Alley Cruising

The morning drive: ash pits, garage doors, and alley poetry.

My back yard:

Bond. Flemish Bond

I appreciate the details to this house on 39 Hartford with its original quarter sawn oak doors, the Flemish bond, and quoining:

Terra cotta capital:

Dinner with Sue at Duff's

4200 Folsom and McRee

Photos from my walk today on the above blocks.
Elaborate corbels:


Bricks that cast shadows on themselves give me the willies:

Stellar brick columns:


I was with riding with Christopher Thiemet last month when we spotted a building being razed. We saw this old wall advertisement which is called a ghost sign because its faded but this one of the old Star Saloon and Cafe is in great condition.

Hey, velvet isn't smooth it has a nap...then again the silk velvet of the time was rather smooth. Ever seen a velvet loom and how it is cut?

The site:


On the west side:



This old substation with its Deco facade reminds me of the bathroom in The Deco Fortress (friend it on FB):


My favorite smokestack in St. Louis and it's an Octagon:

I marveled at my brick karma when I encountered this Hydraulic paver:

Last Week

I wonder about the clay content in these new black bricks. What ev, I like the low sheen:


Dusk over TGS:



Dinner with Sam and Sarah:


Exceptional terracotta:

Criterion

Copy of a print photo I took of the Criterion on Franklin Ave in the late 80s. I was photo documenting buildings at risk, brick, and unusual colors of Vitrolite: