Update: I have gone back many more times over the year. You can see my posts on the area here. I plan on making many, many more trips to Chouteau’s Landing, the warehouse district underneath the approaches to the MacArthur Bridge just south of the Arch. Though mostly abandoned nowadays, the narrow streets probably created…
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Riverfront Vistas
Update: The smokestacks have now been demolished. I love the massive, hulking strength of early 20th Century architecture. Overengineered to last forever, their remnants stand proudly, often in better shape than their younger counterparts. Whether it’s the massive approaches to the MacArthur Bridge, or the long dormant Cahokia Power Station, these behemoths, blackened with soot…
The MacArthur Bridge
The MacArthur Bridge, originally the Municipal Free Bridge, was built by the City of St. Louis to break the monopoly the Terminal Railroad held on the Eads Bridge. The bridge is gigantic, and you don’t really get a sense of its scale until you stand beneath it, taking in the sheer size of the structure….