7/16/06

NAKED LADY, Patron Saint of Brick

›
7/15/06

FLEUR-DE-LIS WINDOW

›
Fleur-de-lis stained glass window at Andy Leight's house. Also as architectural detail. Located on Cherokee and Oregon Streets, Benton P...

ANDY LEIGHT

›
I recently visited with Andy Leight in his two family home in Tower Grove Heights where he has lived for 12 years on 38 Humphrey. I first me...

ANDY LEIGHT'S PORCH - TGS

›
This column of streamlined bricks is in the front of artist Andy Leight's house in Tower Grove Heights, 38 Humphrey. Smooth, sleek, curv...

BRASS SIDEWALK MARKER 1910

›
43 Hartford, Tower Grove South, 1910 When I was a kid, I used to see these all over our neighborhood and in other parts of the city. Due to ...
2 comments:
7/14/06

CANYON BRICK

›
Called so because of the texture, a reverse of 'bubble' brick. This was spotted in Benton Park West on a duplex from the 50's.

WHERE WE LIVE

›
I live with an affable and precocious pup, Beau. This is our house in Tower grove South with original leaded glass bookcases, colonnades and...
7/13/06

BROWNIE BRICKS

›
I cringe to think that I may been trivializing bricks by giving them frivolous titles. I call them as I see them and the surface presents as...
7/12/06

DIAMOND BRICK

›
Rather exceptional. I found these on 40 Potomac and (as yet) haven't found them elsewhere. Diamond Brick
2 comments:

BARK BRICK

›
It has a rough texture that resembles the bark of a tree. It looks as if the terra cotta was applied with a large knife, similar to stucco b...

DIMPLE BRICK

›
I was driving down the alley behind 40 Potomac with my friend Chris Deckard last week, telling him how I give names to different brick when ...
7/11/06

3964 McDonald Ave - The brick

›
Not knowing the names for the different styles of bricks that I photograph and collect, I refer to them by how their surface presents. It...
7/10/06

3964 McDonald Ave

›
This is where it all began, 3964 McDonald Ave in the Tower Grove South area of St. Louis. My childhood home! I love the brass mailbox and be...