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
I really like the glazed green and white bricks. They are all over the city, but I see them a lot on the Hill, too. The Hill has a really interesting variety in building styles and architectural details...I hope you will post more.
The Hill is crazy. The last time I was there with Bad Tim I swore I wouldn't go back. The architecture is chaotic with no cohesiveness. Now I'm strangely riveted to the fey homes that were built to house the brick laborers on Manchester. I have a friend who is pushing 80. He told me that he used to walk from Kingshighway to Skinker every day as a kid and back then there was a brick oven every 100 feet.
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I really like the glazed green and white bricks. They are all over the city, but I see them a lot on the Hill, too. The Hill has a really interesting variety in building styles and architectural details...I hope you will post more.
The Hill is crazy. The last time I was there with Bad Tim I swore I wouldn't go back. The architecture is chaotic with no cohesiveness. Now I'm strangely riveted to the fey homes that were built to house the brick laborers on Manchester. I have a friend who is pushing 80. He told me that he used to walk from Kingshighway to Skinker every day as a kid and back then there was a brick oven every 100 feet.
I especially like to walk the alleys...a lot of surprises there.
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