Zulauf's albums - Imgur. Abandoned buildings. I always find it fascinating how a row of houses born together begin to die and transform as the decades go by.
Read Post → We drove through the Ville neighborhood last week, and I was disappointed to see that the neglect and deterioration has continued. Once the isolated “suburban” town of Elleardsville, the Ville became the center of the… Read Post → The construction method of this building allowed its salvation–or did it? Read Post → You know, lost in all of the talk about the new stadium and the military installation, is that North St. Read Post → What a neat little house, hiding in plain sight St. Read Post → I continue to be fascinated by this ridiculous abandoned in-fill house, which at most was occupied for less than five years. Read Post → Dodier Street dead ends here, and I have to admit that I had never visited it before.
Read Post → Read Post → This fine structure, described as dilapidated by the news media, has giant timbers holding up its interior. Vanishing STL. Demolition is a relatively rare occurrence in Skinker DeBaliviere, but this week a two-family building at 6177 Waterman is slowly disappearing.
The building was for many years the parsonage for Grace United Methodist Church Which is located at Skinker and Waterman. The church was designed by a short-lived partnership of Theodore C. Link, Alfred Rosenheim & William B. Ittner. The building was originally constructed on Lindell Boulevard at Newstead, directly across from the New Cathedral (now the site of the Town House apartments). The decision to take down the parsonage is part of a larger renovation and re-configuring of spaces inside the church which were underutilized as well as create needed gathering space, better vertical circulation and a new entrance for accessible drop-off. Inside the abandoned Forest Park hospital. Memory_machine's Blog - Wellington Military Academy. Recently, Silverstreak and I had a chance to visit a place that I had been wanting to go for awhile now.
It's a little drive from the St. Louis area, so we loaded up the car with our gear and plenty of coffee and hit the road. I knew what city the school was in, but had been unable to find an adress before leaving, so I wasn't sure exactly where I was going. We drove around for awhile, trying to aim for the areas where we assumed a military academy might be located (what those areas look like, I was never quite sure).
Finally, after backtracking awhile, we saw a sign that said "Wellington Military Academy" and had an arrow. I parked the car, grabbed my gear, and did the "boy, I sure have to pee" shuffel, where one can't really walk upright or at a full pace anymore. "You're Episcopalian, right? " "I sure am! " After walking another block or so, we arrived at the academy. Memory_machine's Blog - Gateway Community Hospital. One of our final stops on the day of White Rabbit's most recent visit was the Gateway Community Hospital, just a short jaunt across the river into East St.
Louis. Gateway Community is just one of a number of buildings in East St. Louis on my list of places to visit. When we arrived, I was slightly disappointed to see that the building was barely more than a shell. No windows survived, making the entire place open to the elements. I was getting my camera and other supplies ready to venture inside when I noticed a look on White Rabbit's face that I had never seen before: Apprehension, I think it was.
"Man, I feel really stupid that I do so much crazy stuff, but going into one abandoned building in East St. I made sure to remind him that we had just LEFT the most dangerous city in the country. The inside of the building wasn't that interesting, honestly. I am glad I had the chance to see this old hospital, but I don't think I'd make a return trip. Comments are closed for this post. St. Mary's Infirmary: Back Wall.