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Chris Naffziger

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Art and Architectural Historian. Editor at St. Louis Patina. I write about the history of brewing in St. Louis and European art and history. Opinions are my own and do not represent those of my employers or boards of non-profits I serve on.

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Chapel of the Risen Christ, Resurrection Cemetery, Exterior A valued reader alerted me to the recent completion of a new religious building, the Chapel of the Risen Christ in Resurrection Cemetery in Affton. Please ignore the KPLR broadcast antenna in the b…

I covered the inside and outside back in September: stlouispatina.com/chapel-of-th...

27.02.2026 15:23 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

There definitely has been at least one. @gconnolly314.bsky.social ?

22.02.2026 17:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

They’ve been building fast.

20.02.2026 17:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"Nazis, I hate these guys" - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
"Nazis, I hate these guys" - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) YouTube video by Dave TV

m.youtube.com/watch?v=bOYY...

19.10.2025 13:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Makes me think of the monorail episode from the Simpsons.

10.09.2025 17:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Amazing.

31.08.2025 22:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Did you take that photo?

31.08.2025 17:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Brilliant work by Ryan.

09.08.2025 20:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Word is that A-B dumped old beechwood chips into it.

29.07.2025 19:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Eyerman Construction Co. Quarry, Revisited I found this amazing photograph of the Gottlieb and George Eyerman Quarry at 5100 Virginia Avenue. It seems to have been open from the late Nineteenth Century; wages were 25 cents an hour in the ea…

stlouispatina.com/eyerman-cons...

29.07.2025 15:59 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 2
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Hey all, my new book, Adam Lemp and the Western Book, is out today in bookstores everywhere and on-line. Check it out!

09.07.2025 12:02 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

City Hall is beautiful as a fire insurance map.

09.07.2025 02:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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09.07.2025 02:56 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hope to see you there and shop local!

04.07.2025 00:38 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Check out the great review by @st-louis-city-talk.bsky.social aboit my new book on Adam Lemp coming out July 9!

03.07.2025 12:25 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks, Mark!

03.07.2025 12:24 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Call 1-800-DIG-RITE!

29.06.2025 15:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

They said it was going to be fast. They didn’t say anything about it being cheap.

28.06.2025 01:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Nooooo!!!!!

22.05.2025 23:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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15.05.2025 03:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Historically known as Compton Hill but currently the Gate District.

11.05.2025 02:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

$1,000,000 of that forestry bill is for my neighbor alone.

09.05.2025 21:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

That was a fun story!

21.04.2025 17:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Did it get firebombed or did it just catch on fire by itself? You never know with a Cybertruck.

21.03.2025 02:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Awesome!

05.03.2025 16:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Wow, you are on top of things!

05.01.2025 21:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

That's the pedestrian bridge where the gentleman with the bridge model waves to cars.

05.01.2025 20:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Is that I-44 in the middle photo?

05.01.2025 20:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I remember!

31.12.2024 22:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Carr Square Park is now Loretta Hall Park. The street numbers changed. Just shift that red square a little bit to the east.

25.12.2024 15:38 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0