The doorframes become more askew every year as the buildings slip downward into the gulch at different rates. This seems to be the part of the mine ruins where transients leave their marks. The graffiti dated back to the 1970s, at least.
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Behind one of the kitchens is one of the few pieces of furniture remaining. Beside it, a small electric space heater–small by 1970s standards.
This is what it might have looked like if a new Ford descended in the elevator with its headlights on. As seen from the Mississippi side–the opposite portal faces the sand mine.
Camera: Pentax 67. Film: Kodak Ektar 100.
I love the ghost sign across these two elevators, originally built as Superior Elevator. It’s looking pretty rough.
A theater turned skate park. How did that happen?
A super-shallow depth of field shot on the Leica Summilux.
Additional Sacred Heart Building (1949) Collapse, 2012, Courtesy Chris Naffziger @ http://stlouispatina.blogspot.com/2011/12/st-marys-infirmary.html
Coded writing on a pillar in one of the assembly buildings.
My favorite picture from the mills. These charts remind me of star charts or orbiting planets.