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Recycling MCM: St. Louis City vs. County

Posted on August 8th, 2009 admin 7 comments

We covered this building in an earlier post. It’s a mid-century modern building in Florissant that – according to the comments – unnerved just about everyone who had to use it.

At the time of the post, the building was for sale and the cornice was ratty and rotting from water damage, like in the photo above. But come August 2009, the For Sale signs are gone and the entire cornice is being properly repaired and painted, as evidenced below.

A property owner in deep North County sees the merit of recycling a late mid-century modern building that strikes some as unattractive. At the exact same moment in St. Louis City, the San Luis is coming down for a parking lot. My world view goes wonky when Florissant is smarter than the Central West End.

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7 Responses to “Recycling MCM: St. Louis City vs. County”
1. Julia Hare August 8th, 2009 at 7:44 AM
  
  Florissant is underrated… some great things came from there… i have vivid memories of this building. one of my doctors was there for a while. i also sat in that parking lot in a police car after an accident that i was falsely accused of causing.
2. Deborah Milne August 8th, 2009 at 7:46 AM
  
  Makes me incredibly pleased to know when a building such as this is saved while others,such as the San Luis, are still being demolished. Shame on them!
3. Michelle August 8th, 2009 at 10:14 AM
  
  Go Flo!
4. laura August 8th, 2009 at 11:12 AM
  
  i noticed they were doing work on this building months ago. i took some pictures and kept meaning to uploading them…
5. Melinda Petty August 8th, 2009 at 1:10 PM
  
  Why is it that so often the neighborhoods that seem more progressive, are more likely to tear down a piece of history? Where those that don’t have as much funding, keep what they have. It’s always good to see an owner taking care of their MCM property!
6. Media Gurl August 9th, 2009 at 7:45 PM
  
  There was a building that looked very similiar to this in South County as well, it was a “Medical Arts” building. It was located on South Lindbergh and Concord, I believe a La-z-boy furniture store is there now.
7. Brian August 10th, 2009 at 2:01 PM
  
  While we’re at it, lets tear down Lindell Terrace and that round thing next to the Basilica. If we didn’t need the San Luis, then we don’t need any other modern buildings in that general vicinity, right?
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