January  | Skyline shot of the Gateway Arch, Civil Courts building, Bank of America Plaza, and the Mel Carnahan Courthouse.

Civil Courts Building - 10 North Tucker Boulevard.
The building was completed in 1930 by architects Klipstein and Rathmann in a neoclassical style. The top-floor law library is enclosed in a model of the Temple of Halicarnassus.

Bank of America Plaza - 800 Market Street.
Completed in 1981 by architect’s 3D/International, Bank of America Plaza is a Modern architectural style.

US Courthouse and Custom House Mel Carnahan Courthouse - 1114 Market Street
Originally the U.S. Court and Custom House, the building was sold to the City of St. Louis in 2000 after the completion of the Thomas F. Eagleton Courthouse. It was also renamed the Mel Carnahan Courthouse in honor of the late Missouri Governor who died in 2000 while campaigning for the US Senate.
 

March  |  Unique view of the architectural style of US Bank Plaza. 

One US Bank Plaza – 505 North 7th Street.
Designed in the Structural Expressionism modern style, defined as the core structural elements of the building expressed in the building's exterior appearance. Completed in 1976, originally called Mercantile Center, this building was ahead of its time in the use of Structural Expressionism as the style did not become popular until the 1980s.
 

April  |  Detail of the Chemical Building.

Chemical Building/The Alexa - 721 Olive Street
Designed in 1896 by architect Henry Ives Cobb, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The landmark building is currently under redevelopment, the residential loft project is called “The Alexa”.
 

May  |  The world famous Eads Bridge.

Eads Bridge – Over the Mississippi River.
Opened on July 4^th, 1874, this bridge is a great American masterpiece, and a feat of engineering, Pioneered by engineer James B. Eads, this was the first major bridge to use steel and cantilevered construction.
 

June  |  Cornice of the Lesser-Goldman Building, now the Bogen Lofts.

Lesser-Goldman Building Bogen Lofts - 1209 Washington Avenue.
The Lesser/Goldman Building was built in 1903 at the corner of Washington Avenue and Tucker. It is an example of the Beaux-Arts with its fronted red brick and red terra cotta. The seven-story building encompasses more than half a city block.
 

July  |  Scales of Justice, Civil Courts Building.

Civil Courts Building - 10 North Tucker Boulevard.
The building was completed in 1930 by architects Klipstein and Rathmann in a neoclassical style. The Scales of Justice represent fairness with both sides receiving equal treatment. Justice is also blind and so she just listens to and makes a decision based on the facts.

August |  Union Trust Building/Olive Street Office Building.

Designed by the famed Adler & Sullivan, with Charles K. Ramsey, the Union Trust Building was completed in 1893 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.  The rear of the building facing Locust Street has a large trompe l'oeil mural simulating windows on the lowest 9 floors.

September  |  Intricate detail of the Wainwright Building.

111 North Seventh St.
The first steel frame structure, often called the first "skyscraper" in St. Louis, was the famous Wainwright building designed by Louis Sullivan in 1891. As evidenced in the Wainwright Building, Sullivan's architecture typically uses a base or podium, then the shaft, and terminates in a heavy cornice.
 

October  |  Shell Building with Christ Church Cathedral in reflection.

Shell Building - 1221 Locust Street.                     Christ Church Cathedral - 1210 Locust Street
Built in 1926, The Shell building has a rounded footprint, following the curve of Locust onto North 13th Street. Christ Church Cathedral was founded in 1823 and is the oldest Episcopal church west of the Mississippi River. It is designed in 14th century English Gothic tradition and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and as a National Historic Landmark.
 

November  |  Unique perspective looking up the leg of the Gateway Arch

Gateway Arch - Riverfront Downtown.
The Arch weighs 17,246 tons. Nine hundred tons of stainless steel was used to build the Arch, more than any other project in history. In order to ensure that the constructed legs would meet, the margin of error for failure was 1/64th of an inch. All survey work was done at night to eliminate distortion caused by the sun's rays.
 

December  |  Craftsmanship of the Famous Barr/Railway Exchange building.

Famous Barr/Railway Exchange building - 611 Olive Street.
Designed by architects Mauran, Russell & Crowell, built in 1914, which at the time made it the largest building in the world, covering an entire city block and having a floor area of practically thirty acres.

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