St. Louis Brick

Presenting a collection of St. Louis bricks, sidewalk markers, and the Fleur-de-lis as architectural detail on and in city buildings, brick collecting, urban exploration, and my life by Christian Herman. Reporting from Tower Grove South in St. Louis, MO

8/11/06

INCISED LAVA BRICK

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These bricks are a heady experience. Spotted on a rainy summer day when I was 16 while walking along MGF. There's something about the sm...

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MITERED BRICKS There's nothing better than mitered bricks and there's nothing worse than bad tuckpointing on them. Located next to T...
8/10/06

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TONIGHT'S IKEBANA ARRANGEMENT Ikebana means Living Sculpture and while this doesn't relate to brick in the specific I've seen so...

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ASH PIT When I was a kid these concrete cubes called ash pits were at the back of every home. Ashes from the coal burning furnaces were dump...
8/5/06

NOBODIES HOME

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Abandoned Wasp nest on MGF.

White Cascade Brick

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I was driving down the 41 block of Utah when I spotted this pile of white cascade bricks, slammed the brakes, pulled back and gazed with tha...
7/30/06

LaClede Wallac Brick

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Manufactured in the Dogtown area of St. Louis and given to me by my friend, Charlene. Sometimes I will arrive back at The Brick house to an ...
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Laclede St. Louis Brick Sometimes when I am jonesing for a brick fix I haul ass to Ebay where I discovered this gem. Shipped from Oklahoma, ...
7/26/06

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Resurrection Church Redux: Of course my attraction to photographing the church was the exposed brick walls, considered to be a bizarre style...

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Resurrection Church. Know that these photos are quite the coup. This church is closed and on the block. I visited, knocked on the rectory do...

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PRM & MOO NO. 1 BRICK A complete and solid mystery, this brick arrived as a gift from my neighbor who was doing some serious sucking up....
7/23/06

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HYDRAULIC BRICK! This is a paver brick from my alley, snatched prior to the alley being paved over. Hydraulic-Press Brick was located on the...
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Christian Herman
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
I appreciate, document, and collect historic face brick. I'm a maker of many things which I sell in my Etsy shop. I love the challenge of materials and design. Most of my work involves upcyling. I dream about design and resolve design issues in my dreams. Life is magical. I'm not available to answer questions via email about bricks. I'm rabidly possessive of my time. What I know is disclosed here and I wish you luck in your research.
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