With Clemens burning and St. Mary’s / the coke plant / armory all gone, I need some new spots. Despite my lack of active exploration, I’ve been driving around and taking notes for a few years. I thought I’d share some of the locations I’ve seen, mostly because I am wondering if anyone has gone in them, knows what security is like, etc. Feel free to PM me if you don’t want to discuss publicly. I want to re-iterate that I have NOT gone to any of these places, and I will also try not to be too specific if I can help it. A little hard as many of my spots are listed by intersections…but nonetheless. If there is a more private place to discuss I would love to join. Really want to get back into this lovely adventurous hobby. Also, I plan on moving out of Saint Louis in the not-too-distant future, so I’d love to check out a bunch of spots before I do.
1. Majestic old church off Salsbury north of downtown, went here once but stopped because we heard someone else inside
2. There is an old theater (apparently the original Wherenburg and built by the Busches) in Carondelet, very interesting wedge-shaped piece of land. Have been wanting to see this place for ages but it would be very obvious to the neighbors
3. Old abandoned bar on Lemp, you can look in through the front window. Pretty cool
4. Old shack on Lemp, supposedly used to connect to caves and the underground railroad; doesn’t look like there’s a way in as I checked recently
5. Rectory at Cook and Grand
6. Several old factories at Sydney and Iowa
7. Huge complex on Grand and Blair
8. Old Vess factory North of downtown near I-70
9. Lemp stock house, I passed by one time and there was a hole in one of the boarded up doors/windows. I came back a few days later and it was patched up. Haven’t seen any way in since
10. The house on the Native American burial mound on Gasconade…owned by the Cherokee nation and probably a terrible idea to go in here, but I was just wondering if anyone has seen more if it than the outside. Always love telling visitors to STL about this place and showing it to them
11. Factory on Union near Margaretta
12. Huge complex + roof access from fire escape at Hereford and Bischoff
13. Church on Kingshighway and Northland
14. The Armory. Pretty sealed up I would imagine. Drove around the base of it, not much to see.
15. Large, overgrown abandoned apartment complex near Union and Cabanne. Lots of people wandering around nearby and inside when I’ve checked in here though
16. The abandoned bridge that crosses the Mississippi, near the concrete Hill on Broadway south of the Broadway Oyster Bar. It’s on the Mardi Gras Parade route. The concrete hill is a solid place to hang out on for the parade, and I’ve always wanted to walk across the bridge
17. Old Cleveland High School
18. Enormous factory at North Grant & STL
Seriously, anyone have any info or want to get together to check some of these out? In fact, does anyone just want to get a meetup together? We could meet up at a park, in a bar, at a restaurant or wherever and discuss. It’d be fun! I see that the meetup forum page is even more dead than this one.
Cheers everyone! Hope you’re all having a great week
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