tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.comments2023-10-02T08:28:06.724-05:00Ecology of AbsenceMichael R. Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262548806079447404noreply@blogger.comBlogger4783125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-47901530555321590712010-12-19T21:47:49.937-06:002010-12-19T21:47:49.937-06:00Sam Forman -
I've just confirmed that Paul Va...Sam Forman - <br />I've just confirmed that Paul Valenti (my great grandfather) did live in Massachusetts. I'd love to hear any details you can provide on your home. I have a keen interest in discovering as much as I can about my great grandfather's accomplishments.<br /><br />You can email me at triola[at]gmail.com<br /><br />-Ben HillEnderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05851679689593999381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-53252480844986736762010-08-09T17:28:30.860-05:002010-08-09T17:28:30.860-05:00Is there really and truly going to be an attempt t...Is there really and truly going to be an attempt to revamp James Clemens house? I hear positive news and want to stay hopeful, but everytime I go by, it just seems one step closer to irreparable collapse.Kevinhttp://pangaea.egocomix.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-68637768149461012872010-08-08T23:42:33.467-05:002010-08-08T23:42:33.467-05:00Anyway to talk to someone about renting this place...Anyway to talk to someone about renting this place for a little party. I met my soon to be fiance there and I would love to be able to stop by in a few weeks when we are in town and after I pop the question.<br /><br />If you know let me know...<br /><br />tojohntaylor (at) the google email.com (gmail)Johnny Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03967066189705467883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-56110727297826095132010-06-21T19:57:07.662-05:002010-06-21T19:57:07.662-05:00Nice find!Nice find!STLgasmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13637030307305896833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-40886367998945758982010-06-20T17:53:56.489-05:002010-06-20T17:53:56.489-05:00Now the Building Division has posted on the doors ...Now the Building Division has posted on the doors that this building is condemned. Now what?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-64380604886681402292010-06-20T17:40:20.019-05:002010-06-20T17:40:20.019-05:00This is a silly movie. Also, it is unrealistic. ...This is a silly movie. Also, it is unrealistic. The acting, though, was top notch. Thanks for posting it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-82871659733416783682010-06-17T03:07:23.318-05:002010-06-17T03:07:23.318-05:00Nice when a piece of history is uncovered after so...Nice when a piece of history is uncovered after so long! Great series of photographs documenting the article.professional photo editinghttp://photorestorationretouching.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-70736176964035327722010-06-17T00:18:15.225-05:002010-06-17T00:18:15.225-05:00Once again you have brought the beauty of a diamon...Once again you have brought the beauty of a diamond to a lump of coal. I ride past these houses everyday and it's amazing how I overlook them. You have brought good attention to them . They could have easily been implemented into the Habitat project. How can your blog be exposed to Facebook?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17936713289831924901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-29181689923229973052010-06-15T21:51:02.032-05:002010-06-15T21:51:02.032-05:00http://noparkinglotonlindell.com/http://noparkinglotonlindell.com/Doug Duckworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15684467055184767166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-17642980229502244592010-06-14T22:52:04.750-05:002010-06-14T22:52:04.750-05:00Was the court of appeals decision reported? Or, i...Was the court of appeals decision reported? Or, is there a web site where the court's decision, or the pleadings and papers from the trial court case are posted? If so, it would be interesting to see them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-63435325930548181812010-06-14T15:06:22.154-05:002010-06-14T15:06:22.154-05:00Does anyone know the latest update with this? My g...Does anyone know the latest update with this? My great great grandparents were Paul and Franziska Oehler and I'd hate to see history be lost in this outcome.<br /><br />Hope they're still standing - they're gorgeous buildings!!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15660703005702914965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-86121014442327775292010-06-13T23:24:46.873-05:002010-06-13T23:24:46.873-05:00did Murphy ever build in DC? because there's a...did Murphy ever build in DC? because there's a remarkably similar house in scale, materials and detail at the corner of 6th and South Carolina SE 20003. modern and spare, but warm and cozy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-14996426293986936312010-06-10T08:12:22.792-05:002010-06-10T08:12:22.792-05:00Why expand the local district without having Natio...Why expand the local district without having National Register district status first?Rick Bonaschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10825477678253483191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-48409938461237394332010-06-07T13:47:36.219-05:002010-06-07T13:47:36.219-05:00Interesting and insightful post. Great website too...Interesting and insightful post. Great website too - I just came across it today.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01065353627064498923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-61724563982285214642010-06-06T17:57:43.532-05:002010-06-06T17:57:43.532-05:00A lot of cities have these "ugly modernist bu...A lot of cities have these "ugly modernist buildings" because people seem to like them. So it's not insane to think if we built more "glass towers" or smaller infill people would possibly move from other cities for them. We also have plenty of land on the Gateway Mall where we can do these.Doug Duckworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15684467055184767166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-64852064465736790042010-06-06T16:23:02.025-05:002010-06-06T16:23:02.025-05:00I think this paragraph in your post is so insightf...I think this paragraph in your post is so insightful: <br /><br />Any built environment tells the story of its history. But it’s also true that it tells that story in a special language, an arcane language that only people who are drawn to history, and those whose personal memories are embedded in its buildings, can easily understand. Still, despite its weaknesses, it is by far the best language for telling a community’s story. When it's silenced, other languages must be found if the story is to be remembered at all.<br /><br />This paragraph sums up so well the reason why buildings tell us who we are as a people. <br /> -- barbaraFolkways Note Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07168881905408345126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-48799385534491054892010-06-06T14:11:09.643-05:002010-06-06T14:11:09.643-05:00Good post.Good post.Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00758402399119056483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-65710266675956745802010-06-06T01:00:40.247-05:002010-06-06T01:00:40.247-05:00that brief glimpse of regional dominance has infor...that brief glimpse of regional dominance has informed much of STL's attitude ever since. you almost have to move away and back to really recognize and accept, ok we're not number one. when rail bypassed STL and surpassed barge traffic and the whole movement of goods went East-West rather than North-South, well we never quite got over it did we? after a 20 yr. sojourn, I do see people thinking in a more constructive way, but on occasion one is reminded of Tennessee Williams.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-81421186016882323222010-06-05T20:16:27.904-05:002010-06-05T20:16:27.904-05:00If our riverfront looked as eloquent as this post ...If our riverfront looked as eloquent as this post reads, we'd have a riverfront to be proud of.STLgasmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13637030307305896833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-20478280615811080262010-06-05T13:02:07.392-05:002010-06-05T13:02:07.392-05:00I live in a historic house in the Skinker Debalivi...I live in a historic house in the Skinker Debaliviere Historic District that includes the City portion of the Loop, but I see no reason why my neighborhood or any other should be frozen in some fairly land time warp. There is no reason why bold new designs cannot coexist with history. Lindell Boulevard is a great example of this.Vanishing STLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08798287914185180625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-63613584596035694662010-06-05T12:50:36.291-05:002010-06-05T12:50:36.291-05:00Rick, Excellent commentary!Rick, Excellent commentary!Vanishing STLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08798287914185180625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-90646923386519683952010-06-04T13:49:24.699-05:002010-06-04T13:49:24.699-05:00Ugh! More wrecking-ball fodder.
There is a reaso...Ugh! More wrecking-ball fodder. <br /><br />There is a reason that 9/10 people rejected Modernism and its progeny. It is simply ugly by all objective aesthetic criteria. Who wants to live in something sterile and lifeless like that? The reason we do indeed need to go back to classical forms is because we have to go back to where we got off track. We must rebuild on the objectively good foundations that we were given and which were abandoned by the Modernists.<br /><br />If that is the future, I am all for staying behind the times.Premodern Blokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05341688338690161075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-33846295605563103022010-06-04T11:07:46.373-05:002010-06-04T11:07:46.373-05:00I don't think it's totally a developer pro...I don't think it's totally a developer problem, but also design guides and zoning issues. Plus all of these cities are not nearly as depopulated (in terms of current vs. peek) therefore maybe not in the "build anything to get them to come" stage? <br /><br />Preserving historic districts is important, and I am sure someone wants to purchase the faux-historic buildings on Mississippi that BSI built for Guided Age in Lafayette Square, but St. Louis needs more than a small handful of innovative designs if it wants to attract. Not everyone wants to live in a historic building, replica, or suburban alien. St. Louis doesn't offer many options besides those three.<br /><br />Magnolia Heights on Macklind is a good step in the right direction. The facade has historic elements with modern and it's planned as urban. Hopefully this sells well and eventually we get more things like those in Philadelphia.Doug Duckworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15684467055184767166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-73253774966509882922010-06-04T07:45:23.461-05:002010-06-04T07:45:23.461-05:00I agree with you, Alex. The Days Inn, Metro Lofts...I agree with you, Alex. The Days Inn, Metro Lofts, 4545, Nine North, and the Roberts Tower are excellent new developments. But when I see the bland renderings of City Walk and proposed commercial buildings in The Loop that try to convince everyone that they are 100 years old, it just frustrates me. And beyond the larger projects, I'm also referring to smaller residential infill buildings. Brooklyn, Philly, Chicago, and even Milwaukee and Cleveland blow us away in this department (I have a lot of pictures to prove it-- I'll save them for a later post). It's as if St. Louis developers never get out of town, so they just keep doing the same stuff over and over. I do give credit to EcoUrban and a few other projects for breaking the mold, but overall, we are way behind the times.STLgasmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13637030307305896833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826793.post-70563108186989500742010-06-04T06:47:10.312-05:002010-06-04T06:47:10.312-05:00Faux historic new construction is an insult to the...Faux historic new construction is an insult to the built environment. It ends up looking cheap and inherently less attractive than the authentically historic buildings that surround it. What irks me most is that St. Louis tends to build faux historic even in areas that pride themselves on being hip and progressive. Case in point-- the Loop. There is a new commercial building going up currently on the site of the old Loop Automotive at Delmar & Limit. The building is so unimaginative and mundane, and while I'm glad it will fill a vacant lot, it leaves me painfully uninspired. Other old cities have done a much better job mixing truly historic with truly contemporary structures.Randy V.http://www.stl-style.comnoreply@blogger.com