My grandfather owned this building on Morgan Ford.
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
10/28/15
Limestone Pavers - Going, going, gone
This is how the roads in TG Park looked before asphalt. They were made of limestone pavers.
I like to imagine how horse hooves sounded clopping over the stone.
Some gutters remain but most of them were covered.
I like to imagine how horse hooves sounded clopping over the stone.
Some gutters remain but most of them were covered.
10/9/15
Vitrolite A Go Go
Tim, The Vitrolite Man, was hired to remove the burgundy vitrolite from the former Hesselberg Pharmacy on Hartford and S Grand.
It's a sad day.
It's a sad day.
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