Hey, office and flex space for lease! I revisited Crunden Martin to check up on the state of the buildings after the disastrous Black Friday fire.

Yes, in case you were wondering, that sign is new.

As I had appraised on Black Friday, the building that had already suffered a fire back in 2011 is almost certainly salvageable, as it’s been sitting like this for fourteen years and saw no new damage as far as I could tell.

Also, this Crunden Martin sign is intact, and should be salvaged for preservation in a museum or perhaps somewhere in the new development. The identical sign on the other side of the bridge, sadly, was damaged. The bridge will have to come down, even though it itself seems intact, due to the lack of structural stability of the building to the east, which is in ruins.

It wouldn’t be a trip to Chouteau’s Landing without a photograph of cars three feet away from you on the interstate!

I hadn’t visited the north side of the complex since the fire, and as I suspected, the reinforced concrete building, the last major structure built in the complex, looks to be intact.

I don’t see why it can’t be saved.

To the east, while the facade is still standing, I doubt that unless there is immediate, emergency stabilization, the front wall will have to be demolished for safety reasons.

This portion of a neighboring building looks like it might be safe, but I’m afraid that it is not stable, despite looking ostensibly intact.

If you look closely, you can see that concrete on the railroad viaduct was actually damaged by falling brick. It will have to be repaired.

Looking back to the west.

The east side is just in shambles.

So is the south side, and this will all have to be demolished.

So in conclusion, it is a mixed bag. It’s a terrible loss, with only small portions of the once great complex that will survive.