Update: The town had changed dramatically when I revisited the town in February of 2020. Many of these houses have now been demolished. It’s so important to stress how the aborted airport expansion wiped out a wide swath of Kinloch. Scattered through the trees, remnants of the earliest houses in Kinloch still stand in several places….
Month: May 2010
Kinloch, Part 2
Update: The town had changed dramatically when I revisited the town in February of 2020. This part of Kinloch has been cleared for warehouses. Like some ancient necropolis, mounds of rubble pop out of the underbrush throughout the western part of Kinloch. Demolished for an airport expansion that never happened, each pile represents a house that…
Three Year Anniversary of Saint Louis Patina: Happy Birthday
Three years ago today, I began celebrating of St. Louis architecture: the good, the bad and the ugly. Through countless tanks of gas, dozens of rearview mirrors and dirty windshields caught in my shot, and only a handful of rude people asking indignantly, “Excuse me sir, what are you doing?” I’m having more fun now…
Three Year Anniversary of Saint Louis Patina: The Future
All this week, Saint Louis Patina is looking back over the last three years, revisiting the highlights of dozens of expeditions and thousands of photographs. In the near future, I hope to get a Flickr account up and running with a comprehensive listing of all of my photos. Also, I want to get my Google…
Three Year Anniversary of Saint Louis Patina: Favorite Photos
All this week, Saint Louis Patina is looking back over the last three years, revisiting the highlights of dozens of expeditions and thousands of photographs. 1) Highway 40, Closed to Traffic 2) Abandoned Diner, Goodfield, Illinois. Update: Demolished on March 9, 2011. 3) Doric Temple, Paestum, Italy 4) Lafayette Square Rowhouses 5) Armour Meatpacking Plant,…
Three Year Anniversary of Saint Louis Patina: Favorite Places in St. Louis
All this week, Saint Louis Patina is looking back over the last three years, revisiting the highlights of dozens of expeditions and thousands of photographs. Here are my top ten favorite places in the St. Louis area; these are places I have returned to time and time again for years, and captured the best photographs:…
Three Year Anniversary of Saint Louis Patina: Most Commented Upon Posts
All this week, Saint Louis Patina is looking back over the last three years, revisiting the highlights of dozens of expeditions and thousands of photographs. My website is not exactly controversial very often, but every once and a while I set someone off for some reason or another. Here are the posts with the most…
Three Year Anniversary of Saint Louis Patina: Two Seminal Posts
All this week, Saint Louis Patina is looking back over the last three years, revisiting the highlights of dozens of expeditions and thousands of photographs. These two early posts are of the greatest significant in the history of this website; one represents my first attempt at an historic architecture post I actually did for an…