Yeah, I'm sure the sign is just for fun.
Couple of nice shots of the parade by STL From Above. These guys post lots of great stuff on Facebook:
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Saw this in the Post-Dispatch this morning and thought it was worth a share. One of those whimsical little things that endear me to STL haha.
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/met ... 17b0b.html
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/met ... 17b0b.html
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Weird seeing the Laclede Gas building as that prominent and the rest of the skyline as that empty. Most of the 60s-70s demo had happened, I guess, but very little of the 80s construction. Maybe none of. I do think we lost out with the trade of the two buildings south of Waino for One Gateway. Interesting picture, if somewhat bleak. (Even with the Spanish Pavilion front and center.)
RANDOMly happened to get gas and a car wash this weekend and caught this big sign and the sign painters truck.
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Looks like the Mike Shannon's building is under construction. And yeah, the loss of "realty row" still stings.
So I visited Cahokia Mounds for the first time since I was a teenager (which is a crime for two reasons, #1: I really should go more often, and #2: geez I'm old...) and climbed Monk's Mound for the first time.
Here are a few pics of downtown STL and Clayton I snapped while I was up there:
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And here's Clayton peeking out from behind our own more modern mound (a massive landfill):
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Here are a few pics of downtown STL and Clayton I snapped while I was up there:
And here's Clayton peeking out from behind our own more modern mound (a massive landfill):
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I would like to see someone take an updated version of this photo, owned by the Post Dispatch. ![]()
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I like that the photo not only shows some of the park in the foreground, but that it also shows the bluffs of Illinois. Might need a plane or drone to re-take this photo. I would hope the drone could back up a little to include 100 Kingshighway & maybe the Chase. And of course now it would include the Wheel.
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I like that the photo not only shows some of the park in the foreground, but that it also shows the bluffs of Illinois. Might need a plane or drone to re-take this photo. I would hope the drone could back up a little to include 100 Kingshighway & maybe the Chase. And of course now it would include the Wheel.
^ I rented one of the birds they have down on the waterfront once and got almost the exact same shot. Not a bad way to get in the air if you don't have a drone...or a plane lol. Tried to get him to take me out west of Clayton so I could get both skylines in the same shot, but he wouldn't do it.
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I took these in October of 2016. So the Arch Grounds, One Hundred, BPV II, Centene II, 212 Clayton, WashU East End, 4220 and Aloft in Cortex, Citizen Park, STLCOP Expansion II, City Foundry, the Element Hotel, SLU Hospital, Everly, and countless other apartment projects and other developments were either under construction or hadn't yet broken ground that have either wrapped up or are getting ready to. Not a bad run, with plenty more in the pipeline.
I took these in October of 2016. So the Arch Grounds, One Hundred, BPV II, Centene II, 212 Clayton, WashU East End, 4220 and Aloft in Cortex, Citizen Park, STLCOP Expansion II, City Foundry, the Element Hotel, SLU Hospital, Everly, and countless other apartment projects and other developments were either under construction or hadn't yet broken ground that have either wrapped up or are getting ready to. Not a bad run, with plenty more in the pipeline.
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These are beautiful!! I had me looking closer to see what was missing now I got lol.
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Here is another view I would like to see retaken on a clear fall day. This was also from a helicopter and must have used a heck of a long lens to bring downtown and Clayton together like this. https://urbanstl.com/viewtopic.php?p=212337#p212337
^ Damn, that’s the good stuff. I’ve got the telephoto lens for it, just need to find a chopper that’ll go that far. I don’t think the riverfront ones will take you out past Clayton.
This is kind of a "Where am I?" thing but more like "What is going on here?"
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Weird. Looks like the Wainwright Tomb, but I don't know where it is or what it's doing there.
Yep, a partial model of the Wainwright tomb, part of this exhibit at the central library. It was very disorienting to walk into that room!
https://www.slpl.org/news/great-city-great-architecture-the-steedman-library-and-st-louis/
https://www.slpl.org/news/great-city-great-architecture-the-steedman-library-and-st-louis/
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^I got an e-mail about that. I guess I will have to wander down to Central next week. 
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I do like that view, but lord, how it would look if the corner building were still there and still home to several popular local eateries. Bullfeathers AND Vito's, for crying out loud. At one time both of those were bona-fide institutions. Wish I'd tried the Chinese joint that was in there, not that I'd have been any particular judge of Chinese eateries at the time.
Yep. Both corners, actually. But they are prime corners, and someday they will be built on. Just a matter of time.
Maybe this is where Rex Sinquifeld could build his Museum of American Regionalist Art (purely my imagination, no basis in reality). Would make sense, with his SLU connections. If only I had a billion or two.
Maybe this is where Rex Sinquifeld could build his Museum of American Regionalist Art (purely my imagination, no basis in reality). Would make sense, with his SLU connections. If only I had a billion or two.
Happy STL/314 Day everyone! Here’s a little collage of some of my shots around town.
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Oh, I understand. But you know who could afford to do that, has a really neat collection of early twentieth century American art, and has the connections at SLU to maybe, just maybe get the permission to build something there? (That would never go back into the tax rolls. Grr.) Hmm . . . yeah. I guess you do know. Grand idea. It's a splendid collection.framer wrote: ↑Mar 14, 2020Yep. Both corners, actually. But they are prime corners, and someday they will be built on. Just a matter of time.
Maybe this is where Rex Sinquifeld could build his Museum of American Regionalist Art (purely my imagination, no basis in reality). Would make sense, with his SLU connections. If only I had a billion or two.