Most people know that interstates cut up neighborhoods, destroying urban fabric, but perhaps the most egregious example is what I-44 did to The Hill. One row of houses were preserved, permanently cut off the majority of the neighborhood. There is no critical mass, but the houses are well-kept, and there’s even a bar that is…
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South Kingshighway Viaduct
Update: I revisited this viaduct in 2015; it was closed in 2015 for demolition and replaced with a new bridge which opened in 2017. See it back in 2009. Most people have traveled up and over the crumbling South Kingshighway Viaduct, but unless you’re taking the bizarre detour for Shaw Avenue, there is little reason…
Magic Chef Factory
Update: Mostly demolished in late 2017. We learned from the owner of the giant building on South Kingshighway on The Hill that the huge edifice was once the Magic Chef Factory. Above is what was originally the front door of the factory, facing the major avenue. I had always wondered why the Magic Chef office…
Do Not Enter
Update: The old Kingshighway Viaduct over the railroad tracks was closed for demolition in 2015; the new bridge opened in 2017. See pictures of the old viaduct in August of 2013 and 2015 before demolition.
I Need a New Camera
Update: I bought a new camera that then broke in 2013 while in Italy, and then bought a new camera that replaced that one. Yikes, I think dropping my camera twice now, one off a ladder eight feet off a wooden floor, and the second time on concrete in Hermann, has finally rendered my camera…