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

11/25/24

The Seventh Decade.

11/15/24

Washington, PA. Photo by Alan Taylor Jeffries

Look at that Vitrolite that was curved and the sidewalk freight elevator covers! I recall seeing some of these functioning in Downtown STL: ...

11/13/24

St. Louis Noir # 398

11/12/24

Ironspot Rust Travertine Brick

The stuff of dreams.

November 4th 2024

11/9/24

Two Hangers. St Louis Noir #99

St. Louis Noir. #356

11/5/24

OutBack

11/4/24

Self Portrait with Transmission Tower. 2018

11/1/24

St. Louis Noir # 957

10/31/24

Wingbermuehle Funeral Home

Don Wingbermuehle was my dad's BF in his elementary school years. He owned and operated this funeral home that was in this building - th...

10/29/24

A slab of Cor-ten Steel

A slab of cor-ten steel passing as an utility pole.

St. Louis Noir. #945

The ST. Louis NOIR book will be published next year.

10/27/24

St Louis Noir # 498 Bellie & Street Hardware

LightSho

10/26/24

We all fall down

10/24/24

The Sixth Decade. 2015

Sortly after seeing Janelle Monae's pompadour 2015 and wanting my own.

10/23/24

Fins

The fins on this building are strategic: They shade most of the sun as the earth turns. It was interesting to observe the shadows/shade cast...

10/19/24

Windowless

10/16/24

TinkerBelle & The Foam Party

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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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