Co... »
In May of 2009 I wrote a post titled: Homes Under $200,000 near St Louis MetroLink stops and I was thinking about revisiting it because I just met a new clients who thought they had to live in a specific area to have access to the MetroLink. At our ini... »
Four 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... »
This is just one humble house on just another street in St. Louis, but just looking at the outside raises numerous questions, and wonder at how many stories it could tell. When did the porch get put in? When did the fake stone go up? When were the door... »
North St. Louis is just one gigantic wasteland, right? Wrong, particularly just north of the Central West End, around the historic Lewis Place, the streets are lined with houses just as stately as those to the south of Delmar.In fact, the entire wester... »
Homicide detectives were called to the 2800 block of Dayton in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood (above) yesterday around 1 p.m. to investigate another apparent murder. Wayne A McKinney, 34, was ... »
Video by Nancy Fowler | St. Louis Beacon St. Louis Osuwa Taiko drummers performed at the tease. What’s the Fringe? Or WTF? as the folks at the St. Lou Fringe Festival like to put it. Tuesday night, a crowd of about 100 curiosity-seekers tasted a select... »
