As we were photographing the houses seen yesterday on Leffingwell, a man came out to his car, and greeted us. His name was Dan, and he and his family have lived at the corner of…
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St. Louis Avenue, JeffVanderLou, Revisited
I know for a fact that the one of these houses, either the one on the far left or the one second from right, now trashed was occupied the last time I looked at these…
Old Parks College, Cahokia, Illinois
A reader sent me some fascinating shots of the now-abandoned Parks College in Cahokia. It seems to have been completely given over to nature, with little interest shown to cleaning up the site. I suppose…
Friedens Cemetery
We looked at the Friedens Church in Hyde Park yesterday, and now we move out to the associated cemetery just outside the City of St. Louis on North Broadway, or Bellefontaine Road. The burial records…
The House on Pleasantview Road, Surviving Another Summer
The house on Pleasantview Road is still standing.
Jewish Orthodox Old Home, In Transition
Thanks to a tip from a reader, I was alerted to the removal of all of the windows and the painting over of graffiti at the old Jewish Orthodox Old Home. What is happening? I…
Granite City Steel, From State Street
State Street, what appears to have been the second of two major commercial streets along with Niedringhaus Avenue, is basically 100% vacant. There are some stores converted to apartments. But what is truly interesting about…
Historic Pond Drying Up
Remember last year when I posted about all the great historic, if abandoned buildings out in Pond, a small hamlet along Manchester Road in Wildwood? Well, the historic Pond Hotel was demolished, and so was…
Tiffany Neighborhood
What is there to say about the Tiffany neighborhood, the area south of Chouteau, west of Compton, north of I-44 and east of 39th (originally Tiffany) Street? Most of it has been demolished by SLU,…
The Tortured Land Around Lambert Airport
I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone say, “Hey guys, let’s go hang out around the airport!” But surprisingly, the site of Lambert was once a cottonwood marsh known in French as Marais des Liards,…
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