Mid-Century Modern in St. Louis | Nine PBS Special

[@margiemudge6607]

We just purchased a Mid Century Modern home at Lake of the Ozarks. The home had only one owner. The realtor said it was a teardown. I couldn't imagine tearing it down. We paid WAY too much for the little home and now I'm worried about not having enough money to fix it up as it should be. Watching this video lets me know that somehow I have to save this little gem.

[@pyewackett5]

Don't be afraid. You have taken on one of the most delicious of projects 😊

[@Prieze868]

I'm glad it fell into your hands I'm from St Kilda Victoria Australia Victoria's answer to Las Venice Beach

[@margiemudge6607]

@@Prieze868 Austrailia is beautiful! I was there 20 years ago and loved it.

[@margiemudge6607]

@@Prieze868 Oh, we close today! Wish us luck!

[@KerrieRedgate]

With a house like that you could start a crowd funding site to help preserve it. Send the donors update reports with photos and progress information that may even help them or inspire them with their own home renovations/design. I’m certain many people would love to contribute to that. Invite the donors to visit sometime when it’s all finished and restored and people can fly across country again. Historical societies may have members who would be interested. (Greetings from Australia.)

[@williamj.dovejr.8613]

The idea that these marvels were almost completely destroyed just breaks my heart. These dwellings are timeless.

[@badapple65]

“It takes a younger generation to care about, and want to preserve, the older generation’s works” Quoted from this video- powerful and true statement

[@RoySATX]

It also takes a younger generation to wrongly assume the previous generation didn't concern themselves with preservation, be that of their man-made works or the natural environment.. ~ myself This new generation has a lot of life to live before they get to assume superiority at anything, especially in their handling of this planet. Before they get to write us previous generations off as wasteful squanders they might ought to consider we did the best we could given what we had, and we were only able to do that thanks to the knowledge that we inherited. The new generations will only accomplish what they will because they stand on our shoulders. They like to blame us for all the problems the world faces, it's still to be known if they will do any better but if they do it is thanks to the head start we gave them. AI is about to revolutionize everything, thanks to tech created by us. You are welcome, now go fix the world.

[@homeinvasion8615]

​@@RoySATXhow old are you? that comment reads like someone who has dementia

[@missrayelyn3045]

Growing up my parents buildt a mid century modern. They lived there until my brother and i left home. I wish I had that house. So many good memories.

[@thornbird6768]

I’d take a mid century modern home over any cardboard house that’s built today . They are stunning 👍🏻

[@timetraveltravez8803]

My wife and I want to buy a mcm home. They are unique and awesome. Truly a one of a kind.

[@jimwhitman3678]

What a refreshing program. Thank you for presenting this on you tube. I’m from Maryland and would have never seen this on my PBS station. I’m a Mid Century nut and love any “ local” history on the subject. ✨

[@nlsantiesteban]

True...although the DMV is littered with MCM communities and iconic MCM buildings like the original National Airport. WETA should do a show on Lake Barcroft (laid out by Walter Gropius), Moyaone (Charles Wagner), Rock Creek Woods (Charles Goodman), etc. The community I live in, Hollin Hills, has a biannual house and garden tour that can be found online.

[@richardprice5978]

i like the car's and equipment ect. /some of it , but not so much for the building's of the 60's/era 😑 just the way it is for my tastes 2C

[@chrisallen7911]

The Death of Northland Shopping Mall is such a disgrace. What a glorious building it was.

[@Deandunbar]

Once again PBS has outdone themselves, this was so powerful and so well documented, the thoroughness of the research came through loudly and clearly. Thank you for this wonderful documentary about a place I knew very little about.

[@PamelaRubel]

So amazing! Definitely I am forever inspired by the modernists, and the simplicity and functionality of these homes!

[@domtam6571]

Been in love with mid century modern homes since 2007. Nearly purchased an Eichler in 2010 but the owner didn't accept my offer. Been trying to find a MCM home in Nevada but I really don't care to live near Las Vegas. About to retire in 5 years and home to find my forever MCM home.

[@ypure3859]

Still relevant STILL INSPIRING

[@stevenikitas8170]

These St. Louis architects are very good. I lived in New York City for 13 years and so I know architecture well.

[@peterxyz3541]

Mid century modern design is hot! It’s way cool

[@1308SPAZZ]

Seen Modern in St. Louis .. definitely gotta watch

[@peterhogan9537]

homes where more modern back then, they are real dream homes.

[@mistamovegas]

Perfect! Thank you. I've got to follow ModernSTL now.

[@ianl5882]

What a treat!

[@brianarbenz7206]

An eye opener! I live 300 miles from Saint Louis, and have always regarded the city as being blessed with great urban brownstones, my Cardinals, and of course the giant stainless steel Big Mac ad on the Mississippi (just kidding; I love the Arch), but I had never given the suburban residential architecture any thought. Some great innovations there.

[@richardprice5978]

i like that i could imagine what home life was like for the big-3 auto-manufacturers in st.louis was like between 1955-80's ish as the documentary covered some of it. ps. 2 of my car's are vined from st. and pre-1990's so the worker's thanks 🙏you and your family's and by the 🇺🇸 sense's that was done most were probably lower income afro-Americans /immigrant's

[@robertdominicanrepublic]

Great program.

[@yossarian6799]

My childhood synagogue, the "Round Shul" in Cape Town, opened in 1952 and was sadly demolished in 2001. 😞😞 It wasn't as avant-garde as some mid-century examples but it was distinctive and representative of post-war optimism.

[@bethbartlett5692]

The Time Stamps for continuing to the Documentary: 26:05 54:45

[@shoppingavenue926]

fantastic documentary!❤

[@annarowden9457]

I believe, I was raised in one of Ralph Fournier homes. I always tell people my parents house was a poor man vision of Frank Lloyd Wright. I have seen the same house in Fenton, Kirkwood, Florissant and High Ridge. I can now see and understand the house construction. To believe the house was a prefab built in Kirkwood, not far from my parents house.

[@dianahohimer1107]

I am from Florissant.

[@richardprice5978]

🤔 im starting to wonder if the next etf/art boom is well known artist/architecture/home is nowadays going to sell on reputation like a painting 🤷‍♂ and add cost/cool factor? personally im not a pocoso or a frank wright fan ( 🤔 and i think 💭 i might be living in one/have lived in one from the 60's70's as its got the right marker's to be one, ps. not his most expensive work/house 🏡just for clarification but a ok-ish one at that and may not have the og flooring plan still/modified later on ) but i can at least see why some would pay 💰extra for the experience of ownership of a piece of there workmanship 👍

[@richardprice5978]

any well known Victorian/queen 👸ann artist ? / architects? as a example i like the house from sebrena the teen age which in the 1990's tv 📺 opening seen ect.

[@richardprice5978]

wonder if the blue print's / photos , model's of it ect. would sell well as copy's/art 🤔 more so if sined by say frank 😉, just like movie 🎥posters do as i guess that there now collectible and bring big money 💴at action house's

[@showyourvidz]

I love the way the French divided Paris into 2 sections. La Défense for the new & the rest preserves the ancient architecture. Pre Modernist & Modernism represent 2 very different programs. They don't sit well with each other but do offer different wisdom from different times. We should accept that & preserve what went before us to better proceed into the future.

[@LOOKA.B]

Amazing.......

[@TropicTrdr]

Exceptional...

[@aliceputt3133]

Why can’t we do this modular homes again? These are great.

[@hatzlmike1]

Bravo

[@chrisallen7911]

St Louis has the most beautiful set of MCM Church buildings in the USA.

[@joevarga5982]

That's a stretch, lol.

[@tombrewsaugh1399]

I enjoyed this program. I've been interested in this type of architecture all my life. Unfortunately living in south west Florida 53 years there are not many examples of this type of thinking so when my wife and I had our house built we had very few options. No with the building codes relating to hurricanes houses all look alike. If a commercial developer plans a new office or shopping complex it better fit in a perceived idea of what the average person sees as belonging here. We have one government building that is aluminum frame with black panels and gray glass that is so disliked it has been called the Darth Vader building for the last 20 years.

[@saltyroe3179]

26:06 end of break 54:48 end 2nd break

[@lestariabadi]

Who is the architect of that house with the colorful window panes?

[@bethbartlett5692]

Frank Lloyd Wright released tragedy and embraced his opportunity to allow his Creative Energies to be his focus feeling foundation and Expierenced the feelings of his Dreams and Desires. *This exceeds even his Quantum Achievements in Design, and those achievements are directly a result of his: *Thoughts + Feelings+ Focus* *X Belief* *= Reality* He and we, all experience our Reality as defined by the *"Universal Law of Attraction"* This is amazing when observing it through Frank Lloyd Wright's journey. Energy is Eternal ...

[@zxy78267]

I would love to have been able to get the book.

[@illusiym-Force]

😂 The design was so different and so light and airy that even here in Europe we got the influences. That’s the moment we live in the states and could watch and use these monuments of architectural design on a daily basis. They’re so memorable that you will take these impressions a lifetime with you. So when you put up in a pathetic point when you grow up as a young child in worn out places and poor surroundings with no beauty surrounding what will become of them and how would dare they look upon their future?

[@blackie8306]

Any one know what the music is, around the 3.30 mark?

[@jonblehar7689]

I wish the program might have commented on how all the great modern buildings have had no positive effect on all the problems St. Lous has now - crime, poverty, population decline, etc.

[@jaimedavis439]

The arch was definitely the best choice. Period. Too bad it's scary as hell

[@donovandelaney3171]

Retro futuristic fashion started in 1939.

[@khunopie9159]

I wanna go visit Saint Looey Looey! COME ON!

[@christianbrother4724]

It is the same in Austin. They have torn down every MCM building that I experienced as a youth.

[@tonypriest1545]

Who narrated the beginning?

[@sundaymoon000]

What year did this air?

[@zxy78267]

It's January 2023 as I write this comment, and it says two years ago.

[@readthetype]

I just want to say _“mid century modern”_ in an effort to impress the popular older boys!

[@danielmarsala849]

Always modern

[@TinLeadHammer]

As evil as single-story suburbia is, the "rebuilt" city center with two rectangular concrete high-rises squeezed between freeways is beyond horrendous. The demolished apartments on Lindell were handsome.

[@k2990j]

I wonder if they’re going to address white flight and red lining 🤔

[@lilredscout]

Paul looked just like his dad Ralph.

[@Talk2WandaVision]

Such irony that an architectural style meant to promote egalitarianism is now a bona fide holy grail in terms of real estate.

[@cobra5088]

I've see the Ralph Fournier style houses like the one's in ridge wood all over the st. louis area. Ive seen entire neighborhoods in north county made up of those houses. I've also seen them as far out as Highland, IL and Nashville, IL

[@Bonserak23]

Hey, ive been to that Chipotle in St Lou, that's where my phone got stolen lol

[@kooros100]

mid-century modern house is hybrid of Bauhaus and farmhouse

[@St.LouisTrains]

The funny thing is my dad is in this

[@kazstrankowski8721]

Great documentary, tho some of the content isn't 100% accurate

[@hnttakata713]

Unfortunately, mid century was not built with longevity in mind. Materials used did not necessarily endure.the style was superior.

[@joevarga5982]

Huh? The architecture of the building has nothing to do with quality of construction. And "mid century" doesn't necessarily mean modern.

[@Usonian7]

Anyone else thing, "how much money humor does tgat guy have??"??

[@paulazemeckis7835]

Was born in St Louis in 1959. Family moved to Chicago in 1963, bought an 1883 big old stucco home. Great childhood home but no mid century decor, only early 60's....yuk!

[@donovandelaney3171]

I bet those pictures are in black and white? LOL! I do find it strange why they still do that when photos look better in color.

[@firouz4296]

The gay guy is giving me life! Yeas queen! Live that 50ies housewife realness!

[@RoySATX]

“It takes a younger generation to care about, and want to preserve, the older generation’s works” What an arrogant thing to assume, that previous generation didn't concern themselves with preservation, be that of their man-made works or the natural environment. This new generation has a lot of life to live before they get to assume superiority at anything, especially in their handling of this planet. Before they get to write us previous generations off as wasteful squanders they might ought to consider we did the best we could given what we had, and we were only able to do that thanks to the knowledge that we inherited. The new generations will only accomplish what they will because they stand on our shoulders. They like to blame us for all the problems the world faces, it's still to be known if they will do any better but if they do it is thanks to the head start we gave them. AI is about to revolutionize everything, thanks to tech created by us. You are welcome, now go fix the world.

[@JeepCherokeeful]

Likes many American cities, St. Louis used to be beautiful;(

[@snowwhite5842]

Leave it to PBS to turn a documentary into a social justice documentary.

[@Curious197]

When they didn’t get workers in front of Home Depot

[@jill8405]

The soundtrack is ruining the documentary for me. I love jazz but the constant drip noise is more than I can endure.

[@Bonserak23]

That one lady with the scarf and glasses talks way to soft.

[@sharksport01]

The worst thing that ever happened to vintage modern was these lispy hipsters, thank God they are moving on to cooking.

[@pyewackett5]

For one who has been a lover of all things mid cen since the late 80's , I hear you : D

[@ZeZeBatata69]

So true, apparently you need to be a homosexual or closed one to own a mid-century modern home.

[@everettengbers3553]

Actually, the worst thing that has happened in this forum is you.

[@catjones1833]

It’s painful to see the lack of diversity.

[@joevarga5982]

It's shameful that all you care about is race.

[@stuff4826]

is pbs still a non profit and this money is going to a charity or is this the deepest embedding of an ad on youtube ive ever autoplayed my way into? "and it aint short neither"- cousin telethons remember those? magical. i used to love those so im hoping that that model isnt being used here just to get money because that would imply that back then those charitiirees...no nevermind. forget i said any of that, errnie and bert. big bird. rubberband band swedish chef. im keeping some of my ideals regardless. im not going to let myself be stripped bare of what i held as good because cosby or some stuff. this is just corruption eating too much and becoming visible. the head sees the infection, its under control relax . no really, was close. it is a staff infection but didnt reach the heart . were going to be ok. live on humanity you lucky bish

[@philshifley4731]

A great program but it's time to stop "having conversations about" and go back to "talking about" things like we used to.

[@marcusbrown1767]

This video shows lots of whites, no Chinese or Japanese, or Latina and no brown and black people. That's called discrimination. Modernism is for all people who fancy it. BIGOTRY Is everywhere.

[@crimsonJerom]

@27:30

[@MrSmallpoxSatan]

This lady with the scarf needs to stop speaking.

[@Mr44883]

Yes! I was wondering if anyone else was getting sick of her voice.

[@sharonlee7111]

Having the music as loud as the narrator is pretty obnoxious

[@Spangletiger]

I was so interested in what was being said that I didn't even notice the music! Next time I watch this, I will listen to the music.

[@mikehatzl3691]

It’s all democRAT killing. Channel 9 needs to change and this is a good sign. Get rid of soft woman’s voices. It’s haunting. I dont know why anyone thinks otherwise. Bravo. Thank you so much...god bless.

[@pprimiani]

I think it's time for your meds.

[@ursonate]

you don't know why people have thoughts and opinions different from you? interesting.

[@josephinebrevig8748]

Get a life!

[@hatzlmike1]

I hate whispering talkers. Hate them. It’s nail on a chalk board. Why? Just talk.

[@Prieze868]

Too much advertising we're not enjoying it right now