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Remaining pylons from the original Chain of Rocks Bridge across the Mississippi:
Actually those are pumping stations for flood control.
Remaining pylons from the original Chain of Rocks Bridge across the Mississippi:
Great Question. This thread would take me for ever to answer, if I posted all my favorite historic sites -- and if I tried to think of all those lost sites that I'd love to see, I'd never get off the computer. As an adopted St. Louisan, though, I can at least address one small part of the answer: the "Mother Road," Route 66. Since I moved to the Midwest, I've been on various sections of Route 66 (which changed courses throughout its lifetime) and I'm still trying to find all the various venues that are still in existence. My goal is to visit every active Route 66 restaurant and shop in the city.
I love Highgate cemetary. It's the most peaceful place I've ever been too. So lovely, lush and derelict; all at the same time. And there are foxes living there! I've seen them, though they're usually pretty good at keeping out of sight.
Some pictures I snapped last summer:
I love how in some places you get the feeling that it's a city for the dead.
You can almost imagine that the dead go out and about at night! And isn't "Chillingworth" the perfect name? If I suspected I could pull it off, I'd so write a Diana Wynne-Jones/Eva Ibbotsen/Neil Gaiman-inspired children's book about it.
Actually those are pumping stations for flood control.
I love Highgate cemetary. It's the most peaceful place I've ever been too. So lovely, lush and derelict; all at the same time. And there are foxes living there! I've seen them, though they're usually pretty good at keeping out of sight.
It's always been a dream of mine to see Highgate. The photos are beautiful.
Actually those are pumping stations for flood control.
Battersea Power Station, London
also in London
BBC Television Centre (built 1951-60)
First National Bank of Hollywood Bldg. (1927)
The School of Divinity
<-----Would have loved to have seen this too (in its hay day)
The Pike - Long Beach, CA
What it more or less looks like today ----->
The Pike was often used as a location for many of the TV shows from the '70s, particularly the cop shows.