Built St. Louis: Home


	A site dedicated to the historic architecture of St. Louis, Missouri -- mourning the losses, celebrating the survivors.

December 12, 2009: Explore St. Louis's most charming neighborhood, Soulard.

Site updates

12/07/09: The first of many tours of South City is up: Soulard.

8/29/09: It's with a sense of deja vu that I move the San Luis apartments from "endangered" to "demolished". New photos from July 2009 are here.

2/08/09: A new addition to the Crumbling Landmarks tour, as the riverboat Admiral faces an uncertain future.

Current issues

Blairmont: Developer Paul McKee has announced grandiose plans for his north side holdings, but a pattern of neglect tells a different story.
Mullanphy Immigrant Home: Donations are still needed to keep this near north landmark standing.

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Endangered and Lost:

Crumbling Landmarks
Major buildings in neglect... and danger.

Vanished Buildings
Notable buildings demolished since 1995.

Recalled to Life
Thirteen major buildings pulled from abandonment.

On the Road in New Orleans
A report on the state of New Orleans, 16 months after the hurricanes.

Coming up: Carondelet, the forgotten houses of N. Broadway, and more.

Tours by Location:

Historic Downtown
The Old Post Office and its surroundings form the core of downtown St. Louis.

Washington Avenue
The north edge of downtown is marked by the lofts and warehouses of the old garment district.

What's Wrong With This Riverfront?
Invective about the careless way the city treats a place that should be its most valuable asset.

The North Side
Urban devastation and surprising resilliance in the city's northern half.

Midtown
St. Louis's theater district, and what remains of the neighborhood that it once was.

The South Side
Grit and charm in the city's southern half.

East St. Louis
A tour of St. Louis's long-suffering Illinois neighbor and its desolate surroundings.

Tours by Building Type:

The Ittner/Milligan Legacy
Dozens of handsome school buildings from two prolific architects.

St. Louis Churches
Steeples, spires, and sancturies punctuate the cityscape.

The Beauty of Modernism
The next great preservation battle will be for the legacy of MidCentury Modernism. The time to start looking is now.

The Industrial City
Magnificent sites across the region bear witness to St. Louis's history as a former titan of industry.

Wonderous Anachronisms
St. Louis's three quirky-but-beautiful old standpipe towers, and its two bizarre intake towers on the Mississippi River.

Cityscapes
A depository for the occasional wide views of St. Louis and its skyline that are posted to the site.