Contrails And Tank Cars

Still down in the same semi-derelict industrial area north of the Arch. This warehouse has also had a couple of owners from what we can see on the signage. Now the windows are boarded up.

The tank cars bear the logo of Archer Daniels Midland, a Midwestern agribusiness giant.  It's headquarters are in Decatur, Illinois, a city of 76,000 on the prairie northeast of here.  I had a good friend in college and grad school who was from there. Visited a few times. It was very clean and wholesome. It styles itself the Soybean Capital Of The World.

The photo shows why some people call this part of America flyover country. Below, where the train goes next.

                                

Warehouse No. 3

More B&W. Not BMW. I drive a Honda. If I blow money I'll do it on cameras and lenses.

This is an abandoned warehouse a couple of blocks from yesterday's power plant. The overpainting across the top suggests it's had more than one occupant. I can't make it out - guesses are invited. No idea what DE was. Don't think it stands for Deutschland. 

TOMORROW: a B&W Thursday Arch photo. And some other stuff. Lots of arches.                                

Sans Égale

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A little digital razzmatazz on a picture of a derelict warehouse. It's not far north of the Arch, where the Laclede's Landing entertainment district yields yields to the old industrial barrens along what's called the North Riverfront. If you were to look at it in person you'd find it's not nearly this bright.

LAST CALL FOR THE STUPID BOWL PARTY: haven't heard from any enlightened spirits about joining our annual outing and boycott. Our attitude toward the event is well-expressed in Joe Nocera's column in yesterday's New York Times. If anyone has a last-minute impulse, meet us about 6:30 at the Turkish restaurant Aya Sophia on Chippewa, just inside the city limits and near Ted Drewes. I don't think we need a reservation.