The Lindberghs' coolest wedding present is now on display at the Missouri...
Also included: a mysterious, forgotten fifth woman
View ArticleWhat's up with the Poplar Street Bridge?
The long, cracked history of a bridge in constant need of repair
View ArticleHouses of the rich and famous (in St. Louis, a century ago)
See the "starter homes" of the Busches, Lemps, Griesediecks, and Mallinckrodts.
View ArticleWhy St. Louis adored—and destroyed—its Second Empire architecture
That mansion in Psycho? We have plenty more like it, and rowhouses too. But we’ve lost the playful exuberance of the originals.
View ArticleEarthbound beer has settled into its little piece of heaven
You’re gonna get hot watching the fireworks. Here’s a cool, refreshing look at brewery architecture, and the backstory of Earthbound's new (but historic) brewhouse.
View ArticleAnother emergency rescue for Benton Park’s Lemp cottage
First it was saved from demolition, and now it’s on shaky ground again.
View Article4 buildings and places in St. Louis in danger of disappearing forever
SLM's architectural historian points out four insidious threats to St. Louis' common heritage.
View ArticleA double exhibit at the Missouri History Museum shows off Pulitzer-winning...
Newspaper photographers do more than shoot sharp images. They document our world for posterity.
View ArticleThe man who really started what’s now Anheuser-Busch: Part I
The first in a four-week series that reconsiders our oldest brewery’s origins
View ArticleThe man who really started what’s now Anheuser-Busch: Part II
The second in a four-week series, deconstructing the origin story
View ArticleThe man who really started what’s now Anheuser-Busch: Part III
The third in a four-week series that reconsiders our oldest brewery’s origins
View ArticleThe man who really started what’s now Anheuser-Busch: Part IV
The conclusion of a four-week series, deconstructing the origin story
View ArticleIn early St. Louis, doing the marketing was an adventure
First with the supermarket, and now with online grocery shopping, the way we buy food has changed dramatically in just a few decades. But in the 19th century, grocery shopping in St. Louis centered...
View ArticleMore than 40 African-American churches were demolished in Mill Creek Valley
And in many cases, their only replacement was a vacant lot.
View ArticleCenters of community that were destroyed in the Mill Creek Valley
A look at some of the secular African-American institutions that urban renewal took away from St. Louis
View ArticleWashington University’s redesign brings order—but not rigidity—to the...
With a diverse team of architects, this project could have gone terribly astray…but it didn’t.
View ArticleHow we wiped out Kosciusko, which could have been another Soulard
Another St. Louis neighborhood lost to urban renewal in the 1960s
View ArticleCannonDesign reinvented an old power plant in a tough site—and became a model...
After a decade in the redesigned space, the jury is in: On every level, the building works.
View ArticleIn 1947, city planners published a map of obsolete and blighted districts....
There is not a single neighborhood that a pedestrian can walk to from downtown St. Louis without passing through one of those enemies of a healthy urban environment.
View ArticleSo you want to save one of St. Louis' historic buildings?
A list of do's and don'ts from a pro
View ArticleProject Augustine takes the first step in turning one of the largest German...
St. Augustine’s former owners have turned the title over to Brittany Breeden. Now she wants to hear how the community would like to re-envision the church.
View ArticleIn 19th-century America, St. Louis' cast-iron building manufacturing rivaled...
In St. Louis, companies were seeking to spread architectural design to everyday people.
View ArticleTimes are tough. Let the Beaux-Arts buildings of St. Louis remind you of an...
By 1900, the ancient world came back into style.
View Article3 commissions that show the Beaux-Arts style of Barnett, Haynes & Barnett in...
Near Powell Hall in Grand Center is one of the most notable houses designed by George Dennis Barnett and John Haynes.
View ArticleLooking back at 4 major designs by architect Isaac S. Taylor
Sadly, Taylor might be the architect with the greatest number of prominent buildings torn down in the last 50 years.
View ArticleThe commissions of Mauran, Russell, Garden, and later Crowell fought for...
They designed Stix, Baer and Fuller, the massive Butler Brothers warehouse in western downtown, and the Second Baptist Church, among others.
View Article'You Are in Dutchtown': The many architectural styles of the Southside
Cleveland High School was a masterpiece, but the everyday houses are what make the neighborhood special.
View ArticleBehind the lost streets of the south side of Lafayette Square
Parade Place...did it actually even exist?
View ArticleA brief history of the Romanesque Revival style in St. Louis architecture
The Romanesque Revival proved to be popular among the wealthy, providing the style for the Samuel Cupples House, perhaps one of the best examples here in St. Louis.
View ArticleThe National Register of Historic Places doesn't automatically protect...
Just two Saturdays ago, one of the most distinctive examples of the Second Empire style in St. Louis—the John Loler House on St. Louis Avenue and North 22nd Street—was almost completely destroyed by a...
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