The Cotton Belt’s eastern, river side has been spruced up with this great mural. More in the future on this.
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Near North Riverfront, Site of Stadium?
I’m sure many of my readers are curious about the proposed football stadium in the Near North Riverfront just north of Laclede’s Landing, hemmed in today by I-44, I-70, the MLK Bridge and the river….
Cyrus F. Blanke Building
Cyrus F. Blanke owned a tea and coffee company here in St. Louis. I’ve always been intrigued by his building, and its muted detail covered in off-white paint. Interestingly, the 1904 era Sanborn maps have…
Abandoned Warehouse
I turned to Matt Fernandez of Old North St. Louis Restoration Group for information about the old warehouse at St. Louis Avenue and 13th Street: “1225-27 St. Louis Ave was originally built around 1907 as…
The Mysterious Industrial Zone
Hard up along the county line, we discovered a whole neighborhood of early Twentieth Century industrial buildings, some in the process of being demolished, some just sitting vacant, and others that seemed to be occupied,…
Collapsed Warehouse, Fox Park
It’s strange to see such a large building to collapse in a pile of rubble on the South Side. But that’s what happened a couple of weeks ago in the Fox Park neighborhood. What a…
Gateway Refrigeration
Servco Building, Devastated by Fire
The dramatic fog of smoke that settled up and down the river in St. Louis during this fire was unforgettable. And we lose yet another building on Chouteau’s Landing.
Crunden-Martin, Waiting
Crunden-Martin Manufacturing was one of those industries East Coast types like to cite when talking about the so-called “Rust Belt.” Famous for its wood products, the company operated in the shadow of downtown, then the…
Cotton Belt from Broadway
I always wonder who those lone people are that are walking around amongst the abandoned buildings. Do they live nearby? There are in fact houses in the area. What do they think about jargon such…
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