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…
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Folsom Avenue, McRee Town
The eclectic nature of the area’s architecture continues on the northern end of the residential area. There was a Jewish population in the neighborhood for a while, as this former synagogue attests. Folsom Avenue is…
Armour Meat Packing Plant, Surviving Another Season
I’m always amazed to see the Armour Meat Packing Plant still standing whenever I drive by. It must be on its last leg, as the new bridge is opening soon and the property values are…
Abandoned Factory, Old North St. Louis
The original platting of the town of North St. Louis, at the time several miles north of the city center, originally called for three circular parks in the middle of the street grid: one for…
Carter Carburetor Coming Down
I knew that Carter Carburetor had been marked for Brown Field clearance, but I didn’t realize they had started. Due to contamination, I know that much of the interior probably has to be remediated first,…
Irving School, Hyde Park
Documented by the Preservation Research Office back in 2005, I was surprised to see that the building has been renovated into apartments, which are well-maintained and occupied. After the demolition of Hodgen School last year…
St. Louis Shot Tower Company
Photo from the Missouri Historical Society, ca. 1850. St. Louis, like many major cities in America, had its own company that produced bullets, or “shot.” Produced by dropping molten lead through a screen high at…
Victor Iron Works, Polar Wave, Soulard
I recently found the Victor Iron Works, which at some point at least fabricated cast iron store fronts. They are still in business to the present day. Starting in a single building on 7th Street,…
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…
Magic Chef Factory
Image courtesy of Jason Gray. We learned from the owner of the giant building on South Kingshighway on The Hill that the huge edifice was once the Magic Chef Factory. Above is what was originally…
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