Built St. Louis: Vanished Buildings
Army Ammunition Plant

St. Louis Army Ammunition Plant

By November 2006, most of the exterior cladding had been stripped away, part of the abatement of lead, asbestos, and gods only know what other kinds of toxic contaminants. The steel skeleton remained, randomly clad with surviving window panes.

As of February 2007, the building has been completely demolished.

Toby Weiss offers a poetic homage to the mighty beast of a building at B.E.L.T.