4/12/09

Adventures of a Brick Nerd on a Saturday night

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Click on the subject line for some in-depth reading. Feast your eyes on this water struck brick:
4/7/09

Grill work

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Speaking of grill work, I'm getting a tooth implant to go with the rest of the hardware that's been installed in my body during the ...
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3/28/09

True Grit Brick

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Sand was used to line the mold of these bricks and they are sublime. The color in each brick includes sepia, russet, spinach and crimson. Cl...
3/25/09

My tea house

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Sometimes I refer to it as The Veranda when I'm feeling southern goth. I designed the tea house and had it built 5 years ago and stained...
3/23/09

Painted brick

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I came across this tragedy while driving through Richmond Heights a few weeks ago. I actually had to make a U turn to gawk. It's a brigh...
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3/21/09

Tom Krepcio

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Tom Krepcio lives in TGS and has his studio here. His medium is glass and his scholarship is extraordinary. Click on the subject line to jet...
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3/17/09

Getting even

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I'm betting those glass cube windows were once long vertical glass panes.
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Glazed Green bullnose bricks

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Located on The Hill:
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3/11/09

Triple Arches - Mediterranean Revival

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Going, going... 38 Olive Any chance of what the city makes off those parking meters covers the cost of mowing those Lots? I used a flash try...
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3/9/09

The Arts and Crafts Dream House

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This house is located in Richmond Heights. I drove by thirteen years ago while trying to find a short cut to work. When I saw it I exhibited...

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One of the unique, cohesive (and now lost) architectural features in our cities were the gold and black numbers above the doors and many sti...
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3/7/09

3964 McDonald Ave

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This is a reprint of my first blog post. Shortly after taking this photo the house sold to a hooiser (or red neck if you're not native t...
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3/6/09

St. Louis Brick Confidential

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Photographed at dusk these distinctive bricks exhibit a warm rust color that's framed with a subtle pink mortar. Used on the large scale...
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 ...