Heading north up Blair into Hyde Park, we pass by those streets with little bungalows built in the early Twentieth Century. I know there are many more that are abandoned now than when I first came up this way in 2008. The house below hasn’t changed for the better since I photographed it in January…
Tag: North Up Blair Avenue
North Up Blair Avenue, North of St. Louis Avenue, Old North, March 2024
North of St. Louis Avenue, things were quiet, and little has changed. There aren’t really any new collapses, or demolitions to speak of. We reach Branch Avenue, which is the border with Hyde Park.
North Up Blair Avenue, South of St. Louis Avenue, Old North, March 2024
I’ve decided to make “North Up Blair Avenue,” my periodic journey up that street through the inner Northside neighborhoods a tag. I also decided to take a much more detailed look, and start further south in the Old North neighborhood, around Howard Street. There is a lot of vacant land, including where the German Singing…
North Up Blair Avenue, Spring 2021
Every year or so, I do a “North up Blair Avenue” post, and see the state of the neighborhoods slashed on their eastern side by Interstate 70. You can see the 2018 and 2019 posts from previous years. I did it again last Saturday, and things are looking good, but also some things are staying…
North Up Blair Avenue, Again
Update: I went back up this way again in late summer of 2019. Last fall, I did a post entitled “North Up Blair Avenue,” which looked at a cross section of the neighborhoods that were affected by the construction of Interstate 70, but that also show signs of rebounding. Beginning above, a house long admired…
North Up Blair Avenue, Fall 2018
Update: I retraced my path in early and late summer of 2019. Many of the buildings seen below have now been demolished and are now vacant lots. The house featured in the pictures above and below was demolished in 2019. Blair Avenue gives you a great cross section of the neighborhoods just to the west…