Shortly after my last post, I wandered around Carrollton, and discovered that, back in the far reaches of the subdivision the blackened concrete foundation of 4217 Manteca was nothing more than a freshly buried mound of dirt. Nothing more is left to indicate that a grand two story house once existed on that very spot.
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Archive for November, 2008
Work began in Carrollton…13 houses left
Posted in Abandoned, Eminent domain, Photography, St. Louis, Suburban Decay, Suburbia, Urban Decay, tagged Abandoned, airport, Bridgeton, decay, Eminent domain, Lambert, Photography, St. Louis, Suburban Decay, Urban Decay on November 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The end is…..near? Maybe?
Posted in Abandoned, Eminent domain, Photography, St. Louis, Suburban Decay, Suburbia, Urban Decay, tagged Abandoned, Bridgeton, Eminent domain, Lambert, Photography, St. Louis, Suburban Decay, Urban Decay on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In the past month, I have seen more gates go up and my hopes grow ever more sour regarding the remaining homes being demolished in the proper manner in a timely fashion.
Lambert, thank you for finally starting work again, even if it has been 8 months and dragged out for too many years.
This weekend, the [...]





