Fout Place, Spring 2021

Readers had been inquiring about the house at the corner of Cook and Whittier, so I went by and checked up on it. Overall, the house looks to be doing about the same as it always has been, but I would not expect its roof to last too many more severe storms or winters. There…

West Down Cook Avenue from Whittier

Update: I revisited the house at Cook and Whittier above in the Spring of 2021. I was checking up on one of my favorite houses in the city, the stately manse at the southwest corner of Cook and Whittier, and I proceeded west down Cook Avenue, where there are some more exceptional examples of early…

In Between Delmar and Page Avenue, Revisited

Update: Here are some more photos from this area in 2019. I returned to that area just north of the Central West End near Lewis Place, and checked in on some of the houses that I had photographed before. The apartment building below has continued to deteriorate, though the collapsed front porch has been cleaned…

Disheartening Sight, Late July 2016

This house is still standing, but I wonder for how much longer. The street closure has to do with infrastructure improvement, not the risk of eminent collapse of the house.

A Disheartening Sight

Update: Urban Assets is now defunct, and the property has a new owner. This house was part of a development known as Fout Place, which is now its own tag where you can view all of the times I’ve visited this street. Every so often, I see a house that’s abandoned, falling apart, and I…