On a lark I decided to see what was happening over in the Metro East, so I headed over the McKinley Bridge and first passed through Venice, Illinois. The first stop is a building that has long been many of my friends’ favorite, with its cool central pavilion, the Venice Recreation Hall. After that is…
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Uranium, Venice and Madison, Illinois
Update: Due to reader feedback, this post has been modified to reflect that the majority of the plant and a portion of the neighborhood are in fact in Venice. Portions of the plant and the neighborhood are in Madison. There’s a portion of Venice and Madison, Illinois that’s literally, not figuratively, on the wrong side…
Venice, Revisited
Update: I revisited Venice in February of 2023. I have no idea what the house, I dubbed the “Fight Club” house is used for, but it is still standing, whether occupied or not. I first came over to Venice to see the demolition of their high school building, which is still a vacant lot. There…
Fight Club House, Venice, Illinois
Update: See the house again in April of 2019. I hadn’t been over to Venice, Illinois since 2008, when Venice High School was being demolished (I like to think I take much better pictures now). We saw this house, and both agreed that its location reminded us of the house from Fight Club, a lone…
Venice Power Plant, Interior Photos During Demolition
Update: The power plant was demolished by the end of 2012. See earlier demolition photographs from late 2011, July and August of 2012. Also, I invite readers to compare this plant with the renovated Bankside Power Station, which is now the Tate Modern in London. I’ve been following the demolition of the Venice Power Plant now…
Venice Power Plant, Coming Down Fast
Update: The power plant was demolished by the end of 2012. See some interior demolition photographs here, right before it was completely demolished. I first photographed the beginning of demolition in late 2011. I’ve continued to be impressed by the massive hulk of the Venice Power Station; it seems that even the demolition of such…
Venice Power Plant, Half Gone
Update: The power plant was demolished by the end of 2012. See more photographs of the?later in the summer here, and photographs of its interior during demolition. I’ve been fascinated by the demolition of the Venice Power Plant, which I’ve covered before in the past. Unlike a lot of demolitions, which start with the clearing…
Venice Power Plant Demolition
Update: Demolition was completed in late 2012. See photographs of demolition in the summer of 2012 here and here, and also photos of the interior during demolition here. I’ve got the bad feeling that the Venice Power Station is being torn down. I drove by on Thursday, and large portions of the building have disappeared,…
Venice High School Demolition
I received word that the Venice High School building was being demolished, so I rushed over and got some mediocre pictures of the edifice before further demolition could be accomplished. I know very little about Venice, Illinois, except that it once owned the McKinley Bridge and failed in its efforts to restore the bridge by…
Merchants Bridge, Under Reconstruction, Part Three
Without much fanfare, they have completed the third, westernmost and final truss span of the Merchants’ Bridge north of downtown. The bridge piers remain, encased and strengthened with massive amounts of reinforced concrete. The old Merchants’ Bridge, the second oldest span in St. Louis, is now a memory. I looked at the first and second…