http://tinyurl.com/6gv5cx
Live View there. One side of the street you have rows of cloned houses and the other side of the street you have older homes, with some teeth missing.
A block south, I believe, is the Clemens Mansion, correct? I'm guessing because I believe I've seen a picture of the white porch wrapped in the blue tape stuff.
Here's the Google View, though you can't really see the house on Streetview due to the trees in the way.
http://tinyurl.com/62mlul
And don't get me wrong, I'd prefer to have new development than none at all, I just found the contrast interesting. The new homes are all set back in their yards a little bit and built basically the same. The old homes may be closer to the street. Also, the new homes all look bigger than the old ones. The old homes are built to butt right up against each other. They're built rectangular. The newer ones are a little more oddly-shaped and not designed to be right up against another.
You'll also see the Falstaff Brewery to the left there.
Madison street there is interesting because there are 2 houses on one end of the street and 1 house on the other end of the street. The middle of that block there has some kind of circle-shaped thing there.
There's also some pretty big complex on the corner of Maiden and 19th.
There's also a beautiful church at 20th and Benton.
Also, interesting here around Warren, Montgomery, and 20th streets, you see new development right across the street from devastated blocks that are almost completely empty.
http://tinyurl.com/6gw9w7
In the middle of the new development it looks like a little old house is still there, as well as a couple interesting buildings at St. Louis Ave and the corners of 20th and 21st.
Between Montgomery and Warren you'll see 2 hours disappeared from the time of Birds Eye to the time Google's satellite picture show.
Also, here's a view of Mullanphy Immigrant Home (on Live View) before the storm knocked out the wall. http://tinyurl.com/6e66t9
Here's a Google Streetview of Mullanphy after the wall was knocked out but before it was reinforced. (just click the little orange guy).
http://tinyurl.com/66ckfb
I'm not sure what this big complex is/was.
Google: http://tinyurl.com/5qox87
Birds eye: http://tinyurl.com/6nxhl3
You can just slightly still see the arch on Streetview there.
The white building across 9th street says "Derrick Soap Products" and "1550" (I assume for the address).
Probably the worst emptiness I've seen is just north of the Pruitt-Igoe forest, here (Google): http://tinyurl.com/65jbgd
Live view: http://tinyurl.com/6df74p
the blocks just west of it on Thomas St. are fairly empty as well. Between Thomas and Sheridan there is a circle logo on the pavement. It says, I think, "STL food", I guess for the store there nearby.
I'm not sure what the brick building on the corner of Mullanphy and N. Jefferson is. There is Streetview, and it looks like windows are intact. The sign on the front of the building says some kind of outlet, but I can't really read it from Streetview.
Anyway, I know I'm rambling and this is really long, I just found the contrasts interesting. Hopefully someday these streets will be densely filled with homes and families like they were 50 or so years ago.
Live View there. One side of the street you have rows of cloned houses and the other side of the street you have older homes, with some teeth missing.
A block south, I believe, is the Clemens Mansion, correct? I'm guessing because I believe I've seen a picture of the white porch wrapped in the blue tape stuff.
Here's the Google View, though you can't really see the house on Streetview due to the trees in the way.
http://tinyurl.com/62mlul
And don't get me wrong, I'd prefer to have new development than none at all, I just found the contrast interesting. The new homes are all set back in their yards a little bit and built basically the same. The old homes may be closer to the street. Also, the new homes all look bigger than the old ones. The old homes are built to butt right up against each other. They're built rectangular. The newer ones are a little more oddly-shaped and not designed to be right up against another.
You'll also see the Falstaff Brewery to the left there.
Madison street there is interesting because there are 2 houses on one end of the street and 1 house on the other end of the street. The middle of that block there has some kind of circle-shaped thing there.
There's also some pretty big complex on the corner of Maiden and 19th.
There's also a beautiful church at 20th and Benton.
Also, interesting here around Warren, Montgomery, and 20th streets, you see new development right across the street from devastated blocks that are almost completely empty.
http://tinyurl.com/6gw9w7
In the middle of the new development it looks like a little old house is still there, as well as a couple interesting buildings at St. Louis Ave and the corners of 20th and 21st.
Between Montgomery and Warren you'll see 2 hours disappeared from the time of Birds Eye to the time Google's satellite picture show.
Also, here's a view of Mullanphy Immigrant Home (on Live View) before the storm knocked out the wall. http://tinyurl.com/6e66t9
Here's a Google Streetview of Mullanphy after the wall was knocked out but before it was reinforced. (just click the little orange guy).
http://tinyurl.com/66ckfb
I'm not sure what this big complex is/was.
Google: http://tinyurl.com/5qox87
Birds eye: http://tinyurl.com/6nxhl3
You can just slightly still see the arch on Streetview there.
The white building across 9th street says "Derrick Soap Products" and "1550" (I assume for the address).
Probably the worst emptiness I've seen is just north of the Pruitt-Igoe forest, here (Google): http://tinyurl.com/65jbgd
Live view: http://tinyurl.com/6df74p
the blocks just west of it on Thomas St. are fairly empty as well. Between Thomas and Sheridan there is a circle logo on the pavement. It says, I think, "STL food", I guess for the store there nearby.
I'm not sure what the brick building on the corner of Mullanphy and N. Jefferson is. There is Streetview, and it looks like windows are intact. The sign on the front of the building says some kind of outlet, but I can't really read it from Streetview.
Anyway, I know I'm rambling and this is really long, I just found the contrasts interesting. Hopefully someday these streets will be densely filled with homes and families like they were 50 or so years ago.