6/15/15

Saying Goodbye to The Kingshighway Street Viaduct

Why is the parapet open on my left side to traffic? There was a bus stop on both sides at the top of the viaduct. Employees of the former Ravarino & Freschi Pasta (R & F Pasta on Kingshighway and Shaw - NE corner) used this bus stop.

View from one former bus stop looking across Kingshighway at the northbound stop.

At the bus stop looking south.

11/21/14

The House That Won't Stop Building

You need to see this! I had a dream about this house 30 years before I met it in person in East Saint last week.

10/23/14

Route 66

Photos of some historic places that used to flourish along Route 66 from the 50s to the early 70s. These were taken in Pacific, MO last month.

8/13/14

What happens when a Roof on a Brick Building isn't Maintained

The anatomy of an exterior wall which reveals the standard three wythe. If the coping tiles is cracked or removed rain will work its way down, expand with freezing in the winter, and eventually blow out a wall.