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Sigh . . . 

Agreed. The striped grey and gold looks great. 

chriss752 wrote: ↑

Oct 20, 2020

Seen on my LinkedIn today, a building in Sunset Hills is getting the gold glass removed in favor of typical gray.
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Uh, did they stain the brick as well? It doesn't look like paint...

I work in that building.  All of those gold windows were in horrible states of disrepair.  And apparently they cost a buttload to replace.  They painted the brick (really more like cinder blocks).  I think the whole place will look a lot cleaner.  There's also  a smaller sized mega church being built on the south side of this building.  

That said, the whole office park is depressing a bit.  There are zero sidewalks.  Even coming from Watson coming into the place.  Or on the drive from Lindbergh going west.  It's pretty harrowing as a pedestrian to walk to lunch.

Century Electric Building, then and now:




(photos from Built St. Louis)

Century Electric  Go back to the original!

framer wrote: ↑

Feb 09, 2021

Century Electric Building, then and now:




(photos from Built St. Louis)

That's the same Century Electric what built the Foundry by the way...

It's a tragedy, but that building was butchered long before that current curtain wall was added. Will have to see if I can find a pic of it pre-1985. 

^Lord I hate that reclad. Makes it the second ugliest building downtown after only the police headquarters. The view coming out of Union Station is simply dismal.

^Ha, funny that you mention the Police HQ. That building always reminds me of government buildings in the planned capital of a Central Asian republic.

This isn't a reclad obviously, but another International Style building in that same area. This building was at 19th and Olive, kitty-corner from the recent CITY destruction. It was demolished in the '90s, and has been a parking lot ever since. There were a few more like this along Market and Olive that would have made for a nice Modernist district:



Built St. Louis-Aloe Building