Vanessa Brown-Livingston stops to gather herself on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, as she sorts her belongings in her tornado-damaged home on Labadie Avenue. "This was a house of love," she said. "We're gonna turn it into something beautiful."
ST. LOUIS 鈥 A week after a tornado barreled through 最新杏吧原创, one of the last remaining signs that Catherine Brown lived in a small house on Labadie Avenue was a half-folded hospital bed in the living room.
The number plate that once hung above the front door of Vanessa Brown-Livingston鈥檚 home is on the ground, with a red tag affixed to it, on Friday, May 23, 2025.
In 1948, the Supreme Court ruled that 最新杏吧原创an J.D. Shelley had a right to buy property in the 4600 block of Labadie Avenue despite a covenant banning Black people from the area. Ethel Shelley is shown reading news of the decision in the 最新杏吧原创 Post-Dispatch.
The Shelley House, in the 4600 block of Labadie Avenue, is seen Wednesday, May 21, 2025. The house was the subject of the Shelley v. Kraemer Supreme Court case over racially restrictive housing covenants.
Vanessa Brown-Livingston, facing camera, is embraced by Yvette Ellis on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, after Ellis arrived to check on her tornado-damaged home on Labadie Avenue.
Jasmin Brown, Vanessa Brown-Livingston's daughter, plays catch with her son, Xavier, and his friend on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, outside the family's tornado-damaged home on Labadie Avenue.
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Vanessa Brown-Livingston stops in her backyard to say a prayer on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, as she sorts her belongings in her tornado-damaged home on Labadie Avenue.
Going from a backyard in one family home to another family home next door requires Vanessa Brown-Livingston to slip under a tight tarp cord on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. She was sorting her belongings in the tornado-damaged homes.
Vanessa Brown-Livingston shares a laugh with friends on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, as they grill meat that was bound to go bad inside her family鈥檚 tornado-damaged homes on Labadie Avenue.
Xavier Brown, left, eats on a neighbor's porch with friends on Friday, May 23, 2025, next to his family's tornado-damaged homes in the 4600 block of Labadie Avenue.
Vanessa Brown-Livingston moves items in her home as she prepares to honor a city order on Friday, May 23, 2025, that deems it unlawful to inhabit either of her family's tornado-damaged houses on Labadie Avenue.
Christian Gooden, Post-Dispatch
See drone footage of tornado damage to the Fountain Place, Academy, DeBaliviere Place, and Central West End neighborhoods of 最新杏吧原创, one day after a May 16, 2025 tornado ripped through the region, as seen on May 17, 2025.
Nonprofit plans to try and get $3,000 checks to households who lived in the 1,300 or so buildings that received a 鈥渞ed sticker鈥 from the city …
Vanessa Brown-Livingston, facing camera, is embraced by Yvette Ellis on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, after Ellis arrived to check on her tornado-damaged home on Labadie Avenue.
The Shelley House, in the 4600 block of Labadie Avenue, is seen Wednesday, May 21, 2025. The house was the subject of the Shelley v. Kraemer Supreme Court case over racially restrictive housing covenants.
Vanessa Brown-Livingston stops in her backyard to say a prayer on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, as she sorts her belongings in her tornado-damaged home on Labadie Avenue.
The number plate that once hung above the front door of Vanessa Brown-Livingston鈥檚 home is on the ground, with a red tag affixed to it, on Friday, May 23, 2025.
Jasmin Brown, Vanessa Brown-Livingston's daughter, plays catch with her son, Xavier, and his friend on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, outside the family's tornado-damaged home on Labadie Avenue.
Vanessa Brown-Livingston shares a laugh with friends on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, as they grill meat that was bound to go bad inside her family鈥檚 tornado-damaged homes on Labadie Avenue.
Vanessa Brown-Livingston stops to gather herself on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, as she sorts her belongings in her tornado-damaged home on Labadie Avenue. "This was a house of love," she said. "We're gonna turn it into something beautiful."
In 1948, the Supreme Court ruled that 最新杏吧原创an J.D. Shelley had a right to buy property in the 4600 block of Labadie Avenue despite a covenant banning Black people from the area. Ethel Shelley is shown reading news of the decision in the 最新杏吧原创 Post-Dispatch.
Going from a backyard in one family home to another family home next door requires Vanessa Brown-Livingston to slip under a tight tarp cord on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. She was sorting her belongings in the tornado-damaged homes.
Xavier Brown, left, eats on a neighbor's porch with friends on Friday, May 23, 2025, next to his family's tornado-damaged homes in the 4600 block of Labadie Avenue.
Vanessa Brown-Livingston moves items in her home as she prepares to honor a city order on Friday, May 23, 2025, that deems it unlawful to inhabit either of her family's tornado-damaged houses on Labadie Avenue.
