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Like many other cities, St. Louis has its share of Victorian homes, including a fair number of Second Empire-style homes in Lafayette Square. During the late 19th century, St. Louis became significant in urban design for its private places, residential developments with large mansions with commonly owned facilities like streets and gardens ...
The Wainwright building was commissioned by Ellis Wainwright, a St. Louis brewer.Wainwright needed office space to manage the St Louis Brewers Association. [7] It was the second major commission for a tall building won by the Adler & Sullivan firm, which had grown to international prominence after the creation of the ten-story Auditorium Building in Chicago (designed in 1886 and completed in ...
The Washington Avenue Historic District is located in Downtown West, St. Louis, Missouri along Washington Avenue, and bounded by Delmar Boulevard to the north, Locust Street to the south, 8th Street on the east, and 18th Street on the west. The buildings date from the late 19th century to the early 1920s.
A view of the city of St. Louis from the observation room of the St. Louis Arch Bi-State put in $3.3 million revenue bonds and has operated the tram system since. [ 119 ] The tram in the north leg entered operation in June 1967, [ 76 ] but visitors were forced to endure three-hour-long waits until April 21, 1976, when a reservation system was ...
Art Deco style of the Continental Life Building in St. Louis. William Butts Ittner (September 4, 1864 – 1936) was an American architect in St. Louis, Missouri.He designed over 430 school buildings in Missouri and other areas, was president of the St. Louis Chapter of the American Institute of Architects from 1893 to 1895, [1] was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Missouri in ...
HOK was established in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1955. [2] The firm is named for its three founding partners: George F. Hellmuth, Gyo Obata and George Kassabaum, all graduates of the School of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis.
One Metropolitan Square, also known as Met Square, is an office skyscraper completed in 1989, located in downtown St. Louis, Missouri.At 180.7 m (593 ft), it is the tallest building in the city and second tallest building in Missouri.
St. Louis City Hall was designed by architects Eckel & Mann, the winners of a national competition. [1] Construction began in 1891 and completed in 1898. Its profile and stylistic characteristics evoke the French Renaissance Hôtel de Ville, Paris , with an elaborate interior decorated with marble and gold trim.