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

10/28/10

Arts and Crafts Homes - Maplewood

For a tour of exceptional columns and the stucco finishes of local Arts and Crafts influenced buildings start your tour at Lyndover and Rose...

10/27/10

Ghetto on Ghetto?

But wait, I was thinking as I skimmed the article (click on the title), Christo already did that. I mean, the man invented the medium. I st...

10/18/10

How rude

Never mind that Morgan Ford is once again a thriving business district just resolve your tuckpointing issue with white vinyl siding over his...

9/20/10

STL Brick Rustling in the NY Times

Click on the subject line and thanks, Jeanne.

9/17/10

Morgan Ford In Motion Festival! Sept 25th

Save the date and come out to the Morgan Ford In Motion Festival Saturday, September 25 · 12:00pm - 9:00pm I'm sharing a booth with my l...

9/11/10

What's Wrong with this Picture?

As a kid I loved What's Wrong with this Picture ? it would display two images that were close but didn't match and the objective was...

8/29/10

I went looking for Riley

And only found these outstanding 'bark' bricks On this building at Miami and Morgan Ford:

8/22/10

Walkability - The Chippewa Viaduct

Over dinner last night Tim and I discussed Walkability. What does Walkability mean , I demanded, I used to walk a total of four miles every ...

7/9/10

Stone on Stone

Exquisite foundation and retaining wall on Brannon.

7/6/10

3964 McDonald Ave.

This is a reprint of my first blog post from 7/10/04. My old girlfriend Chris Deckard was on site and set up this blog. He also kindly toler...

Pop Quiz

Occasionally I come upon a brick street that hasn't been covered with asphalt. It's a wonderful experience and I like to imagine how...

Auto Glass Installed

I had a darkly hilarious phone conversation with Dale Sweet on the Fourth. He lives in Gravois Park and I could hear the fireworks in the ba...

6/29/10

Email from Rantoul, IL

I know! I haven't been posting photos and stories about bricks. I've been busy with various distractions. In the interim this email ...

6/21/10

Email from Independence

Dear Christian Herman, I was enjoying your website while researching "white brick." I just purchased a "duplex" i.e. a c...

5/26/10

Permastone or more hoosier rehabbing

This building had a face lift: Permastone was added to the facade to bump it out and create a frame. I'm guessing it was done because th...

5/17/10

Brick with Black Holes - Pop Quiz

How is it these bricks have black holes? Check out the original mortar with its flecks of quartz and feldspar. It's almost 100 years old...

5/16/10

The Chicken Coop Tour Photos

Click on the title to see the photos from the tour hosted by TGS resident Gary Pey who wrote: I think a good time was had by all! Despite th...

5/13/10

Front Yard

Last year I decided maintaining a lawn was comprising my precious time so I laid down layers of wet newspaper and mulched. Several plants we...

5/12/10

Back Yard

I do a yard share with the vegetable garden in the back of the yard. Nine neighbors invest 35.00 and get to share the bounty. This year I...

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About Me

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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