An unintentional skylight makes the inside of the office glow, showing the inside of the front door and its strange lock.
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A portrait of the second school of McConnell, built in 1937.
Additional Sacred Heart Building (1949) Collapse, 2012, Courtesy Chris Naffziger @ http://stlouispatina.blogspot.com/2011/12/st-marys-infirmary.html
This is one of my favorite doorways (yes, I have favorites) for a few reasons: 1.) You can see how the once-arched door has been squared-off for rectangular doors to fit; 2.) you can see one complete historic door and one ruined door, and the chain that used to hold them together before someone kicked-out the security, and; 3.) I like the texture of the bricks and design of the radiators in the room beyond–the blacksmith shop. Just do.
Safety signs decorated every floor, machine and, yes, door. This message spoke to me for reasons my coworkers will understand; suffice to say, I need to take this message to heart.
This dock goes between loading bays (see glass brick walls) and the railroad.
Taken several years before the tornado story when the weather, and the condition of the buildings, were nice.
Imagine with yellow window guards are eyebrows and the open windows are the eyes. This headframe seems a bit curious.
The inside of Whiting mine, as it looks today.
The city has taken steps to prevent the curious and the desperate from going into the elevators, including piling rocks against the doors and windows.