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January 2003: 1100 Chambers Street. This view duplicates a 1960 photograph on page 159 of St. Louis: Landmarks and Historic Districts. The older photo shows about twice as many buildings as remain here. |
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January 2003: Abandoned houses on the 1100 block of Tyler. |
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August 2008: 1123 Tyler, the abandoned house at left in the previous photo, is gone. The battered house at 1119 Tyler, with the green dormer, has lost more of its brick facade. |
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August 2008: A brave and lonely holdout still stands at 1111 Tyler. An abandoned next-door neighbor sits some distance back from the street. |
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| August 2008: Across the street, these two houses at 1118/1120 Tyler and 1122/1124 Tyler are of a singular design. Omnipresent land speculator Paul McKee purchased one half of one of them in 2007, but hasn't done much to improve his holding. |
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| August 2008: The block's greatest gem is this massive Romanesque building, last used as a tool and die shop. It sits almost underneath a former elevated Terminal Railroad line, which eventually leads to the McKinley Bridge. That line is now slated to become a bike path, putting this lovely old building in a perfect spot for rehab. |
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| August 2008: the 1100 block of Tyler, looking west. |
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