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See on lugu sellest, 1942-44 Hebert Street, which is in the Old North St. Louis naabruses St. Louis, MO. Like its neighbors, Selle struktuur on näinud paremaid päevi. Ma sai huvitatud hoone, sest mu vanavanaema elas sellel aadressil 1930.

Minu emapoolne vanaisa perekond elas St. Louis during his childhood from 1915 1930. aastate alguseni. Talle kuulus 1950. aastatel maja Dryden Avenue'l, which is in better condition than this building. Ta rääkis nostalgiliselt Walnut Parkis üleskasvamisest ja onu Julesiga elamisest. Kahjuks, Onu Jules’ maja Thrush Avenue'l on nüüd tühi.

Ülaltoodud pilt on 1942-44 Hebert Street today. Builders completed the flat in 1882 making the dwelling 131 aastat vana. See, et selle katus on peaaegu täielikult kadunud, annab tunnistust toonastest ehitusstandarditest, kogu hoone tagumine osa on sisse varisenud tagahoovi, osadest seintest on puudu tellised ja tundub, et ülemised korrused võisid katuse kaudu sisse tulnud vihma tõttu sisse kukkuda. Veel, the building still stands.

A “For Sale Sign” is visible on the 1944 entry board but it is old. The Land Revitalization Authority, St. Louis City delinquent property owner, took over the property in 1996. According to city records, it has been vacant since at least 1995. The city condemned the building in January 2013, which means a date with the wrecking ball is on tap within the next few months. The city will demolish 1942-44 Hebert Street with nary a whimper. Neighbors will celebrate that they do not have to live with the eye sore anymore. Old North St. Louis has been experiencing a revitalization. Residents are saving the buildings. If the 1942-44 Hebert Street could have still been intact a little longer, rehabbers could have saved the building.

Kahjuks, lühinägelikud linnaplaneerijad leidsid, et oleks hea mõte lasta linna põhjaosas asuv vanem elamufond mädaneda. The city could demolish the old housing and replace it with newer housing. Builders constructed south side buildings over a series of caves, so the sinkholes in the area made it difficult to build. The North side built up sooner, nii et hooned kipuvad olema vanemad.

Loomulikult, the housing stock was older, but city planners gave little thought to its place in the history of the city or the superior construction of the time. 1942-44 Hebert Street is an eye sore now but in 1930 it was a haven for a widow with a young son, who wanted to be closer to her family. An all too familiar tale of a sad end to a once proud structure on the North Side.

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