2/27/09

Flatiron Building

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Located on Potomac and Arkansas. I intend to collect them all .
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2/25/09

STL School Closings Demonstration - Thursday

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Received a call from Rebecca Rogers, who was at the Mann meeting on Monday with the following info: a demonstration has been organized again...
2/24/09

Steak and Shake's white bricks

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Two emails to Steak and Shake with no response. I had asked if the brick cladding on the building was granite or manufactured. Granite would...
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2/22/09

Poetry in Static

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Click on the subject line to read a page from the Vermont Brick site. I read this page four times impressed with the scholarship and charmed...
2/17/09

Mann School Closing-Open Meeting 2/23/08

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Mann School is one of the St. Louis public schools projected to be closed. It's the largest school, over half of a city block. Click on ...
2/16/09

Problems of St. Louis

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Clicking on the subject line to read the book. I've tried to capture some of the images but lack the skill.
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The circus comes to town

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I've had this photo in my file for so long I don't remember its source. Baby elephants, Hydraulic brick pavers, a street car, and is...
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2/8/09

Garabungalow

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Click on the title to read the Garabungalow info I found on the web. This building is located across the alley from my garage and its puzzle...
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2/5/09

Fleur-de-lis on Juniata and Bent

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1/24/09

Ivory Glazed Terra Cotta Cornice - 41 Hartford

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Probably produced by Winkle Terra Cotta. Matching coping blocks and soldier brick vents on twin buildings.
1/21/09

Sold (For Sale: 1921 New World Altas)

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I'm selling my Atlas from 1921. Cover condition is poor, contents are intriguing (and sometimes amusing). Price: 30.00. I can accept a p...
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1/16/09

Q: Why does that tree have bumps?

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That's what a ten year old asked me last summer when I was walking Beau. A: It has a virus.

Tumbleweed snagged on Cornice

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Vitrolite

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The building on the north west corner of Grand used to be covered in black vitrolite. It was removed and replaced with black matte tile. Vit...

Sphere: Grand and Wyoming

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Parapet: Grand and Connecticut

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Tile on storefront on Meramec east of Grand

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20 years ago I took a series of print photos of the tiles on storefronts in China Town (San Francisco). If I ever have the time, I intend to...

Grand Ave circa 1971- 1975

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I believe all of this photos were taken by Walter Gunn. North west corner of Grand and Juniata. Currently occupied by Jay Asia. The Ritz (no...
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Quoined Brick in TGS

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TGS has a plethora of quoinage. If structural, quoins were part of load bearing walls; if decorative, they were made of a variety of materia...