Chicago Tribune

St. Louis was a brick ‘epicenter.’ Can it keep its bricks after the tornado?

ST. LOUIS — Beyond immediate needs tied to shelter and safety, preservation experts and local officials say they’ve heard a common refrain in the aftermath of last month’s deadly tornado that ravaged ...
KSDK

'We are a brick city': Rebuilding St. Louis brick by brick as tornado victims wait on much-needed funding

ST. LOUIS — Contractors and tornado victims say it's been a rocky road to recovery, and the weather has only made it more difficult. St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer said in an update Monday that funding ...
KSDK

Rebuilding and preserving north St. Louis brick by brick

ST. LOUIS — The May 16 tornado that damaged over 5,000 buildings in St. Louis has intensified the demand for the city's iconic red bricks, a material deeply embedded in its history and identity. As ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

St. Louis working on ‘brick bank’ to rebuild historic homes destroyed by tornado

Javier Martinez, with Constructors 911, picks up bricks around an apartment hit by the May 16, 2025, tornado in the DeBaliviere Place neighborhood of St. Louis on Thursday, May 22, 2025. ST. LOUIS — ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

St. Louis was a brick ‘epicenter.’ Can it keep its bricks after the tornado?

Demond O’Neal cleans and stacks bricks from a tornado-damaged building on Thursday, June 5, 2025, near North Newstead and Natural Bridge avenues in the Greater Ville area of St. Louis. The building ...
The Daily Gazette

St. Louis was a brick 'epicenter.' Can it keep its bricks after the tornado?

ST. LOUIS — Beyond immediate needs tied to shelter and safety, preservation experts and local officials say they’ve heard a common refrain in the aftermath of last month’s deadly tornado that ravaged ...