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North St. Louis

2605 & 2619-21 Hadley Street
One building demolished, one spared.

Brecht Butcher Supply Company Buildings
Gone.

5111 Delmar
Demolished, September 2006.

Carpenters Building
Demolished, June-July 2006.

More North St. Louis

St. Louis: Midtown

Livery Stable (3401 Locust)
Gone.

St. Louis: Central West End

O. Morse Shoe Company
Demolished as part of CORTEX.

St. Louis: South City

Grant School
Long-abandoned school rehabbed.

Granite City, Illinois

R.S. Holstein Dry Goods Company
Demolished.

Flats, 2137 Edison
Demolished as part of city renewal plan, May 2006.

Special Projects

Postcards from North St. Louis
Life on the north side of the city, documented by Claire Nowak-Boyd.

The World of Blairmont
Documenting real estate speculation on the near northside of St. Louis.

New Essays

Statement on Government Hill
by Michael R. Allen (submitted to a July 31 special meeting of the St. Louis Preservation Board)

The Founding of Granite City
by Michael R. Allen

Featured Essays

Downtown Famous-Barr Will Stay Open With More Visionary Name
by Claire Nowak-Boyd

The Destruction of the Urban Environment
by Joe Frank

The Lure of Annihilation
by Colleen McKee

East St. Louis, Illinois: "Hog Capital of the Nation"
by Thomas Petraitis

Spatial Deconcentration
by Yolanda Ward