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Archive for April, 2008

2 houses burned tonight in the early hours of the evening.

Posted in Abandoned, Eminent domain, Photography, St. Louis, Suburban Decay, Urban Decay, tagged , , , , , , , on April 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Driving down 370- “Hey, what’s up with the smoke… it looks like its coming from Carrollton.”
I hadn’t finished the history behind the last house fire from this weekend when I was alerted to a fire in the old neighborhood. When we got there, it wasn’t just one, but two homes on fire. [...]

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Another weekend, another house fire

Posted in Abandoned, Eminent domain, Photography, St. Louis, Suburban Decay, Urban Decay, tagged , , , , , , , on April 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

This house at 4232 Manteca burned to the ground in the early hours of April 20th. You would think that, since two houses burned in two weekends, that some airport official will figure out the pattern and make some attempt at security. Well, they haven’t and now for the third weekend in a row, [...]

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Asherton (not Allenhurst), one-half

Posted in Abandoned, Eminent domain, Photography, St. Louis, Suburban Decay, Urban Decay, tagged , , , , , , , on April 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Sometime Sunday night, April 13-14th, Allenhurst Allenhurst had caught fire. Just as Lonsdale, only one half of Allenhurst stands, charred and wet.
Backing up to the former Bridgeton Nursing Home, this house was the only house in the Gist-area portion of Northern Carrollton. This area was beginning to clear out while I [...]

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“That’s why it is very unlikely (Lambert) will ever be a major hub.”

Posted in Eminent domain, Photography, St. Louis, Suburban Decay, Suburbia, Urban Decay, tagged , , , , , , , on April 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »

The article today’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch puts Lambert International, and with it the fate of Carrollton, into startling perspective.
It is true, and now there is even more evidence- the destruction of our homes was, officially, for no reason. According to the article, the airport has been classified as simply a ‘mid-sized’ airport since [...]

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Ghost Town

Posted in Abandoned, Eminent domain, Photography, St. Louis, Suburban Decay, Suburbia, Urban Decay, tagged , , , , , , , on April 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Nothing has been destroyed since the recent Lonsdale demos and the fire. This past week’s violent winds and rain has caused major damage to the last house on Woodford Way and another home on Bittick. The roof of both homes has been nearly blown off to the point that the [...]

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