Showing posts with label spolia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spolia. Show all posts

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Spolia #6

They almost seem to be crying out in pain, having lost the building they were attached to behind them.

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Louis Sullivan Terracotta

One terracotta element from the third and demolished Louis Sullivan building on Post Office Square still exists, resting peacefully in a garden in Ladue. Read about the Victoria Building at Built St. Louis. The gigantic Roberts Brothers Condominium Tower is now rising in its place.

A Blog detailing the beauty of St. Louis architecture and the buildup of residue-or character-that accumulates over the course of time.