Update: Demolished in the summer of 2016. Here is the second installment of my finding a sunnyside-up egg on the ground. See the first one here.
Tag: National Stockyards
Three Year Anniversary of Saint Louis Patina: Favorite Photos
All this week, Saint Louis Patina is looking back over the last three years, revisiting the highlights of dozens of expeditions and thousands of photographs. 1) Highway 40, Closed to Traffic 2) Abandoned Diner, Goodfield, Illinois. Update: Demolished on March 9, 2011. 3) Doric Temple, Paestum, Italy 4) Lafayette Square Rowhouses 5) Armour Meatpacking Plant,…
National Stockyards, National City, Illinois
Wow, I heard the final remains of the National Stockyards were coming down, but all I found when I got there was a pile of rubble. Here today, gone tomorrow. Armour Meatpacking is in the background.
No, Climb DOWN!
Update: Demolished by implosion in April 2016. No kidding? There’s video up on Youtube of the famous ascent up the smokestack of Armour Meatpacking Plant.
From the Roof of Armour
Update: Demolished by implosion in April 2016.
Seeing the Light, Armour Meatpacking Plant
Update: Demolished by implosion in April 2016. Light filtering down through a hole in the floor into the basement of Armour Meatpacking Plant.
Cold Storage, Armour Meatpacking Plant
Update: Demolished in the summer of 2016. Imagine hundreds or perhaps thousands of hog carcasses dangling from the ceilings of the massive refrigerator rooms at Armour. Built of thick concrete and foam insulation, the room was still cold on a sunny day in March. Remarkably large stalactites and stalagmites have begun to form on the…
Killing Floor, Armour Meatpacking Plant
Update: Demolished in the summer of 2016.
Armour Meatpacking Plant Refrigeration Machine
Update: Demolished by implosion in April 2016.
Bending Fingers
Update: Demolished in the summer of 2016.