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Þetta er saga um 1942-44 Hebert Street, which is in the Old North St. Louis hverfi St. Louis, MO. Like its neighbors, Fyrirkomulagið hefur séð betri daga. Ég varð áhuga á byggingu vegna langömmu minni bjó á þetta netfang í 1930.

Fjölskylda móðurafa míns bjó í norðurhluta St. Louis during his childhood from 1915 to the early 1930s. Hann átti heimili á Dryden Avenue á fimmta áratugnum, which is in better condition than this building. Hann var vanur að tala í nostalgíu um að alast upp í Walnut Park og búa með frændum sínum Jules. Því miður, Uncle Jules’ Húsið við Þrúsagötu er nú laust lóð.

Myndin hér að ofan er af 1942-44 Hebert Street today. Builders completed the flat in 1882 making the dwelling 131 ára. Það er til marks um byggingarstaðla á þeim tíma að þak þess er nánast alveg farið, the entire rear of the building has collapsed into the backyard, múrsteina vantar á suma veggina og virðist sem efri hæðir gætu hafa hrunið vegna rigningarinnar sem kom inn um þakið. Enn, the building still stands.

A “For Sale Sign” is visible on the 1944 entry board but it is old. The Land Revitalization Authority, The 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.

Því miður, skammsýnum borgarskipulagsfræðingum fannst tilvalið að láta eldra íbúðarhúsnæðið í norðurhluta borgarinnar grotna niður.. 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, so the buildings tend to be older.

Naturally, 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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