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Magnatron wrote:I would be particularly interested in seeing some images of neighborhoods that have been completely leveled... i.e. 1st, 2nd. 3rd streets where the arch is now,

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=162521

Guys, check the first post in this thread about ordering prints.

Moorlander wrote:

FloPoErich wrote:Is there any way to get full sized prints of some of these pictures?

Second that. I'd love to purchase large prints with descriptions.

YES! You absolutely can order prints. We do it the old fashioned way at the moment. Let me give you a link to the appropriate webpage. http://www.mohistory.org/lrc/your-visit ... hotos/home



We are on the heels of announcing a print partnership that will soon (in the next few months) allow you to buy any image you see on Flickr or on our digital content site --framed, matted, or just the print itself. So, stay tuned--and of course, we'll announce this to you all on the forum.



And for those of you further interested in loft/business/house history, we have a wonderful archive and people very happy to help you. http://www.mohistory.org/lrc/your-visit/doing-research We will also be soon uploading some business letterheads for the various loft businesses on or near Wash Ave. Those are extremely interesting!



Thank you for the great comments and photo descriptions being left on the Flickr site. Your help is much appreciated.

I'm not sure how the museum goes about getting historic pictures, but you guys might like to view these (if you don't already have them).



Charles W. Cushman Photograph Collection

Indiana University Archives / Digital Library Program



http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cushman ... t+Louis%22



Merchants Exchange

http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cushman ... num=P04375

Now gone: http://www.builtstlouis.net/opos/merchantsexchange.html



Woodbine Hotel

http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cushman ... num=P04371

Not sure if the building picture is the Hotel or the Annex

In 1888, Ramsey was elected President of the Missouri State Association of Architects. That same year, construction began for "one of the first fireproof structures in the city"--a seven-story Romanesque Revival office building at the corner of Chestnut and Broadway. Ramsey's Houser Building featured walls of brick and stone with interior framing of steel and hollow tile. Finishes included woodwork of Wisconsin red oak, marble-paved halls, heavy bronze hardware and up-to-date hydraulic elevators with elaborate iron cages. (Built for Daniel M. Houser, the senior proprietor of the Globe Democrat, the building was used as the Annex of the Woodbine Hotel from 1918 to 1943. It was demolished for a parking garage in 1962.)

http://stlouis.missouri.org/501c/landma ... ects6.html

This site also has the picture

http://www.dlfaquifer.org/search/item/W ... 371?page=7



And some more.

This picture:

Says 1920s. Are you sure? The reason I ask is that according to builtstlouis, the Victoria hotel had a 1905 remodel, and this picture appears to show the building as it looked before the remodel.

http://www.builtstlouis.net/opos/victoriabuilding.html



But of course I could be wrong. It could just be a different angle.



After the 1905 remodel, the building was shorter. This building appears to be the prior height, the bay windows, with 4 more stories on top. After the remodel, 3 of those stories were gone.

K. I was just confused.

Thanks.



Broadway at Clark, at the corners: Busch Stadium, Softball Village, a parking garage, and an older brick building (can't think of the name, next to the TUMS building).



Broadway at Walnut Modern office Tower, Parking garage, Softball Village, and (I think) Hilton at the Ballpark.

Interesting. I grew up on Elm Street in St. Charles (in the 80's no less so I heard plenty of Freddy Krueger jokes). With all the streets named after trees downtown (Spruce, Pine, Olive, Cedar, etc.) I always wondered why there was no Elm St. considering that is one of the most common street names in the U.S.

I wish we had a downtown St. Louis history museum in our cbd.

There's a great history exhibit inside the Old Courthouse, with quite a bit about downtown.

Moorlander wrote:I wish we had a downtown St. Louis history museum in our cbd.

MHM is actively pursuing ways to work within the cbd to get better representation of building/location history; to that end we certainly welcome any thoughts and ideas coming from the urbanstl forum!

No problem. Thank Rob Powers. He's the one whose website I got most of the info from. http://www.builtstlouis.net/arch.html



If anyone notices an error in my comments be sure to point it out.

STLCardsBlues1989 wrote:A few more descriptions added.

Thank you so much. We've been marveling at your descriptions! This is so helpful.

Notes added to show which buildings I'm talking about.