The old National Candy Factory factory is now owned and operated by U-Haul.

The National Candy Company factory in St Louis is now operated by U-Haul.

U-Haul now operates the old National Candy Company factory complex in St. Louis.

Resurrection Catholic School

In St Louis, residents can kneel and then raise a glass, all on the same block. This is a shot of the St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church on Meramac and Behrmann’s Tavern.

Urban Eats on Meramac

City Life, in south St. Louis

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If you have not heard, snow and cold have returned to the Midwest causing all manner of havoc. I grew up in St. Louis. I remember it as a city that regularly experienced winter. Cold temperatures and snow were the norm. That is not true anymore.

I mostly left the city in the 1980s, and I have returned repeatedly since to visit family and see the good people I know there. Since that time, with global warming, winters have become milder in the mid-Mississippi Valley. Snow and winter became less predictable.

However, the austere beauty of St. Louis in the winter still excites me visually. I love the contrast of the white snow and the dark, red bricks that were used to build many of the homes, factories, and warehouses.

Here is a sampling of some winter shots from my archive. All of these were taken in south St. Louis, where the city takes on a different winter feel with cold and snow.

Fun fact: The National Candy Company factory building, shown here, is on the National Register of Historic Places and was once the largest candy factory in the United States.