-*s T. L O U I S*-

[Xing500]

Midtown and Lafayette Square a few hours before a HUGE storm.

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[Wu-Gambino]

That looks like a cool area, I don't remember seeing this parts when I went to St. Louis. Nice pics!

[KCDevin]

was it one of the recent storms? if it was it'd have to be either the one that went through our urban core or just south of jackson county mo.
great pictures btw

[kandrews82]

I'm glad the storm didn't do this to Lafayette Square:

http://www.oldhouseweb.net/stories/bitmaps/10235/tornado1.jpg
The aftermath of the 1896 cyclone: Mississippi Block looking north, bordering Lafayette Park.

Or that the neighborhood still doesn't look like this:
http://www.oldhouseweb.net/stories/bitmaps/10236/2014before.jpg
2014 Rutger begfore restoration.

[james2390]

Great photos! That is one of the most beautiful areas of St. Louis!!

[New Jack City]

Talk about some urban color! STL just got this vibe to it, thanks for the pictures Xing.

[BKKinTO]

Colorful ..period

[STL4EVER]

Beautiful pictures of Boston...errr...Manhattan...errr...Philadelphia...errr...oh yeah...Saint Louis!

[MCC]

A M A Z I N G!

[cwilson758]

I wish that my city was as old as St. Louis!!! Indy has very little in the way of "historical" buildings.

[SkyscraperStrasbourg]

St. Louis is more beautiful and has more old buildings than I imagined.

[lovecharlie]

didn`t realize there was so much historic architecture in St. Louis always thought it looked a bit dull, but it looks really great from these photos

[Expat]

Great pics! St. Louis neighorhoods are beautiful. The city has more than its share of great buildings, streetscapes, etc.

[STLgasm]

Holy shitbunnies.

[pjm1970]

Nice to see the pics of Lafayette Square. Was walking my dog through the neighborhood this morning and can never get over walk a charming neighborhood it is. I don't know if any other midwest neighborhood can compare.

[MilwaukeeD]

approximately how big is this area in square blocks? looks great.

[Ian604]

Great photos. Do you guys have your power back?

[pjm1970]

I would estimate it to be about a 25 square block area with Lafayette Park taking up 30 acres in the middle of the neighborhood.

Power is back on which is a good thing since it's supposed to be near 100 today. I only lost mine for about 15 hours and I felt stupid for complaining so much when I learned that thousands were without for up to 7 days.

[NaptownBoy]

Very gussy!

[UWMilwaukeeJay]

great pics..st louis is awesome

[The anti-cheesehead]

Nice pics. Is St. Louis the only city in the midwest with those mansard roofs on all of the buildings? There are a few in St. Paul, but it seems like they're normal in all of the STL pics that I've seen.

Also, have any of you STL forumers lived in any of those red-brick rowhouses? The reason I ask is because I was thinking about those buildings when the news networks were reporting on the power failure and heat wave in STL. I imagine that those red brick houses have got to be killers in this heat, with the red bricks absorbing and holding all of the heat.

[JivecitySTL]

Pretty much every resident of the City of St. Louis lives in a red brick building of some sort. Those flats and rowhouses are indeed furnaces in the summertime. The blackout that hit here recently didn't leave as many casualties as expected though. TGFAC (Thank God For Air Conditioning).

[pjm1970]

Hence the need for 12-14 foot ceilings in these homes when they were built.

[Cincinnatus]

Nice pics, Xing.

Is St. Louis the only city in the midwest with those mansard roofs on all of the buildings?

No, Cincinnati (from the city's website):

In this country, French Second Empire first became popular in the 1860s, reaching Cincinnati about 1870. A mansard roof was essentially all that was needed to make a house French Second Empire, and the style was adaptable to houses of many types. Elaborate mansions, urban row houses, and simple cottages are found in both working class and affluent neighborhoods in most parts of the city.

[ReddAlert]

looking goooood

[FMR-STL]

Brings back old memories. Very colorful images. I like.

[wheelingman]

What fabulous architecture.