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Carrollton, Erased. The last house was destroyed today.

Posted in 1, Eminent domain, Photography, St. Louis, Suburban Decay, Suburbia, Urban Decay, tagged , , , , , , , , on February 10, 2009 | 7 Comments »

I’m still going to save all the metaphors and prophetic speech I have saved up for a later post.   For right now, I really feel nothing but peace that it is finally over.
12679 Grandin came down around 2:00 this afternoon, Tues. February 10th.    Together with my good friends, I did in fact photograph and film [...]

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12679 Grandin

Posted in Abandoned, Eminent domain, Photography, St. Louis, Suburban Decay, Suburbia, Urban Decay on February 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Still there as of yet.   The demo crews have said that the takedown may not be until Wednesday, Feb. 11th, so we will see.   I won’t get too metaphorical until its all over.   Until then, I leave you with this summary:
Foresight and Regret Equal Nothing.       -Jami

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The last house in Carrollton – final respects

Posted in Abandoned, Eminent domain, Photography, St. Louis, Suburban Decay, Suburbia, Urban Decay, tagged , , , , , , , , on February 7, 2009 | 7 Comments »

I went through Carrollton today and 4 of the remaining 5 homes have been torn down in the past week. There is one lone house remaing of the original 2,000.
It is 12679 Grandin. The asbestos has been removed as well as all of the materials that are used during the removal. It looks like the [...]

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6 houses left and possibly the future Chinese air hub.

Posted in Eminent domain, St. Louis on February 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Just a small update:
The house on Marburn that was partially burnt out has been demolished and they are finishing up asbestos work on Grandin, which is the last remaining house that needs to have asbestos abatement. It looks like the final demolitions of the remaining 6 houses should begin soon.
Also, it looks like things are [...]

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