The Lonely Survivor, Northeastern St. Louis Place
I never noticed this lone house, sitting by itself just off of North Florissant Avenue. It is just to the east of the famous park that gives St. Louis Place its name.
abandoned buildings
Remnants, The Old Army Munitions Plant
I am fairly certain that this forlorn abandoned factory building along the north side of Stratford Avenue is the remnant of the massive army munitions plant that manufactured arms during World War II. It featured a gigantic vaulted steel building… Continue Reading
Summer’s End, Old North
South Side of Winnebago Street, Gravois Park #2
This is the third of three weeks on Thursdays and Fridays, where I’ve been looking at the three east-west streets parallel to Cherokee Street in Gravois Park, the neighborhood to the south of the famous commercial artery. This is where the east-west streets… Continue Reading
Cold Storage Warehouses, Near North Riverfront, October 2018
It’s been a couple of years since I came down here to take pictures of the old cold storage warehouses, and to see how they’ve been doing. It’s been almost two years since the fire, and the old cold storage… Continue Reading
Penrose, October 2018
Last March I photographed Penrose in the snow, but I came back in mid October to take more pictures without the snowflakes in the way. It is a beautiful neighborhood, but abandonment is beginning to creep in, and I worry… Continue Reading
South Side of Miami Street, Gravois Park #2
This is the second of three weeks on Thursdays and Fridays, where I’ll be looking at the three east-west streets parallel to Cherokee Street in Gravois Park, the neighborhood to the south of the famous commercial artery. This is where the east-west streets… Continue Reading
South Side of Miami Street, Gravois Park #1
This is the second of three weeks on Thursdays and Fridays, where I’ll be looking at the three east-west streets parallel to Cherokee Street in Gravois Park, the neighborhood to the south of the famous commercial artery. This is where the east-west streets… Continue Reading
Around the Greater Ville
There are always surprises, such as this cool Modernist ranch house in the Greater Ville, but most houses are the little shotgun bungalows that provided affordable homeownership in the early Twentieth Century. The old open pit mines around here, converted… Continue Reading
Labadie Avenue, West of Newstead, The Greater Ville
Your tax dollars at work! A recently abandoned Modernist school building has newer playground equipment in a trash-strewn blacktop playground. I do not know if children feel safe enough to come and use it now. Further down Labadie, most of… Continue Reading