Crib Chatter

This 4-bedroom single family home at 4904 Pershing Place in St. Louis’ Central West End came on the market in June 2019. Built in 1897 it’s on a small lot and doesn’t appear to have any parking. But it’s on what the listing calls a “coveted” private street which has an assessment of $450 a […]

This 5-bedroom mansion at 5165 Lindell Boulevard in Central West came on the market in May 2019. Built in 1908 by architects Mariner & La Beaume, the listing describes it as the “golden age” of St. Louis architecture. Lindell runs on the north side of Forest Park, the largest urban park in America. It is […]

This 2-bedroom at the Ruckert on 12th at 2330 S. 12th in Soulard in St. Louis came on the market in June 2019. This building was constructed by Henry Ruckert in 1889 and has 6 units and partial garage parking (by partial that means there is a door on a carport but the garage is […]

This historic 4-bedroom brick single family home at 2309 S. 12th in Soulard in St. Louis came on the market in April 2018. Built in 1890, it is a rare home that is on a double lot measuring 50×142 in the historic Soulard neighborhood which has small, irregular lots laid out by the French. The […]

I recently spent some time in St. Louis. St. Louis was the fourth largest city in America at one point (as was Charleston, South Carolina, incidentally.) Much of its historic architecture remains. Is St. Louis a buying opportunity for architecture lovers priced out of Washington DC, Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia? I’ll be cribbing on St. […]

This 4-bedroom penthouse in The Pinnacle at 21 E. Huron in River North came on the market in February 2017. The Pinnacle was constructed in 2004 and has an attached parking garage. It’s a full service building with 213 units and a doorman. This penthouse is on the 46th floor and has 360 degree views […]

This 3-bedroom penthouse in Contemporaine at 201 W. Grand in River North came on the market in March 2019. Built in 2004, Contemporaine has just 28 units and a parking garage. It has won numerous architecture awards for modern architecture and is featured on architecture tours. This top floor unit’s claim to fame is a […]

This 6-bedroom penthouse in 840 N. Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast came on the market in April 2019. (Did we decide that this area was Gold Coast and not Streeterville?) Built in 2007, the building has 72 units on just 26 floors and a parking garage. This is a true penthouse on the […]