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This is farther down Gravois Avenue from the disused church I had in Wednesday's post. It's still in business, though. Surprising to find a small neighborhood store of this kind still going in the face of big box competitors like AutoZone. I like the B&W version of this photo better than the color original but the building design is very attractive. The light part of the facade is white ceramic tile. The sign has yellow letters across a rich blue background and a red stripe across the bottom. You can see a color picture of it here. It's a little bit of St. Louis architectural heritage.

Two nice things happened to me this week. I got a phone call from St. Louis-area sculptor Harry Weber. Not a name I knew. Turns out Weber is the artist who created a number of works featured on this blog, including Lewis and Clark emerging from the Mississippi River under Eads Bridge. Someone is preparing a book about him and his creations, one of which is a likeness of Malcolm Martin, the lawyer whose bequest gave us the gorgeous overlook of downtown and the Arch from East St. Louis, Illinois. He said he loved my photo of the sculpture and asked permission it use it in the book. Of course! I am honored.

The other was a note from one of our newer colleagues, Lewi14 of Stuttgart, Germany. He gave the Sunshine Blog Award to a few favorites, including STL DPB. Thanks! Nice to get a pat on the back for all the work. And check out his blog - he's got some good stuff.