St Louis Waterfront district- over 40 square blocks demolished around 1940 to clear land for the park that would later contain the Arch. (Additional images in comments)
The image dates of the post are 1926, ~1940, 1969. Comparing the first to last image, even outside the district many buildings downtown were demolished during this time.
desert_wombat says
The image dates of the post are 1926, ~1940, 1969. Comparing the first to last image, even outside the district many buildings downtown were demolished during this time.
Additional images from within the district https://imgur.com/a/344mNtu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway_Arch_National_Park#History
waldohasleftus says
Today (Oct 28) marks the anniversary of The Gateway Arch’s completion in 1965.
Jmmon says
What a waste of seemingly perfectly good buildings.
v8powerage says
Not much of architecture there to be honest and ugly elevated highway blocking river
moose098 says
What was that are before? I’m guessing it was a working class, immigrant neighborhood.
rasterbated says
Shit, imagine trying to do that today. They can’t even bulldoze collapsing houses in Baltimore without someone pitching a fit
DutchMitchell says
Well that’s one way to kill your city