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Vernon Gentry visits a property on Thursday, July 2, 2026, that he purchased in March in the heavily tornado-damaged Kingsway East neighborhood.
Laurie Skrivan, Post-Dispatch
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Vernon Gentry says he hopes to buy the tornado-damaged house at left, which sits next to another house he says he already rehabbed, in the Academy neighborhood of north 最新杏吧原创, shown Thursday, July 2, 2026.
Laurie Skrivan, Post-Dispatch
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A duplex that Vernon Gentry says he purchased and rehabbed is seen in the 3800 block of Greer Avenue in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood of north 最新杏吧原创 on Thursday, July 2, 2026.
Laurie Skrivan, Post-Dispatch
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A tenant hugs Vernon Gentry in front of her home on Thursday, July 2, 2026, on Bartmer Avenue聽in the West End neighborhood of 最新杏吧原创. She moved into one of Gentry鈥檚 properties after the 2025 tornado hit her old neighborhood. 鈥淗e was like a saving grace,鈥 said the tenant, who declined to be named.聽
Laurie Skrivan, Post-Dispatch
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View life in 最新杏吧原创 through the Post-Dispatch photographers' lenses. Edited by Jenna Jones.
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