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Delmar Between Union and DeBaliviere, Part 3

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Many of the buildings along Delmar were clearly built in pairs or in triplets. They create a pleasant, undulating streetscape that is fun to walk along.

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I don’t think, after closer inspection, that the paint colors are original.

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Wow, what is up with that balcony? It’s obviously a later addition.

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Finally, the first abandoned building appears, with all of the telltale signs; missing windows, broken pediments and dead vines point to the neglect of this building.

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But the type-font on 5554 is truly unique; it is such a shame among so many occupied apartments that this one sits empty. Who is coming to save it? Probably no one.

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I think the most striking aspect of Delmar through here, and what certainly contributes to the divide between north and south, is the speed and aggressiveness of the traffic hurtling by. The street is nothing more than another traffic sewer that spews cars to and from University City. Unless you like architecture, there is little to no reason to walk along what is essentially an urban highway. And even worse, the neighborhoods to the south of Delmar have erected a giant fence blocking off Delmar to the north just east of DeBaliviere. It basically says, “We give up; we are going to make no effort to fix what ails the neighborhood to the north, and we are going to turn inward.”

That has never worked, and it’s not working here.

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