I was heading up North Broadway when I spotted something out of the corner of my eye that made me make a U-turn and investigate. Through the lush undergrowth that had sprung up from the heavy rains we’ve seen this spring, I spotted the ruins of an old building peeking out. Through some research, I…
Tag: Far North Riverfront
Demolition, The Workhouse
Regardless of your opinion of the Workhouse, or more properly called the Medium Security Institution, it is being demolished, and I thought I would swing by and take a look at the site. I had never actually stopped before, and really, driving along Hall Street, I’m generally looking out for maniac drivers around me so…
Rising Stove
I love ghost signs, and this one on North Broadway is one that I hadn’t seen or photographed before. I like the name.
Harlem, Far North Riverfront, Revisited
My mind wandered back to a post I did all the way back in May of 2010, about a neighborhood east of North Broadway and just to the southeast of Bellefontaine Cemetery that had already been decimated by demolition, and would cease to exist within months of my documentation, replaced by a large interstate travel…
Fires
The third weekend of July was rough in North St. Louis. First off, we lost a beautiful corner store at West Florissant and De Soto avenues, which I swear I’ve photographed and I also could swear was occupied with a second-hand appliance store if I remember correctly. It was destroyed by fire Saturday morning in…
Cementland, April 2023
Cementland, for those who haven’t heard, has been sold to a barge and commodities company, and judging from recent satellite images, much of the structures built on the property have been cleared. I went by on a recent Saturday and there is a new gate on the front entrance, and evidence of earth having been…
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…
Two Events Coming Up Soon
I would like to invite my readers to two wonderful events coming up this weekend and the first weekend of October. Imagine yourself trapped between two hostile forces during the Civil War in Missouri. Caught in this huge conflict the enslaved Archer Alexander would earn his freedom, because of his brave act at the Peruque Creek bridge…
Merchants Bridge, Under Reconstruction, Part Two
Update: The new bridge is now complete. I figured it was about time to get back out to the McKinley Bridge to survey the progress of reconstruction of the Merchants Bridge. Back in October of 2021, only the furthest east of the three trusses had been replaced, so I figured they were probably fairly far…
Merchants Bridge, Under Reconstruction
Update: See the replacement of the middle span from August of 2022. The new bridge is now complete. The venerable Merchants Bridge, which was built in 1890 and is the second oldest crossing at St. Louis, is being replaced by a new span which is using portions of the original. The original granite bridge piers,…