A talented couple of artisans reconfigure glass and clay into many eye-catching objects. One of the many benefits of living in a walkable community like Maplewood is that you’re more likely to meet people and make interesting discoveries while walking. Several times a week my dog and I poke our heads in the usually open […]
Thom Chantharasy, owner of Robata restaurant in Maplewood, is reopening Han Lao, a Thai/Laotian restaurant he opened, then closed, on Strassner Drive in Brentwood, according to St. Louis Magazine. It’s due to open in spring. The location is set for 7219 Manchester Road, across Manchester from his other restaurant, Robata. The new spot will combine […]
Brentwood resident Barry Williams recently sent a letter to Brentwood Mayor David Dimmitt, encouraging a Lustron historic district along Litzsinger Road to protect the eight Lustron houses between Annalee Avenue and High School Drive. He said that with property values rising, the historic enameled steel houses are endangered. Williams’ letter to Mayor Dimmitt: Dear […]
What’s been in the news lately. KMOV — Person hit by MetroLink train in Maplewood Fox 2 — MetroLink service halts after train strikes person near Maplewood station | FOX 2 Fort-Worth Star Telegram — Patricia LeBlanc, 1924-2021, obituary Riverfront Times — Asador Del Sur Is Miami’s Loss, St. Louis’ Gain | Cafe – Riverfront […]
Whoever built the small home that was once located at 2533 Big Bend may have been looking for an affordable escape from the stinking, cacophonic mess that the big city a few miles east had become. I have no information as to when the little house was built. But I have always thought that little […]
For those of you who came in late, Woodside, ca. 1848, is Maplewood’s oldest home as far as we know. For 17 years, from 1999 until 2016, myself and many others worked to preserve and protect Woodside. I hoped that Woodside could become the home of the Maplewood Historical Society and a community museum to […]
Images of the Herold’s Brentwood Store and Home The descendant of Lillian Weber Herold who has so generously lent us historic family images has done it again. This time we have been given a window into the past of the Herold store and home at 8500 Manchester in Brentwood after they left their location at […]
I have been asked by Editor Miner to answer a question from someone at the NextSTL website regarding what businesses or entities occupied the four corners of the intersection of Manchester and Big Bend in 1955. I can share this with my readers and kill two birds with one stone. I believe I have covered […]
Missouri Department of Transportation Communications Specialist Andrew Gates reported last week on the ongoing work along Manchester Road between Big Bend and Lindbergh boulevards. Drivers can expect lane closures and shifts along Mary Avenue, Dorothy and Van Mark Way once work starts until about mid-December, he said. From Gates: Our utility partners are still working […]
Legacy.com reported Mr. Seng’s passing. See more reported in the news. Feast Magazine — Deer Creek Bar & Grill continues the legacy of a beloved Maplewood neighborhood staple Legacy.com — Charles Seng Obituary (2021) – Saint Louis, MO – St. Louis Post-Dispatch – Legacy.com — the St. Louis Post Dispatch reported the Seng’s 70th wedding […]
Who the heck has ever even heard of the Colonial Pleasure Club much less knows exactly where it was located? Lillian Weber Herold once did. So does her direct descendant who has been kind enough to share this latest discovery with us. So will you after you read this post. I know I have said […]
And the hits just keep on comin’! That was a line I most likely first heard on KXOK sometime in the 1960s. I don’t know where to go with that metaphor so I’ll just mix them up a bit. We have hit the paydirt in the mountain of Maplewood History once again. We have struck […]
Maplewood Police Officer Jason Schuster on Thursday sent an email to block captains, asking them to tell their neighbors about a recent increase in reported thefts from vehicles (catalytic convertors and break-ins) and property damage/graffiti. Schuster passed on information on catalytic convertor thefts that will be featured in the upcoming Fall/Winter Maplewood Newsletter: The St. […]
This Friday, October the 8th, the Mid County C of C is having their annual auction, a 1920’s Soiree. You can get all of the details here. For about the last decade or so, the kind folks at Frame of Mind Picture Framing Shop and I have partnered to produce a highly collectible image for […]
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