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Lindell

Thanks...  I'm guessing this is facing east with maybe Taylor as that first cross street?  The building on the left looks like it could be the Monticello at 4535 Lindell.

It's Euclid. That's the St. Regis on the right.

I'm born and raised in St. Louis, but I moved away in 1985 and didn't return until 2019. Now I find I am obsessed with the city's history. 

Recently, completely by random, I stumbled across this bridge on Sulphur Avenue. I actually saw it from Hampton at first, but couldn't figure out how to get to it because I was on the wrong side of River des Peres.  I finally found it and got some photos, but then I became obsessed with it and had to research it more (as well as the RDP, which had been an enigma to me when I was a teenager in south STL). 

Anyway, I wrote up an article about the bridge and the RDP for my Substack, and my intention is to write up other random, less well-known spots in the city. I already have a handful of places ready to go and would love more ideas. If you know of more resources to research the bridge/area further, or if I have anything wrong, I'd love the feedback.

Here's the link to the article: You never know where a rusty bridge might take you

Good stuff; thanks for sharing.

BTW, as a kid I was fascinated by through-truss bridges as well, but for a different reason. I couldn't for the life of me understand why they would put all that heavy steel above the roadway; wouldn't that just add more weight to the bridge's load? My dad, not being a structural engineer, tried to explain it to me, but I couldn't grasp the logic.  

That's a lovely old bridge and I've long wondered about it. I think I first saw it on a trip to the Human Society sometime in the 90s. I figured it was a railroad bridge, but . . . who on earth would have crossed the river just there? (It was always the River Despair to me. Along with the Mrs. Sloppy, the Merry Muck, and the Misery. All great brown gods require nicknames.) Anyway, fun article! And I look forward to your story.

I got this crap photo last night at the SLSO concert in Forest Park. That orange  orb is the moon rising just before the finale. Really awesome moment, anyone get some good photos of it?

Looks like this beauty never made it back to Houston:





Found it just off Sutter Ave. in U City, near this motley crew:

Got a new listing in Wydown Skinker so of course I did some drone shots. Enjoy

Awesome photos!!

I was in the park today, and I can attest that the "Ring of Fire" in front of the Art Museum is in full display right now.  

And the photogs are everywhere! 

Agree, amazing shots!

stlgasm wrote:Moorlander- you must share those photos on Skyscraperpage.com and/or City-Data!  They capture the true scale and grandeur of the urban core. You can really see how St. Louis was primed to become a huge, dense city before the sh*t hit the fan. Anyone who thinks Charlotte or Columbus or Indianapolis or Kansas City can hold a candle to St. Louis’s urban might hasn’t seen the city from this vantage point- there’s really no comparison. St. Louis is mature, stately and substantive. Truly magnificent. The last eastern city indeed.

Done and done

^Reminds me of the Parkville Commercial Underground up near KC. I find these types of things fascinating.