Commercial Avenue is really where Cairo’s history turns dark and tragic. The desolation that dominates the lower east side of the peninsula shows in the photo above. Though several blocks away, I could capture a…
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Further South than Richmond, Virginia: Cairo, Illinois
I finally made it to Cairo, Illinois with my father last week. I have to admit, while I was prepared to see what many of my friends have already been documenting for years, I was…
Central Industrial Drive, McRee Town
Central Industrial Drive might be the most forgotten street in St. Louis, stretching from Vandeventer to Chouteau in a valley that stretches up to the Mill Creek Valley. It was packed with railroad tracks for…
Dan, Madison Street and Beyond, JeffVanderLou
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…
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…
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