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The Destruction of McRee Town: June 2005
Looking east near the intersection of McRee and Lawrence avenues.
View ArticleAldermen and the Preservation Board
by Michael R. Allen Anyone who attended Monday’s Preservation Board meeting may wonder if members of the Board of Aldermen have special legal powers to defy existing laws. Actions on two items from the...
View ArticleDemolition Updates
by Michael R. Allen MORSE SHOE FACTORY UNDER DEMOLITION Workers have begun removing the terra cotta ornament from the O. Morse Shoe Company Building at Duncan and Boyle. Apparently, some of the...
View ArticleIn 1966, City Demolished 150 Buildings on Near North Side
by Michael R. Allen According to an article that appeared in the November 26, 1966 issue of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat with the prosaic title “$151,000 Demolition Job,” the city of St. Louis was...
View ArticlePruitt-Igoe Demolition as Seen in "Koyaanisqatsi"
Someone has posted a long segment from Godfrey Reggio’s 1983 film Koyaanisqatsi that includes the famous aerial footage of the vacant housing project and the explosion-based demolition that took down...
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Talking About McRee Town
by Michael R. Allen Jackie Jones introduces her presentation. Yesterday afternoon St. Louis University doctoral student Jackie Jones presented her dissertation thesis, “Picturing a Neighborhood: McRee...
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Parade in a Lost Neighborhood
This parade shot was taken just west of Aloe Plaza near 21st and Market streets. The view is looking east toward the Civil Courts Building (at right in the background), and shows some of the Mill...
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Photographing the Changing Face of St. Louis
by Christina Carlson I recently had the opportunity to digitize several photographs for the Preservation Research Office spanning from the 1930s to the 1980s. The photos consisted primarily of pictures...
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One Building For An Extra Lane
by Michael R. Allen This is the former Greyhound maintenance building (built around 1950) at the northeast corner of Cass Avenue and Hadley Street, currently being demolished by the Missouri Department...
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Across From the Pevely Dairy Plant
by Michael R. Allen Across Chouteau Avenue from the Pevely Dairy Plant, St. Louis University has cleared several older industrial buildings. In recent days, the straw-strewn vacant lot has been awash...
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