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Manufacturers Bank and Trust Company of St. Louis, South Broadway

Posted on November 11, 2020 by Chris Naffziger

Originally known as the Manufacturers’ Bank and Trust Company, this financial institution changed its name to the American Bank of St. Louis, before being merged with Mercantile Bank, It’s a classic Beaux-Arts bank building, though it’s curious in its relatively… Continue Reading →

South Banks, Beaux-Arts, South Riverfront
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South Riverfront, Revisited Again Late August 2019

Posted on September 23, 2019 by Chris Naffziger

The railroad tracks that snake around the South Riverfront are still used, but they seem more quiet than they used to be over a century ago. I was down this way back in 2017. The views of downtown are vast… Continue Reading →

South Bridges, Chouteau's Landing, MacArthur Bridge, South Riverfront, The Levee
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Transmission Lines

Posted on July 15, 2018 by Chris Naffziger

I sometimes find it hard to believe there was once life on the riverfront. It’s just a giant empty expanse of concrete, partially buried train tracks and vacant lots awaiting “redevelopment” that’s probably never coming.

South Deserted, South Riverfront, Vacant Lots
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Sugar Loaf Mound, House Demolished

Posted on August 27, 2017 by Chris Naffziger

The house which sat on top of Sugar Load Mound has been demolished by the Osage Nation. The lower platform of the mound to the north still has one house left.

South Historic Sites, South Riverfront
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Further South Riverfront, Revisited

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Chris Naffziger

The South Riverfront, cut off by cliffs and I-55, is not as immediately accessible as the North Riverfront. But it still holds its curiosities, like this elevator, below. These cliffs looks natural, as they seem to undulate, as if water… Continue Reading →

South Historic Buildings, South Riverfront, Warehouses
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South Riverfront, Revisited

Posted on August 15, 2017 by Chris Naffziger

Update: I revisited the area again in the summer of 2019. The near south riverfront, just below the Arch grounds on the Mississippi, is still a fascinating place. This giant crane, for example, is a mystery to me; what was… Continue Reading →

South Bridges, Historic Buildings, Power Plants, South Riverfront, Warehouses
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East of Interstate 55 Down South

Posted on May 25, 2017 by Chris Naffziger

There is a large portion of the city cut off by the interstates. Up north, we see mostly devastation, as people fled living next to an interstate on the west and industry on the east. Down south, it’s not so… Continue Reading →

South Early Twentieth Century Eclectic, Early Vernacular, Houses, Italianate, Modernism, South Riverfront, Storefronts
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Western Cable Railroad Right-of-Way

Posted on April 18, 2017 by Chris Naffziger

Coming through the ice house on the Lemp Brewery’s property, a rail line came down Potomac, and curved northward to hook up to the Iron Mountain Railroad. While the middle of the curving path is now gone due to the… Continue Reading →

South Breweries, Lemp, Lemp Brewery, Romanesque Revival, South Riverfront
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Old Merck and Co. Manfacturing Chemists and Herf and Frerichs Chemical Company

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Chris Naffziger

Located down an isolated road that looks like it goes nowhere are the buildings of what was once a Merck pharmaceuticals factory, and an adjacent factory that may have been owned by Merck or at least operated in tandem to… Continue Reading →

South Factories, South Riverfront, Warehouses
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Random Horse

Posted on September 14, 2014 by Chris Naffziger

I was showing someone the municipal incinerator down on Gasconade Street. It’s an impressive structure, and from I understand, it still burns our garbage. It’s a shame it doesn’t capture the electrical potential of that heat like Baltimore’s incinerator does.… Continue Reading →

South Historic Buildings, South Riverfront

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