9/3/25
Disaster Gentrifcation
https://missouriindependent.com/2025/09/03/disaster-destroyed-their-st-louis-homes-then-the-real-estate-vultures-swooped-in/
8/31/25
East St. Louis
Colin The Ass told me he had a job delivering to ESTL.
We had been driving to BLLVLL via 15.
I got out as soon as I dropped off the delivery, he told me. I wondered why.
Because I didn't want to get shot! All belligerent. Said the man who was every IST I could imagine.
We had been driving to BLLVLL via 15.
I got out as soon as I dropped off the delivery, he told me. I wondered why.
Because I didn't want to get shot! All belligerent. Said the man who was every IST I could imagine.
8/30/25
8/25/25
My favorite Brick structure is a Smoke Stack
Also known as an industrial chimney but the phrase Smoke Stack is poetic. 
8/23/25
8/20/25
8/19/25
8/18/25
8/17/25
8/14/25
Tiny Homes - East St. Louis
I encountered a small community of tiny homes in East St. Louis last week. It was such an exciting sight.
I wondered if ESTL had sponsored them so I called their city hall. I spoke with the City Manager who told me that he'd only recently became aware of them, that they hadn't applied for a permit, and that legislation needed to be passed prior to building.
This is guerilla housing.
He wondered if there were occupied and I mention the mowed lot, the trash dumpster, curtains in the windows, and fencing.
He wanted to understand my interest and I told him I was volunteering with displaced folks in NSTL. That lead to a conversation about the tornado devastation management and that he thought STL was doing an 'terrible job'. I agreed.
I'm worried these these homes are now at risk for being removed.
I wondered if ESTL had sponsored them so I called their city hall. I spoke with the City Manager who told me that he'd only recently became aware of them, that they hadn't applied for a permit, and that legislation needed to be passed prior to building.
This is guerilla housing.
He wondered if there were occupied and I mention the mowed lot, the trash dumpster, curtains in the windows, and fencing.
He wanted to understand my interest and I told him I was volunteering with displaced folks in NSTL. That lead to a conversation about the tornado devastation management and that he thought STL was doing an 'terrible job'. I agreed.
I'm worried these these homes are now at risk for being removed.
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