Tag Archives: James Eads

Navigating St. Louis

Posted on September 17, 2015 by stltourguide

I was born a walker. For me the most sensuous way to experience a place – whether it be Dublin or Paris or St. Louis – is to walk it; following scents, letting the colors of a place seep into … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary and Criticism, Downtown St. Louis, Happenings, Neighborhoods, St. Louis | Tagged Cycling in St. Louis, Downtown St. Louis, James Eads, Mark Twain, Metro Transit, Mississippi River, Missouri River, Pierre Laclede, St.Louis-Iron Mountain Railroad, the Missouri Pacific Railroad, the Osage Nation, Trail Net St. Louis, Union Station | 3 Comments

St. Lou’s Buried Treasures

Posted on March 31, 2014 by stltourguide

Unlike the Gateway Arch, Union Station, the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis and the Chatillon-Demenil Mansion, some of the city’s greatest treasures lie underground. Chief among these from a public perspective are the limestone caves over which St. Louis evolved from … Continue reading →

Posted in Happenings, History, St. Louis | Tagged Calvary Cemetery, James Eads, Jean-Baptiste de Gamaché, Osage Nation, Pierre Laclede, St. Louis' Old Cathedral, Sugar Loaf Mound, The First Thirty, The St. Louis Genealogical Society, Underground Caves of St. Louis | 2 Comments

American City: St. Louis Architecture!

Posted on November 29, 2011 by stltourguide

Although American City St. Louis Architecture: Three Centuries of Classic Design was published in 2010 I haven’t had a copy of my own to peruse at my leisure until last week when my husband gave it to me for my … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary and Criticism, Icons, St. Louis | Tagged Alfred Mullett, American City St. Louis, Gto Obata, Guy Study, Harvey Ellis, Henry Ives Cobb, Isaac Tayor, James Eads, Louis Sullivan, Robert Sharoff, William Zbaren | 3 Comments

Visions of St. Lou’s Washington Avenue

Posted on June 21, 2011 by stltourguide

Nothing remains of Colonial St. Louis on Washington Avenue except a high limestone bluff into which one hundred and ten years after the founding of St. Louis, James Buchanan Eads ran a railroad tunnel. When you cross the Mississippi River … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary and Criticism, Happenings, History, Neighborhoods, St. Louis, Washington Avenue | Tagged America's Center, Eads Bridge, Eames & Young, Gyo Obata, Isaac Taylor, James Eads, Jeremiah Connor, The Lammert Building, underground caves, Washington Avenue | Leave a comment

My Blog’s Header Photo*

Posted on February 28, 2010 by stltourguide

We view the present through the past. Whether or not we are conscious of it. And so we see Eero Saarinen’s gleaming, 20th century steel arch through an arched opening in James Eads’ lyrical 19th century span of stone and … Continue reading →

Posted in Art & Architecture, History, Icons, St. Louis | Tagged Eads Bridge, Eero Saarinen, Gateway Arch, James Eads | Leave a comment