I’ve stayed at the St. Louis Union Station Hotel, several times. I can honestly say it’s one of the most breathtaking buildings I’ve ever step foot in, and it really makes you think you’re stepping back in time when you enter the main hall. One thing that’s very interesting though, is that during the evening when the bar is open in the main gallery, they have a light show that plays every hour or so, which is really cool. But what struck me as particularly interesting was the brief “American Pride” movie they project against one of the walls during the light show. The movie shows many scenes from the late 1800’s-early 1900’s which may seem innocent enough to the average viewer, but as a researcher of the “old world/hidden history” theory (Tartarian architecture as some call it), I couldn’t help but wonder if the real purpose of the movie is to drive home the point that “We, the founders, built all this stuff!!”. In other words, indoctrination. Maybe I’m wrong, but it’s an interesting side note. Great video as always! 👍
That hotel look like a architectural mix of " Manège Militaire Voltigeurs de Québec" and "château Frontenac". Since St. Louis was build by French it would make sense. Montréal and Québec city as keep a lot of that kind of architecture. You can beleive the movie my friend.... it's the founders.
that totally makes sense. I was talking to one of the bartenders over by the aquarium and she said the guy who owns is is just some lame ass rich guy who has his sons help him run it. I doubt that guy knows anything about it, YOU NEVER KNOW, doubt it, but douche bag knowing or not, I'm thankful that he has helped keep it preserved and not BURNT LIKE THE REST OF OUR HIS-TORY.
Yup..I AGREE!! THOSE HOMES ARE BEAUTIFUL!! I TOTALLY COULD SPEND DAYS JOGGING 👟.. AND ADMIRING SUCH GORGEOUS STRUCTURES!! 🌞🌠🙂🙃😁!! Who ever born in St. Louis.. wow!!
I cannot understate that once your eyes are open to this information there is no going back, all these cathedrals were clearly built by the same people all over the world, I live in cork, Ireland, and even here, we have cathedrals like this, that make no sense. I have added the cathedral basilica to my list of buildings to visit :)
TY for this incredible video! I am from near Toledo, Ohio, and almost every city in the midwest I have ever visited, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, St. Louis ALL have AMAZING architecture, predominantly in the downtown areas with beautiful brick constructed homes. Even the smallest Midwest towns have awesome architecture. We just have to have the eyes to see and appreciate. Thank you again, love your work ❤
I'm a native of St. Louis. Born and raised, but followed a wandering streak that took me far away. It was great seeing my home city again, and you did a great job displaying it to the world. I'm at time maker 24.-0 on the video and I wanted to respond to your ponderance of the amount of large foundation stones and brick on both residential and commercial buildings. Missouri sits partially on one of the largest limestone belts in the world. it's called the Burlington Limestone Belt.- here's where you get all of your limestone foundational stones and limestone building blocks. Also, within 100 miles of St. Louis there are a ton of clay mines - hence bricks which are a accessible and cheap building material. Hope I answered your questions on why some many places in St. Louis are build from limestone and brick.
I came across that with an earlier exploration where the records said they had large limestone deposits. I am still amazed at the amount of labor and logistical aptitude it took to build all of it.
Also include where did all the mortar material came from and what was the actual material, because from what I read and see is that the mortar and concrete is super stronger than what we have today. It can be just simple lime and sand, but other material that help prevent decay and crumbling.
It's embarrassing to the human race just how many fools there are the believe this garbage. All you have to do is speak in a condescending tone when narrating this BS.
That place makes my frikkn brain hurt..like you said ..St.Louis is overwhelming...more like one the best preserved Tartarian cityscapes..I think I said WTF a hundred times watching..Great Vid L.A..Cheers
@@dannwan8537they survived because they are Sold Brick.. the walls are 3-4 bricks thick!!!! St Louis was the Brick Capital of the World. And there are many different bricks used throughout the history of St Louis.. it was because of the river mud.. and there was a deposit of super fine white clay that was used to make fire proof bricks.. there is a great documentary i watched on PBS about the history of the brick manufacturing in St Louis… the reason there are so many beautiful big houses and mansions is because St Louis was a Huge Manufacturing Center, Railway Hub, farming, mining, clothing, shoes 👞, …
Enjoy your trip. There's so much to see. And a history under the Arch at museum there. You could spend well over a day in Forest Park and all it's sites, and free zoo
I grew up in N. St. Louis at 4308 Blair Ave. down the street from the Bissell water tower. Lot’s of good memories from N. St. Louis. There are many buildings of old world architecture. St. John’s church at Grand Ave. and Lee Ave. is another building worth checking out! The Fox theater is beautiful inside and out. You are correct in saying everywhere you look is old world architecture! Forrest Park is amazing also! Yes, you could spend a lifetime exploring St. Louis. Thank you for your thoughtful videos! Keith
@@dannwan8537 If you're referring to the 1904 World's Fair, I doubt many survived. But they weren't built to survive. I can't recall the name of the material, but most of those buildings were built as temporary structures.
@@stevesmith7699 any big building in Forest Park is supposed to be from the 1904 World's Fair. The main two are the Art Museum (which has a GIANT statue of Saint Louis on a horse in front) and the History Museum. The art museum is my favorite, nearly everything in it is absolutely beautiful and fascinating. Plus it has my favorite Monet painting of the pond with the lily pads. All the old hardwood floors in the galleries creak and I love it.
These images are mind blowing. I've only been there once, and it seemed very old and had such an amazing vibe. There is definitely something old world about St Louis
I've Lived and worked my whole life in st.louis.Great Video! This is a Prime example of what a trade school produces along with the team work and Faithfull Adults building a future for those people and thier families to come.BLESSED!
Thank you for being on the ground and thank you for this video. That was a lot of eye candy. One thing I've noticed, while looking for a house in the midwest, is that house flippers have gone into a lot of those old world smaller houses and stripped them of any glory and painted them all grey and the wood white. They've even removed fireplaces. House flippers must be the minion demons of the controllers. However, the larger homes look like museums and are untouched. They are remarkable.
I live in St. Louis and worked on a brick crew for a few years. St. Louis brick is very desirable. When buildings come down it is not uncommon to have the reclaimed brick shipped out to places like Los Angeles to be used to build mansions. While there are an enormous variety of brick, typically speaking walls made with new brick just seems less appealing than walls, new or old, made with what we in St. Louis call "city brick". There is so much brick construction here that I have always thought of it as Brick City USA. There have been many amazing buildings torn down. There are amazing buildings sitting around in this city just rotting. The Northside of the city has been the ghetto side for a long time. They have been "revitalizing" these neighborhoods and in the process tearing down loads of old architecture.
Where is everyone, i remember st. Louis getting hit hard from 2008 to 2013 looks like everyone life, what is common rent? For a 2 bddroom apartment or house.and have jobs come back?
@@joecrowe7062 St. Louis is a city that has been dying slowly over decades. I recently moved out of a 2 bedroom loft at N. Tucker and Washington Ave. Within walking distance of the Basilica. The rental cost was about $1,500/month. You can find a wide range of pricing depending on what part of the city you choose to live in. Anywhere from $600/month to well over $5,000/month. It's a beautiful city but many industries have left and crime and homelessness are problems (much like any big city). It was a short but interesting adventure for me. I'm glad I came and glad that I went.
Last European city going west the first old west town. You need to come back and visit Belfontain and Calvary cemeteies and visit all of the historic figures buried there.also visit Lemp mansion. I grew up in St.louis and was a EMT in the city so spent a lot of time learning the history and I'm still learning thank you
Saint Louis, pray for us, that we may recognize, respect, and restore the beauty of this sacred but shattered city bearing your name and blessed by your heavenly patronage.
It kind of reminded me of the Paris of the west. I didn’t realize that it was called Rome of the west. The Union Station building is SPECTACULAR! And so is the Cathedral Basilica! It’s enormous and the inside is breathtaking.
Grew up on stl I heard it was called Paris of the west on PBS documentary maybe It was founded by French And was part of the louisana purchase So in the city is built by German ,Dutch ,irish immigrants through out 1820s 1890 s
Yes it look European .... but guys, it's nothing compare to Montréal and Québec city!!! Just Montréal the St-Joseph oratory will put you in Rome.... but not only that building... it's full of Roman/French/European architecture!!
Amazing BOTG...very jealous my friend. I've been compiling a St Louis file and it's never ending....I've also heard a lot about the tunnels under St Louis. A true old world treasure. The texture on the union station motifs was very helpful...thanks for illustrating that. Bravo!!
Nicely done. Interesting my grandpa and his family went to the cathedral in 1919 story was it had just opened. Also check out the Budweiser Corp complex something there for sure.
Brother it’s mind blowing how similar the houses and you drove by and all the buildings in the cathedrals and the domes on the inside and geometric shapes on the outside is exactly the same as Philadelphia, it all looks so similar so the buildings I walk by everyday. 🤙
I want to add that for years Seattle Union train station had a false cheap ceiling hiding the original arches and structure. Finally - perhaps 30 years ago the uncovered the true old ceiling which had been hidden for years.
Great video! One place you really should have covered is Forrest Park. Largest city park in the US and contains the History Museum, Art Museum, Zoo, an an ice skating ring and lake with pavilions. All built for the 1904 Worlds Fair. Columns and arches everywhere.
@@Restitutor_Orbis_214 doesn't that just mean it's worth exploring more?? The world's fair's are what first opened my eyes to the impossible narrative of US history. I actually took my family on a 17 hour trip last November, to see what might be left of the fair. We were BLOWN away by all of the mysteries, history, architecture, the miles upon miles of abandoned neighborhoods, the museums, and the overall vibe. I have been to almost every major US city and countless cities in between. St. Louis has been my favorite so far. Love your video!
@@Restitutor_Orbis_214really? Seems one of most interesting and compelling subjects. For me looking at world fair photos what really hot me thinking . I used to live I. Chicago so once I started thinking about the remaining buildings, sheer massiveness of grounds, etc just can’t believe the Wikipedia explanation It was specifically seeing a repurposed wireless electric trolley car in oldest photos, then same trolley pulled by a single, miserable horse THEN the wires.. Plus the old world sprawls for miles in all directions with the grandest architecture being in areas rife with stories of cia pumping in drugs to ruin communities.. I’ve loved your world fair coverage! I live in Portland oregon now n would love an episode about this very old world industrial city
When one of the Busch's died he basically had it set up for everything in Forest Park to available for free to the public. Or at least public admission was to be free and shows at the muny for everyone.
I love your videos and I must say that USA have more old buildings and so beautiful and amazing architecture. I live in Copenhagen and it’s much older than St. Louis and we have old buildings but not like St.Louis or other city in USA . I am so overwhelmed. The station are one of must beautiful station in the world.USA is much older than the history tells🇺🇸❤ Heini.Redcull 🇩🇰
I lived in St. Louis for a year 32 years ago. I wish I was cognizant of this stuff back then to go check out. I am in Indy now so looking into things here.
I'm learning alot from you brother. I realized my court house down town is actually tartarian. Claims it was rebuilt 5 times since the 1840s but the top of the roof is so on point and wouldn't make sense how they built all of it in those days. Much love ❤
If you go south on 55 to Jefferson county there’s a park called Mastodon stated park. This is where the limestone was mined and sent by rail to the city. You can see the old tracks to the limestone deposits.
To be honest the church took over the land and divided it into dioceses. St Louis had the mother church and that, along with having 2 basilicas and the prettiest church (voted) in America that also would be a basilica if we didn't already have 2. This is not to mention many many more beautiful churches in this area...thank u for your video.
Fantastic tour. Interesting ideas. I remain unconvinced; my father is an 8th generation carpenter. His family tree is comprised of bricklayers and carpenters. Pop has a fantastic base of knowledge that was handed down through generations of tradesmen. He is very good at explaining the older techniques used to build some of these structures. I'm not saying your theories don't hold water, but an investigation into the histories of the building trades and trade unions within these cities would better inform you about the older techniques. And these guys want to share the knowledge of their trades. Still, I enjoy your videos and outside of the box thinking. I appreciate your willingness to challenge the existing historical record.
Thank you for showing love to St Louis, it really is a beautiful city and im bias when I say our Arch is the prettiest structure in all of the US, but we always get a bad rep because of how dangerous it is downtown, but the buildings are beautiful.
Downtown Austin is more dangerous than downtown St. Louis! I never knew it to be false till I visited, but I'd been told my whole life how dangerous St Louis is. Have lived near Austin for over 20 years and no longer feel safe walking around downtown.
@@Sumbody44 dayum I’m sorry to hear that I had no clue, down town STL is dangerous but to be fair it’s more the north side that is dangerous, and East STL doesn’t count since that’s in Illinois
Next time you’re in St. Louis, you have to check out the old Post Office 815 Olive street downtown if you want something, that’ll totally blow your mind. This is it. The main floor is even a full story below current ground level. You may be able to find some pictures online, but it won’t do it justice. The place is unbelievable ancient exposed stone interior.
*I have lived in St Louis since 1985, so I have some first hand experience. The reason that everything here is made of brick is because of the clay content of the soil here. When I finally bought a house I fully understood just how bad it is: if you put a shovel in the ground here, you'll come up with weeds growing in the very red clay "soil". It's so bad that I had to get real soil trucked in to cover the property.* *Union Station, as pretty as it is, is just a shadow of it's former (pre-1986) self, still it's staggeringly beautiful when you look closely. U/S strongly reminds me of New York City's Grand Central Station - their designs and execution are very very similar. The design of Grand Central allows you (or used to allow you, before they locked it down) to walk up a staircase and view the terminal from each height at the various landings, eventually allowing you to look through "peep holes" in the GCT cieling, looking down on the terminal's floor. A truly breathtaking view, which I used to visit regularly when I was a kid (1950s).*
What is that line in the sky on the clouds behind the water tower. No way the sky can cut into a straight line like that... Anyone see it? Great video... Thank u for letn us see st Louis.. The way u make ur videos as if we can be there. 🙏💖
i noticed it too and skimmed comments till I found this one lol my only thought is that it is going across the sky but the video angle is making it look like its vertical? I don't know what else it could be.
I own rental properties in St. Louis. I used to own one very close to the Compton Heights neighborhood you showed. We lived there and used to walk Hawthorn and Longfellow, also Russel next to the Tower Grove Water tower. Having done demolition and remodeling there, I am often astounded at the skill level of the masons, plasterers, and carpenters. Also, the wood is amazing. The Douglas fir that was used is extremely strong and rot resistant, one could argue better than pressure treated. Thank you for the video showing the beauty of the city.
Great Episode. Do you have a boots on the ground video of Chicago? I live here and the builds that remain that haven’t been demolished are UNREAL in every sense of the word,
Just got home from a short trip to St.Louis this weekend. After watching this video a few weeks back it had inspired me to go see for myself. These presentations have really opened my eyes to the Old World and I'm led to believe we inherited it. Im a carpenter by trade and i have a strong understanding of the manpower, logistics, mechanical aids and time it takes to build a modern day project. We are extremly capable creatures. However, for a comparitively primitive people to build these ornate superstructures with such detail and scale to stand the tests of time i really begin to question the narrative.
Hold on a sec, while I pick my jaw up off the floor. 😯🤯🤯 This was insane! I never knew St. Lewis was such a time capsule of mind-blowing architecture. Added to the list! Ty!!🙏
St. louis is one of the oldest cities west of the mississippi. It was founded in 1764 by french fur traders. Because stl was originally a french territory there are many neighborhoods that have a french style architecture similar to new orleans such as the soulard neighborhood.
My mothers fam has been there since it’s inception. Yep they are Catholic! My ancestors are buried in St Peter and Paul off Gravois rd. My grandma was Nancy Crane, my family pet care facility in High Ridge was started in 1963. Love it there!
Beautiful video! I live in Milwaukee, WI and we have similar grand architecture and neighborhoods, including our own basilica. Another interesting city is Dubuque, IA, which has buildings made mostly of red brick throughout.
I love this city! Used to frequent it often living nearby! I have always been obsessed with beautiful architecture! Now my husband feels it’s too dangerous to bring the children, so out of respect I haven’t brought them, but there is nothing more lovely than the stunning architecture in St Louis. It’s not the same in pictures, it’s literally breathtaking in person!
@@cobra5088 Honestly it's because we are so used to it that it doesn't register, I've been to many other cities and yeah our city is pretty unique. but if you live here most of us forget that people actually know our city due to the insane popularity in pop culture that our rival city Chicago has
I’m here right now!! I can’t get in because I’m not staying at the hotel! So others remember this before you drive here. Thankfully I found a security guard who is going to let me in to take some pictures.
its was so amazing, thank you for your video. I wouldnt have known about it if you didnt make this. I already am into old world mood flood red brick melted reality pockets of survival, so when I got to St. Louis I noticed all the old world buildings, punched in St. Louis w/ old world and found you!
There used to be shops and stuff inside as well as a Hooters and a fudge making shop. I've gone in at least a dozen times and I've never stayed the night.
My father worked as the GM for the Hyatt Hotel Union Station back in the 90’s one day he told me someone tried to steal one of that statues that match the relief sculptures in the arches in the lobby. Apparently they were stopped before they made it out.
I do this is australia, in melbourne we have some wild old buildings. I have found repeating patterns in the rough stones so I believe nothing was cut it was all crushed and formed. I believe the images of people represent exactly what people in that society were at that point. They were so advanced the tooling would have all been pneumatic even larger digging machines and crushers. All scrapped and smelted before giving out a cart or two for a horse and start again. Compressing air can be done I so many different t and even simple ways and can power just about anything. There's no money in it I'm tipping that's why we burn stuff to move stuff now.
Your thoughts on pneumatic machines is a great observation IMO. Could the tinder cars on "steam trains" have originally been air tanks, with the pistons working as compressors when going downhill and the stored air pressure used to move the train uphill? Manufacturers of model steam trains like Wilesco use compressed air to test their products.
@mitchdowning8188 I think so, it makes sense. The k8netic energy of its movement would be enough to fill the tanks. Some of the most powerful tools I use in construction are all air tools and the range is limitless basically except for where larger hydraulic machines have monopolies over that type of equipment.
yes, noo shortage of HIGHLY SKILLED LABOR.. Growing up in STL and going to church downtown we would see many of these buildings on a weekly bases. They ALWAYS left me in awe.
STL had many brick factories back in the day, as a matter of fact it was required that brick was used for construction to reduce fire risk. There are tons of beautiful buildings all over St. Louis as it was a huge city back in the early 1900s
I haven't been this early in a while. Good Saturday y'all, I have done some scouting in old downtown Rio. There's an old world Romanesque aqua duct in Lapa, the waterfront is a leveled starfort, there are tons of tunneles, amazing old world buildings everywhere, the street level have probably been raised, there are probably forts cut into rock like Gibraltar, artificial islands, artificial shore lines. Brazil is certainly the old world, I believe that the black people were not all brought there as slaves, I think that thw survivors of the fall of Atlantis or the great flood settled there. There is even a modern building near Lapa that looks like a mini Tower of Babel. There are parts of the city that look like Paris even and there is an excuse that Napoleon took Rio for a time. Once I get my pictures together with some explanations I'll send them in. Love this community, good stuff.
Great work man! I am new to this but have explored my city (Cork, Ireland) and we have some MASSIVE cathedrals that we have just built modern buildings around to almost hide them, space here is tight so maybe it's understandable but such a shame, the interior of these cathedrals is intact, they are not built by us, they are evidence of an old people who were far superior to us in most ways, and spanned the entire world with a great empire and something took them out, and the remnants just cleaned up the mess, made up a story and through time and possible some time manipulation we all forgot. I believe there was a reset now also, which scares me tbh a little bit. But I want truth, even though sometimes it's too much for me to handle lol
I've always heard that Kansas City Missouri is referred to as the Rome of the west, and it's because of all of the decorative fountains - I've lived in St Louis my whole life and ALWAYS heard of KC referred to as Rome of the west, never once heard of St Louis called that. Just throwing it out there.
Yes, st. Louis has been there a lot longer than they tell us, and they definitely tore down A bunch of stuff in the world fair came through st. Louis, that was definitely old world. I love the channel.
Grand Central 'in NYC has a small domed ceiling off the main floor where one can stand in opposite corners and whisper exactly like the "whispering arch".
Brother, i lived in a city called "trois rivières" in canada. They got the most numerous amount of old world buildings per square feet, every commute thru the city was quite astounding. Edit: The province of Québec was (found) founded in the early 1600's. Qc city and trois rivières are probably the oldest in America. Worth a look for real 😂
Quand tu vies au Québec et que tu as fait Québec/Montréal/Trois-Rivières...... St-Louis c'est de la petite bière tabarnak!!!!🤣 Sérieusement....Montréal est 100 fois plus Romaine/Européenne et je la considère moin Européenne que Qc. (Montréal plus Romaine et Qc plus Française). Le vieux Trois-Rivières et vieux Sorel sont vraiment "old school" J'ai essayer avec plusieurs comme lui (Tartaria worshiper) de regarder Qc, Montréal, Trois-Rivières et aucun veut en parler..... parce que ça détruit leurs narratifs!!!
@@jean-rockdion7960 word, on as des vieilles villes icitte for real 😅😂 Edit: disons que mon comment prend en considération le faite que bcp de buildings a mtl ont été detruit ou renovated au point que c pu vrm "tartia" ou "old world" style. 🤷 mais oui, du Québec jusqua NYC (providence a tout de moin) c'est bourré de vieux batiments
There are literally still farms out in the county that have been overgrown where I can find horse and buggies along with thousands of apple orchard baskets or bottles gallon jugs to 1800s farm equipment spread out all over a certain probably along Highway 55 at grants trail
When they were doing renovations several years ago. I was able to go up to the top of that tower. It still has the original water tank up there and wooden stairs leading to the top
The Grand Ave Water Tower is one of the buildings that got me interested in St. Louis history. Another was the Fairgrounds Park Bear Pits which looks like a medieval castle. Also, to answer your question about whether or not everyone in the Compton Heights neighborhood was wealthy, that’s exactly what happened. Compton Heights was a premier wealthy neighborhood for German immigrants, who made their fortunes in various industries, like beer brewing, wholesale groceries, banking, and other industries that made them quite wealthy. The more modest homes are further from the city center, in neighborhoods like Dutchtown And finally, as St. Louis expanded, the areas where bricks had previously been made from the clay mined out of the ground were built upon, and the brick manufacturing moved west. Most of the streets and alleys were paved with bricks as well.
I’ve stayed at the St. Louis Union Station Hotel, several times. I can honestly say it’s one of the most breathtaking buildings I’ve ever step foot in, and it really makes you think you’re stepping back in time when you enter the main hall. One thing that’s very interesting though, is that during the evening when the bar is open in the main gallery, they have a light show that plays every hour or so, which is really cool. But what struck me as particularly interesting was the brief “American Pride” movie they project against one of the walls during the light show. The movie shows many scenes from the late 1800’s-early 1900’s which may seem innocent enough to the average viewer, but as a researcher of the “old world/hidden history” theory (Tartarian architecture as some call it), I couldn’t help but wonder if the real purpose of the movie is to drive home the point that “We, the founders, built all this stuff!!”. In other words, indoctrination. Maybe I’m wrong, but it’s an interesting side note. Great video as always! 👍
I think you're on to something
That hotel look like a architectural mix of " Manège Militaire Voltigeurs de Québec" and "château Frontenac".
Since St. Louis was build by French it would make sense.
Montréal and Québec city as keep a lot of that kind of architecture.
You can beleive the movie my friend.... it's the founders.
It really is stunningly beautiful.
that totally makes sense. I was talking to one of the bartenders over by the aquarium and she said the guy who owns is is just some lame ass rich guy who has his sons help him run it. I doubt that guy knows anything about it, YOU NEVER KNOW, doubt it, but douche bag knowing or not, I'm thankful that he has helped keep it preserved and not BURNT LIKE THE REST OF OUR HIS-TORY.
That’s ridiculous. There is nothing about American Pride that is about “indoctrination.”
Yup..I AGREE!! THOSE HOMES ARE BEAUTIFUL!! I TOTALLY COULD SPEND DAYS JOGGING 👟.. AND ADMIRING SUCH GORGEOUS STRUCTURES!! 🌞🌠🙂🙃😁!! Who ever born in St. Louis.. wow!!
I cannot understate that once your eyes are open to this information there is no going back, all these cathedrals were clearly built by the same people all over the world, I live in cork, Ireland, and even here, we have cathedrals like this, that make no sense. I have added the cathedral basilica to my list of buildings to visit :)
Pope Paul II came here In the 90’s!!! It was a Miracle … the weather was in the Teens and we had a heatwave just during his visit!!!
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@@artmosley3337 I remember, it was papas this and papas that. The city was gripped with this mere man's visit.
TY for this incredible video! I am from near Toledo, Ohio, and almost every city in the midwest I have ever visited, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, St. Louis ALL have AMAZING architecture, predominantly in the downtown areas with beautiful brick constructed homes. Even the smallest Midwest towns have awesome architecture. We just have to have the eyes to see and appreciate. Thank you again, love your work ❤
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you very much.
So many small Midwest cities have stunningly beautiful buildings and because they were already there, we don’t give them the attention they deserve.
I'm a native of St. Louis. Born and raised, but followed a wandering streak that took me far away. It was great seeing my home city again, and you did a great job displaying it to the world. I'm at time maker 24.-0 on the video and I wanted to respond to your ponderance of the amount of large foundation stones and brick on both residential and commercial buildings. Missouri sits partially on one of the largest limestone belts in the world. it's called the Burlington Limestone Belt.- here's where you get all of your limestone foundational stones and limestone building blocks. Also, within 100 miles of St. Louis there are a ton of clay mines - hence bricks which are a accessible and cheap building material. Hope I answered your questions on why some many places in St. Louis are build from limestone and brick.
I came across that with an earlier exploration where the records said they had large limestone deposits. I am still amazed at the amount of labor and logistical aptitude it took to build all of it.
Also include where did all the mortar material came from and what was the actual material, because from what I read and see is that the mortar and concrete is super stronger than what we have today. It can be just simple lime and sand, but other material that help prevent decay and crumbling.
@@soularddave2One can only stomach so much fiction.
It's embarrassing to the human race just how many fools there are the believe this garbage. All you have to do is speak in a condescending tone when narrating this BS.
And that is the limestone and brick they used to prevent more fires.
That place makes my frikkn brain hurt..like you said ..St.Louis is overwhelming...more like one the best preserved Tartarian cityscapes..I think I said WTF a hundred times watching..Great Vid L.A..Cheers
My pleasure, I am glad you enjoyed it. :)
Back in St. Louis. Yay! Love to see how thorough you are, Mr. Aurelian.
As a Saint Louisan, I’m bookmarking this to watch later! Thanks for giving our history more attention!
Thank you, this is the second exploration I have done on St. Louis.
@@Restitutor_Orbis_214 How did so many survive? Yet so many were probably demolished like painfully San Francisco!
@@Restitutor_Orbis_214 I wonder what the Building of Electricity in Paris looked like? Like close up, real close up!
How do you feel now that it has been a few months?
@@dannwan8537they survived because they are Sold Brick.. the walls are 3-4 bricks thick!!!! St Louis was the Brick Capital of the World. And there are many different bricks used throughout the history of St Louis.. it was because of the river mud.. and there was a deposit of super fine white clay that was used to make fire proof bricks.. there is a great documentary i watched on PBS about the history of the brick manufacturing in St Louis… the reason there are so many beautiful big houses and mansions is because St Louis was a Huge Manufacturing Center, Railway Hub, farming, mining, clothing, shoes 👞, …
The City Museum in St Louis has lots of ornamentations from buildings that have been torn down. One room was full of antique door knobs and hinges.
City museum has the stl architecture museum inside with collected fixtures and facades and artistic elements
I visit St. Louis once a month. Have for years and I’m still overwhelmed every time. Even the cemetery’s
In October I try to visit as many old cemetery's as possible, St.Louis is on my list this year & Kansas City has some very good ones too
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!beautiful! Thank you very much for showing us!
I'm glad you like it.
This whole video just blows me away. I want to move to st louis now just to learn.
On my list now is to travel from Saint Lucie to Saint Louis to personally take this all in! Thank You!
Hope you enjoy it!
Be very careful and pack a gun. Stl is the most dangerous city in the country
@@billythekidd-go3hvthat entirely depends upon which part of the city you happen to be in.
@@mjt1517 Read what I said and then read what you said. As many times as you need to.
Enjoy your trip. There's so much to see. And a history under the Arch at museum there. You could spend well over a day in Forest Park and all it's sites, and free zoo
I grew up in N. St. Louis at 4308 Blair Ave. down the street from the Bissell water tower. Lot’s of good memories from N. St. Louis. There are many buildings of old world architecture. St. John’s church at Grand Ave. and Lee Ave. is another building worth checking out! The Fox theater is beautiful inside and out. You are correct in saying everywhere you look is old world architecture! Forrest Park is amazing also! Yes, you could spend a lifetime exploring St. Louis. Thank you for your thoughtful videos! Keith
You are most welcome.
But how many buildings survived the St. Louis Fair?
@@dannwan8537 If you're referring to the 1904 World's Fair, I doubt many survived. But they weren't built to survive. I can't recall the name of the material, but most of those buildings were built as temporary structures.
@@stevesmith7699 any big building in Forest Park is supposed to be from the 1904 World's Fair. The main two are the Art Museum (which has a GIANT statue of Saint Louis on a horse in front) and the History Museum. The art museum is my favorite, nearly everything in it is absolutely beautiful and fascinating. Plus it has my favorite Monet painting of the pond with the lily pads. All the old hardwood floors in the galleries creak and I love it.
These images are mind blowing. I've only been there once, and it seemed very old and had such an amazing vibe. There is definitely something old world about St Louis
I've Lived and worked my whole life in st.louis.Great Video! This is a Prime example of what a trade school produces along with the team work and Faithfull Adults building a future for those people and thier families to come.BLESSED!
Plus, a good wage at that time. With Great Desire
I bussed across country last year and this place and Pittsburgh were most interesting to just see going through quickly, clearly very old
Thank you for being on the ground and thank you for this video. That was a lot of eye candy.
One thing I've noticed, while looking for a house in the midwest, is that house flippers have gone into a lot of those old world smaller houses and stripped them of any glory and painted them all grey and the wood white. They've even removed fireplaces. House flippers must be the minion demons of the controllers. However, the larger homes look like museums and are untouched. They are remarkable.
Lots of intact historical houses and mansions here! Portland Place especially!
They’re just flipping houses for as much profit as they can. There’s no conspiracy there.
Great show and information 🙂
Glad you enjoyed it!
I live in St. Louis and worked on a brick crew for a few years. St. Louis brick is very desirable. When buildings come down it is not uncommon to have the reclaimed brick shipped out to places like Los Angeles to be used to build mansions. While there are an enormous variety of brick, typically speaking walls made with new brick just seems less appealing than walls, new or old, made with what we in St. Louis call "city brick". There is so much brick construction here that I have always thought of it as Brick City USA. There have been many amazing buildings torn down. There are amazing buildings sitting around in this city just rotting. The Northside of the city has been the ghetto side for a long time. They have been "revitalizing" these neighborhoods and in the process tearing down loads of old architecture.
Acme brick
Where is everyone, i remember st. Louis getting hit hard from 2008 to 2013 looks like everyone life, what is common rent? For a 2 bddroom apartment or house.and have jobs come back?
@@joecrowe7062 St. Louis is a city that has been dying slowly over decades. I recently moved out of a 2 bedroom loft at N. Tucker and Washington Ave. Within walking distance of the Basilica. The rental cost was about $1,500/month. You can find a wide range of pricing depending on what part of the city you choose to live in. Anywhere from $600/month to well over $5,000/month. It's a beautiful city but many industries have left and crime and homelessness are problems (much like any big city). It was a short but interesting adventure for me. I'm glad I came and glad that I went.
@@joecrowe7062Doubtful, very
LOVED this episode... Thanks to you, St Louis is now in my top 5 reset cities 🙏💪👊
Great to hear!
What’s your top five?
What’s a “reset city”..?
Last European city going west the first old west town. You need to come back and visit Belfontain and Calvary cemeteies and visit all of the historic figures buried there.also visit Lemp mansion. I grew up in St.louis and was a EMT in the city so spent a lot of time learning the history and I'm still learning thank you
Saint Louis, pray for us, that we may recognize, respect, and restore the beauty of this sacred but shattered city bearing your name and blessed by your heavenly patronage.
Indeed! ❤
Amen!
Well said.
Nothing about this is ok lol
@@keyontamcclendon6335 silence!
It kind of reminded me of the Paris of the west. I didn’t realize that it was called Rome of the west. The Union Station building is SPECTACULAR! And so is the Cathedral Basilica! It’s enormous and the inside is breathtaking.
Grew up on stl I heard it was called
Paris of the west on PBS documentary maybe
It was founded by French
And was part of the louisana purchase
So in the city is built by German ,Dutch ,irish immigrants through out 1820s 1890 s
@@specialj6784 That’s exactly why I thought it was the Paris of the west!
Yes it look European .... but guys, it's nothing compare to Montréal and Québec city!!!
Just Montréal the St-Joseph oratory will put you in Rome.... but not only that building... it's full of Roman/French/European architecture!!
Amazing BOTG...very jealous my friend. I've been compiling a St Louis file and it's never ending....I've also heard a lot about the tunnels under St Louis. A true old world treasure. The texture on the union station motifs was very helpful...thanks for illustrating that. Bravo!!
Thank you very much!
What can you tell me about the tunnels? Anything? I live 15 minutes from the city.
Nicely done. Interesting my grandpa and his family went to the cathedral in 1919 story was it had just opened. Also check out the Budweiser Corp complex something there for sure.
I had some trouble there, long story for another time.
@@Restitutor_Orbis_214please tell it to us
@@cecilyerker I was just going to leave it open. ;) I am kidding, it will be told in an upcoming video about the concept of research.
Stifel used to be KEIL Auditorium. I saw Steppenwolf, Spirit, and especially RUSH in 1980 where they recorded an album. GREAT TIMES!
Brother it’s mind blowing how similar the houses and you drove by and all the buildings in the cathedrals and the domes on the inside and geometric shapes on the outside is exactly the same as Philadelphia, it all looks so similar so the buildings I walk by everyday. 🤙
St. Louis is my Home City and birth place , I grew up Here . Thank you for Showcasing Some of Our Old-World city :) QC
I like the name you use. ;)
Thank you for going boots on the ground for us. What they have taken away from us in terms of technology is truly mind boggling.
I want to add that for years Seattle Union train station had a false cheap ceiling hiding the original arches and structure.
Finally - perhaps 30 years ago the uncovered the true old ceiling which had been hidden for years.
I’ve lived here all my life. Check out st Charles Main Street as well sometime. Thank you for the video and commentary.
This video was the best! Definitely one of my favorites. Loved it all
Glad you liked it!!
The cathedral at the end was absolutely breathtaking !!! Great work St Louis hold some kind of big-time significance that were not told.
That city haall building is gorgeous.
Thank you 😊
Lol- Darrell. You know what this city is full of. And things seem to happen in St. Louis.
As always , very AWE inspiring boots on the ground video. Can't thank you enough.
My pleasure!
Great video! One place you really should have covered is Forrest Park. Largest city park in the US and contains the History Museum, Art Museum, Zoo, an an ice skating ring and lake with pavilions. All built for the 1904 Worlds Fair. Columns and arches everywhere.
I have encountered a lot of resistance attempting to depict/discuss anything remotely related to World's Fairs.
@@Restitutor_Orbis_214 doesn't that just mean it's worth exploring more?? The world's fair's are what first opened my eyes to the impossible narrative of US history. I actually took my family on a 17 hour trip last November, to see what might be left of the fair. We were BLOWN away by all of the mysteries, history, architecture, the miles upon miles of abandoned neighborhoods, the museums, and the overall vibe. I have been to almost every major US city and countless cities in between. St. Louis has been my favorite so far. Love your video!
@@Restitutor_Orbis_214really? Seems one of most interesting and compelling subjects. For me looking at world fair photos what really hot me thinking . I used to live I. Chicago so once I started thinking about the remaining buildings, sheer massiveness of grounds, etc just can’t believe the Wikipedia explanation
It was specifically seeing a repurposed wireless electric trolley car in oldest photos, then same trolley pulled by a single, miserable horse THEN the wires..
Plus the old world sprawls for miles in all directions with the grandest architecture being in areas rife with stories of cia pumping in drugs to ruin communities..
I’ve loved your world fair coverage! I live in Portland oregon now n would love an episode about this very old world industrial city
When one of the Busch's died he basically had it set up for everything in Forest Park to available for free to the public. Or at least public admission was to be free and shows at the muny for everyone.
I love your videos and I must say that USA have more old buildings and so beautiful and amazing architecture. I live in Copenhagen and it’s much older than St. Louis and we have old buildings but not like St.Louis or other city in USA . I am so overwhelmed. The station are one of must beautiful station in the world.USA is much older than the history tells🇺🇸❤ Heini.Redcull 🇩🇰
WOW !!! Thank you for the boots on the ground. Love the inside of Union station incredible
Glad you enjoyed!
I lived in St. Louis for a year 32 years ago. I wish I was cognizant of this stuff back then to go check out. I am in Indy now so looking into things here.
You've given me a new found appreciation for my city. All of this art in our faces and we never even noticed.
We unfortunately overlook it when we are bombarded with what we are supposed to care about each day.
I used to live right by the water tower on grand 😊 its beautiful!!
I'm learning alot from you brother. I realized my court house down town is actually tartarian. Claims it was rebuilt 5 times since the 1840s but the top of the roof is so on point and wouldn't make sense how they built all of it in those days. Much love ❤
If you go south on 55 to Jefferson county there’s a park called Mastodon stated park. This is where the limestone was mined and sent by rail to the city. You can see the old tracks to the limestone deposits.
To be honest the church took over the land and divided it into dioceses. St Louis had the mother church and that, along with having 2 basilicas and the prettiest church (voted) in America that also would be a basilica if we didn't already have 2. This is not to mention many many more beautiful churches in this area...thank u for your video.
Fantastic tour. Interesting ideas. I remain unconvinced; my father is an 8th generation carpenter. His family tree is comprised of bricklayers and carpenters. Pop has a fantastic base of knowledge that was handed down through generations of tradesmen. He is very good at explaining the older techniques used to build some of these structures. I'm not saying your theories don't hold water, but an investigation into the histories of the building trades and trade unions within these cities would better inform you about the older techniques. And these guys want to share the knowledge of their trades. Still, I enjoy your videos and outside of the box thinking. I appreciate your willingness to challenge the existing historical record.
8th generation is a pretty impressive historical line and record keeping.
GREAT VIDEO, Thank you So much 🙏🏻
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you very much!
Phanomibal, amazing job. Well done exceptional documentary.
Thank you for showing love to St Louis, it really is a beautiful city and im bias when I say our Arch is the prettiest structure in all of the US, but we always get a bad rep because of how dangerous it is downtown, but the buildings are beautiful.
Downtown Austin is more dangerous than downtown St. Louis! I never knew it to be false till I visited, but I'd been told my whole life how dangerous St Louis is. Have lived near Austin for over 20 years and no longer feel safe walking around downtown.
@@Sumbody44 dayum I’m sorry to hear that I had no clue, down town STL is dangerous but to be fair it’s more the north side that is dangerous, and East STL doesn’t count since that’s in Illinois
The worlds fair out there was ridiculous
More Rome than Rome itself indeed.
Great excursions around St.Louis. Different Height of windows in the buildings meant there were different size people lived in them.
Excellent views !
Glad you enjoyed it
Next time you’re in St. Louis, you have to check out the old Post Office 815 Olive street downtown if you want something, that’ll totally blow your mind. This is it. The main floor is even a full story below current ground level. You may be able to find some pictures online, but it won’t do it justice. The place is unbelievable ancient exposed stone interior.
When you hit that Grand Ave water Tower TURN AROUND. It goes from beautiful SLU to the ghetto in just 1 block
The brick kings didn't promise infinite prosperity it appears.
*I have lived in St Louis since 1985, so I have some first hand experience. The reason that everything here is made of brick is because of the clay content of the soil here. When I finally bought a house I fully understood just how bad it is: if you put a shovel in the ground here, you'll come up with weeds growing in the very red clay "soil". It's so bad that I had to get real soil trucked in to cover the property.*
*Union Station, as pretty as it is, is just a shadow of it's former (pre-1986) self, still it's staggeringly beautiful when you look closely. U/S strongly reminds me of New York City's Grand Central Station - their designs and execution are very very similar. The design of Grand Central allows you (or used to allow you, before they locked it down) to walk up a staircase and view the terminal from each height at the various landings, eventually allowing you to look through "peep holes" in the GCT cieling, looking down on the terminal's floor. A truly breathtaking view, which I used to visit regularly when I was a kid (1950s).*
What is that line in the sky on the clouds behind the water tower. No way the sky can cut into a straight line like that... Anyone see it? Great video... Thank u for letn us see st Louis.. The way u make ur videos as if we can be there. 🙏💖
It's a Chem trail for weather modification
Never seen a vertical Chemtrail before... But then again nevr know with these elites what they do..
i noticed it too and skimmed comments till I found this one lol my only thought is that it is going across the sky but the video angle is making it look like its vertical? I don't know what else it could be.
Excellent work!
Glad you like it!
Nice, my former Hometown.
St.Louis University POPE PIUS XII Library. Underneath is the Vaticans Second Library.
Sssshhh.......
🐍..Never would've known. It's so inconceivable yet there it is.😮
Love this channel. ❤
I own rental properties in St. Louis. I used to own one very close to the Compton Heights neighborhood you showed. We lived there and used to walk Hawthorn and Longfellow, also Russel next to the Tower Grove Water tower. Having done demolition and remodeling there, I am often astounded at the skill level of the masons, plasterers, and carpenters. Also, the wood is amazing. The Douglas fir that was used is extremely strong and rot resistant, one could argue better than pressure treated. Thank you for the video showing the beauty of the city.
Awesome my friend. Best yet.
Glad you enjoyed it
This video is AMAZING… Great work!
Glad you liked it!
I live near STL. Love a lot of the old buildings and architecture. We don't get a lot of coverage so thank you very much.
Great Episode. Do you have a boots on the ground video of Chicago? I live here and the builds that remain that haven’t been demolished are UNREAL in every sense of the word,
I really tried during the Milwaukee trip, but the video had technical difficulties. I will be back soon!
I'm from St. Louis and this title immediately caught my attention. 😂
Thank you
You're welcome!
Beautiful buildings..makes you wonder why we don't craft facades like that anymore, such beauty, inspiring like Berlin back in the days or Paris
I used to maintain the Bogan building and the Vanguard apartments on Washington Ave. Very interesting buildings indeed.
Just got home from a short trip to St.Louis this weekend. After watching this video a few weeks back it had inspired me to go see for myself. These presentations have really opened my eyes to the Old World and I'm led to believe we inherited it. Im a carpenter by trade and i have a strong understanding of the manpower, logistics, mechanical aids and time it takes to build a modern day project. We are extremly capable creatures. However, for a comparitively primitive people to build these ornate superstructures with such detail and scale to stand the tests of time i really begin to question the narrative.
I love those water towers, I lived across from the tower 1312 s grand
Hold on a sec, while I pick my jaw up off the floor. 😯🤯🤯 This was insane! I never knew St. Lewis was such a time capsule of mind-blowing architecture. Added to the list! Ty!!🙏
That is why I had to get on the ground, now you see where the President Regan brick joke in the Moscow video comes from. :))
@@Restitutor_Orbis_214 Ha! Yessss 😄🙌
St. louis is one of the oldest cities west of the mississippi. It was founded in 1764 by french fur traders. Because stl was originally a french territory there are many neighborhoods that have a french style architecture similar to new orleans such as the soulard neighborhood.
My mothers fam has been there since it’s inception. Yep they are Catholic! My ancestors are buried in St Peter and Paul off Gravois rd. My grandma was Nancy Crane, my family pet care facility in High Ridge was started in 1963. Love it there!
Beautiful video! I live in Milwaukee, WI and we have similar grand architecture and neighborhoods, including our own basilica. Another interesting city is Dubuque, IA, which has buildings made mostly of red brick throughout.
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I love this city! Used to frequent it often living nearby! I have always been obsessed with beautiful architecture! Now my husband feels it’s too dangerous to bring the children, so out of respect I haven’t brought them, but there is nothing more lovely than the stunning architecture in St Louis. It’s not the same in pictures, it’s literally breathtaking in person!
No denying the rich history of this city is beautiful
Wow, this popped up in recommended videos for me. I’ve lived in St Louis my entire life and never looked at my city this way. So amazing!
How do you not notice or pay attention to the buildings or architecture that surrounds you?
@@cobra5088 Honestly it's because we are so used to it that it doesn't register, I've been to many other cities and yeah our city is pretty unique. but if you live here most of us forget that people actually know our city due to the insane popularity in pop culture that our rival city Chicago has
I'm a little older than you and I've lived here my entire life and I would have loved to show you😊
This is wild. The interior of that Cathedral is insane. So ornate. Such artisans.
Mounds inside STL are gone or hidden but just outside they preserved many of them
STL used to be referred to as Mound City. There is Mound Candy Co etc.
Well done 👍
I’m here right now!! I can’t get in because I’m not staying at the hotel! So others remember this before you drive here. Thankfully I found a security guard who is going to let me in to take some pictures.
Union Station? I had no problems; however, I had my alternative explorer raiment on. ;)
its was so amazing, thank you for your video. I wouldnt have known about it if you didnt make this. I already am into old world mood flood red brick melted reality pockets of survival, so when I got to St. Louis I noticed all the old world buildings, punched in St. Louis w/ old world and found you!
There used to be shops and stuff inside as well as a Hooters and a fudge making shop. I've gone in at least a dozen times and I've never stayed the night.
I’m proud to live in St. Louis!
Just amazing
My father worked as the GM for the Hyatt Hotel Union Station back in the 90’s one day he told me someone tried to steal one of that statues that match the relief sculptures in the arches in the lobby. Apparently they were stopped before they made it out.
I do this is australia, in melbourne we have some wild old buildings. I have found repeating patterns in the rough stones so I believe nothing was cut it was all crushed and formed. I believe the images of people represent exactly what people in that society were at that point. They were so advanced the tooling would have all been pneumatic even larger digging machines and crushers. All scrapped and smelted before giving out a cart or two for a horse and start again. Compressing air can be done I so many different t and even simple ways and can power just about anything. There's no money in it I'm tipping that's why we burn stuff to move stuff now.
Your thoughts on pneumatic machines is a great observation IMO. Could the tinder cars on "steam trains" have originally been air tanks, with the pistons working as compressors when going downhill and the stored air pressure used to move the train uphill? Manufacturers of model steam trains like Wilesco use compressed air to test their products.
@mitchdowning8188 I think so, it makes sense. The k8netic energy of its movement would be enough to fill the tanks. Some of the most powerful tools I use in construction are all air tools and the range is limitless basically except for where larger hydraulic machines have monopolies over that type of equipment.
@@timjones4564 It's the experiences of people like you who actually work with technologies that helps the rest of us comprehend the bigger picture.
yes, noo shortage of HIGHLY SKILLED LABOR.. Growing up in STL and going to church downtown we would see many of these buildings on a weekly bases. They ALWAYS left me in awe.
Looking past the bricks I would like to know who did the columns...:)
STL had many brick factories back in the day, as a matter of fact it was required that brick was used for construction to reduce fire risk. There are tons of beautiful buildings all over St. Louis as it was a huge city back in the early 1900s
Let me know about the column and marble facilities.
I haven't been this early in a while. Good Saturday y'all, I have done some scouting in old downtown Rio. There's an old world Romanesque aqua duct in Lapa, the waterfront is a leveled starfort, there are tons of tunneles, amazing old world buildings everywhere, the street level have probably been raised, there are probably forts cut into rock like Gibraltar, artificial islands, artificial shore lines. Brazil is certainly the old world, I believe that the black people were not all brought there as slaves, I think that thw survivors of the fall of Atlantis or the great flood settled there. There is even a modern building near Lapa that looks like a mini Tower of Babel. There are parts of the city that look like Paris even and there is an excuse that Napoleon took Rio for a time. Once I get my pictures together with some explanations I'll send them in. Love this community, good stuff.
Great work man! I am new to this but have explored my city (Cork, Ireland) and we have some MASSIVE cathedrals that we have just built modern buildings around to almost hide them, space here is tight so maybe it's understandable but such a shame, the interior of these cathedrals is intact, they are not built by us, they are evidence of an old people who were far superior to us in most ways, and spanned the entire world with a great empire and something took them out, and the remnants just cleaned up the mess, made up a story and through time and possible some time manipulation we all forgot. I believe there was a reset now also, which scares me tbh a little bit. But I want truth, even though sometimes it's too much for me to handle lol
Great video. A+ content, love the channel
Glad you enjoy it!
I've always heard that Kansas City Missouri is referred to as the Rome of the west, and it's because of all of the decorative fountains - I've lived in St Louis my whole life and ALWAYS heard of KC referred to as Rome of the west, never once heard of St Louis called that. Just throwing it out there.
I think the reality is they can all be Rome of the West and Paris of the Plains. ;) Paris itself could be called Rome of the North by some.
Yes, st. Louis has been there a lot longer than they tell us, and they definitely tore down A bunch of stuff in the world fair came through st. Louis, that was definitely old world. I love the channel.
Grand Central 'in NYC has a small domed ceiling off the main floor where one can stand in opposite corners and whisper exactly like the "whispering arch".
Brother, i lived in a city called "trois rivières" in canada. They got the most numerous amount of old world buildings per square feet, every commute thru the city was quite astounding.
Edit: The province of Québec was (found) founded in the early 1600's. Qc city and trois rivières are probably the oldest in America. Worth a look for real 😂
Quand tu vies au Québec et que tu as fait Québec/Montréal/Trois-Rivières...... St-Louis c'est de la petite bière tabarnak!!!!🤣
Sérieusement....Montréal est 100 fois plus Romaine/Européenne et je la considère moin Européenne que Qc. (Montréal plus Romaine et Qc plus Française). Le vieux Trois-Rivières et vieux Sorel sont vraiment "old school"
J'ai essayer avec plusieurs comme lui (Tartaria worshiper) de regarder Qc, Montréal, Trois-Rivières et aucun veut en parler..... parce que ça détruit leurs narratifs!!!
@@jean-rockdion7960 word, on as des vieilles villes icitte for real 😅😂
Edit: disons que mon comment prend en considération le faite que bcp de buildings a mtl ont été detruit ou renovated au point que c pu vrm "tartia" ou "old world" style. 🤷 mais oui, du Québec jusqua NYC (providence a tout de moin) c'est bourré de vieux batiments
@@Sle3pyNinj4 for real real🤣
Kawliss "Rome of the west" .....Sort de chez-vous my friend!!!😉
Bonne journée le Trifluvien!!👊
There are literally still farms out in the county that have been overgrown where I can find horse and buggies along with thousands of apple orchard baskets or bottles gallon jugs to 1800s farm equipment spread out all over a certain probably along Highway 55 at grants trail
When they were doing renovations several years ago. I was able to go up to the top of that tower. It still has the original water tank up there and wooden stairs leading to the top
Yes there are a lot of bricks in St Louis. I know because I had a few of them upside my head growing up in the 1960s😢
had my graduation in the cathedral probably one of the coolest graduations I could’ve had
I have to admit that is very cool...
I'm from St. Louis. You also need to go see Central Public Library. It is massive. It is gorgeous. It is old af. And yes, it has many columns.
I have a part 3 in the works.
@@Restitutor_Orbis_214 Awesome!!
The Grand Ave Water Tower is one of the buildings that got me interested in St. Louis history. Another was the Fairgrounds Park Bear Pits which looks like a medieval castle.
Also, to answer your question about whether or not everyone in the Compton Heights neighborhood was wealthy, that’s exactly what happened. Compton Heights was a premier wealthy neighborhood for German immigrants, who made their fortunes in various industries, like beer brewing, wholesale groceries, banking, and other industries that made them quite wealthy. The more modest homes are further from the city center, in neighborhoods like Dutchtown
And finally, as St. Louis expanded, the areas where bricks had previously been made from the clay mined out of the ground were built upon, and the brick manufacturing moved west. Most of the streets and alleys were paved with bricks as well.
Maybe we can make bricks like that again....
Thanks ❤awesome ❤
Block after block after block of incredible masonry. For miles!!