My St. Louis visit :: Part One : Downtown STL at sunrise

Tosspot · #1 Posted **Apr 9, 2007, 12:04 AM**

Beginning Thursday, I road tripped across the state of Missouri from my home of Kansas City, over to St. Louis. I even met up with JivecitySTL, who referred me to a good hotel. Here is the first collection of my photos from the two day stay.

SuburbanNation · #2 Posted **Apr 9, 2007, 12:20 AM**

classic tosspot style "urban twilight" treatment of downtown stl, fantastic!!!

i see you grabbed some shots of the "GarageMahal." (theres supposed to be a large historic building there, but mayor slay "slayed" it...sort of). its still a great photo of the Old Post Office and it's immediate environs.

erasercut · #3 Posted **Apr 9, 2007, 12:25 AM**

Thanks for posting! I must say that I've never seen the city look so lifeless. I get kind of a bleak feeling from seeing these.

SuburbanNation · #4 Posted **Apr 9, 2007, 12:28 AM**

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Originally Posted by erasercut

Thanks for posting! I must say that I've never seen the city look so lifeless. I get kind of a bleak feeling from seeing these.

thats pretty early in the morning, though, before most people who work downtown are wrangling in the parking garages (im usually on illinois 3 watching flares at the massive conoco philips refineries...a wonderful future stl-area photo op for tosspot!!!)

KCgridlock · #5 Posted **Apr 9, 2007, 12:40 AM**

Sunrise on a Saturday I believe too. Not many cities are bustling when the sun comes up on a weekend.

Great pics tosspost!

Jeeper · #6 Posted **Apr 9, 2007, 12:55 AM**

Fantastic photos!

KevinFromTexas · #7 Posted **Apr 9, 2007, 1:09 AM**

Beautiful, both the photos and the city. Thanks!

Derek · #8 Posted **Apr 9, 2007, 1:56 AM**

excellent work!

STLgasm · #9 Posted **Apr 9, 2007, 3:00 AM**

Cool beans, can't wait to see the neighborhood shots...

ComandanteCero · #10 Posted **Apr 9, 2007, 3:17 AM**

nice

do any of the St. Louisans know if there are renovation/reuse plans for these buildings? They look pretty awesome, if a little worn

STLgasm · #11 Posted **Apr 9, 2007, 3:21 AM**

The Ludwig Aeolian building (center) is currently under rehab into... you guessed it-- lofts! Don't know about the one on the right, and the one on the left is in use.

Boris · #12 Posted **Apr 9, 2007, 3:27 AM**

Excellent urban texture in these photos. Fantastic work.

peacefu603 · #13 Posted **Apr 9, 2007, 3:48 AM**

Clean city!

wheelscomp · #14 Posted **Apr 9, 2007, 4:09 AM**

Second big STL thread in a week this is great!

chrizow · #15 Posted **Apr 9, 2007, 3:21 PM**

(erect)

BuffaloSam · #16 Posted **Apr 9, 2007, 5:15 PM**

wow, great photos!

st steven · #17 Posted **Apr 9, 2007, 8:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by chrizow

(erect)

Watch yourself, son. I'm a ridiculously jealous boyfriend.

ComandanteCero · #18 Posted **Apr 10, 2007, 4:02 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by STLgasm

The Ludwig Aeolian building (center) is currently under rehab into... you guessed it-- lofts! Don't know about the one on the right, and the one on the left is in use.

cool

hope that right-most building also goes the way of its neighbor (with the momentum downtown, i wouldn't be suprised)

john_mclark · #19 Posted **Apr 10, 2007, 4:13 AM**

tosspot i can't get enough of your work

ltsmotorsport · #20 Posted **Apr 10, 2007, 5:50 PM**

I like!