A Blog detailing the beauty of St. Louis architecture and the buildup of residue-or character-that accumulates over the course of time.
And it's not expensive to buy a HUGE place there. However, there are reportedly drawbacks - no w/d in unit due to old plumbing, etc.
The St. Regis! The oldest hotel in the West End. It outlasted the Buckingham which was sadly cleared for a surface lot. Shades of today?On an unrelated note I just learned that the archbishop's residence was the location for the first cocktail party ever held.
Mistake... St. Regis was always apartments. Seems it's just the hotels that get demolished.Not to call you out or anything, but the last two posts distinctly seem to lack patina.
Really, I think the St. Regis has a lot of patina.
As I recall, the St. Regis was unique in being the only cooperative apartment house in St. Louis (vis a vis condominiums). One of my Dad's competitors, Dana Brown of Manhattan Coffee, lived there.
And it's not expensive to buy a HUGE place there. However, there are reportedly drawbacks - no w/d in unit due to old plumbing, etc.
ReplyDeleteThe St. Regis! The oldest hotel in the West End. It outlasted the Buckingham which was sadly cleared for a surface lot. Shades of today?
ReplyDeleteOn an unrelated note I just learned that the archbishop's residence was the location for the first cocktail party ever held.
Mistake... St. Regis was always apartments. Seems it's just the hotels that get demolished.
ReplyDeleteNot to call you out or anything, but the last two posts distinctly seem to lack patina.
Really, I think the St. Regis has a lot of patina.
ReplyDeleteAs I recall, the St. Regis was unique in being the only cooperative apartment house in St. Louis (vis a vis condominiums). One of my Dad's competitors, Dana Brown of Manhattan Coffee, lived there.
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